Qadian
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Qadian is a town in the Indian state of Punjab best known as the birthplace and early center of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Qadian canonical | 7 |
| Qadian, Punjab, British India | 4 |
| Qadian, India | 1 |
| Qadian, Punjab, India | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4413951 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Qadian Context triple: [Ahmadiyya, placeOfOrigin, Qadian]
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A.
Barnala
Barnala is a city in the Malwa region of Punjab, India, known as an administrative and commercial center for the surrounding agricultural area.
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B.
Dera Ghazi Khan
Dera Ghazi Khan is a major city in southern Punjab, Pakistan, known as an important cultural and economic center of the Seraiki-speaking region.
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C.
Baldia Town
Baldia Town is a residential and industrial locality in the western part of Karachi, Pakistan, known for its dense population and proximity to major industrial zones.
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D.
Gujranwala
Gujranwala is a major industrial city in Pakistan’s Punjab province, known for its manufacturing base and historical significance in the region.
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E.
Nawanshahr
Nawanshahr is a town and district headquarters in the Doaba region of Punjab, India, known for its agricultural base and significant Punjabi diaspora.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Qadian Target entity description: Qadian is a town in the Indian state of Punjab best known as the birthplace and early center of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
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A.
Barnala
Barnala is a city in the Malwa region of Punjab, India, known as an administrative and commercial center for the surrounding agricultural area.
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B.
Dera Ghazi Khan
Dera Ghazi Khan is a major city in southern Punjab, Pakistan, known as an important cultural and economic center of the Seraiki-speaking region.
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C.
Baldia Town
Baldia Town is a residential and industrial locality in the western part of Karachi, Pakistan, known for its dense population and proximity to major industrial zones.
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D.
Gujranwala
Gujranwala is a major industrial city in Pakistan’s Punjab province, known for its manufacturing base and historical significance in the region.
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E.
Nawanshahr
Nawanshahr is a town and district headquarters in the Doaba region of Punjab, India, known for its agricultural base and significant Punjabi diaspora.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | town ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | municipal council ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 32.45°N 75.40°E ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 250 metres ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Mirza Hadi Baig ⓘ |
| hasClimate | humid subtropical climate ⓘ |
| hasCulturalCommunity |
Ahmadiyya Muslims
ⓘ
linked to:
Ahmadiyya
Punjabi Hindus ⓘ Punjabi Sikhs ⓘ
linked to:
Sikh people
|
| hasDemographicCharacteristic | majority Punjabi-speaking population ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution |
Jamia Ahmadiyya Qadian
ⓘ
linked to:
Jamia Ahmadiyya (Rabwah)
|
| hasMajorReligion |
Hinduism
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Sikhism ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage |
Punjabi
ⓘ
linked to:
Punjabi language
|
| hasReligiousBuilding |
Aqsa Mosque
ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Aqsa Mosque
Mubarak Mosque ⓘ Noor Mosque ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSite |
Bahishti Maqbara (Heavenly Graveyard)
ⓘ
linked to:
Bahishti Maqbara
Bait al-Du‘a (House of Prayer) ⓘ |
| hasTransportConnection |
connected by road to Batala
ⓘ
connected by road to Gurdaspur ⓘ nearest major railway station: Batala Junction ⓘ
linked to:
Batala railway station
|
| headquartersMovedFrom | Qadian to Rabwah (Pakistan) after Partition of India ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Mughal Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
|
| isSpiritualCenterOf |
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
ⓘ
linked to:
Ahmadiyya
|
| knownFor |
birthplace of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
ⓘ
early center of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Punjab ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Gurdaspur district ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Doaba
ⓘ
Majha ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Indian Standard Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Amritsar
ⓘ
Batala ⓘ Gurdaspur ⓘ |
| locatedOn | plains of Punjab ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Qadi (judge) title of Mirza Hadi Baig ⓘ |
| partOf | India ⓘ |
| postalCode | 143516 ⓘ |
| significantEvent | remained Ahmadiyya center for Indian subcontinent after 1947 partition ⓘ |
| telephoneAreaCode | 01871 ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +05:30 ⓘ |
| vehicleRegistrationCode | PB-18 ⓘ |
| wasHeadquartersOf |
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
ⓘ
linked to:
Ahmadiyya
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Qadian Description of subject: Qadian is a town in the Indian state of Punjab best known as the birthplace and early center of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Qadian
linked to: Qadian
subject linked to:
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad is the promised messiah
linked to: Qadian
subject linked to:
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad is the promised messiah
subject linked to:
annual gatherings (Jalsa Salana)
linked to: Qadian
linked to: Qadian
linked to: Qadian