Masjid al-Qiblatayn
E43810
Masjid al-Qiblatayn is a historic mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, traditionally revered as the site where the direction of Muslim prayer (qibla) was changed from Jerusalem to Mecca.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Masjid al-Qiblatain | 3 |
| Masjid al-Qiblatayn canonical | 3 |
| مسجد القبلتين | 2 |
| Jami al-Qiblatayn | 1 |
| Mosque of the Two Qiblas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T312141 — 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: Masjid al-Qiblatayn Context triple: [Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, near, Masjid al-Qiblatayn]
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A.
Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque
The Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque is a prominent blue-domed Sunni mosque and landmark in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, known for its Ottoman-inspired architecture and central role in the city’s religious and civic life.
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B.
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi is the Prophet Muhammad’s mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, and one of the holiest and most visited sites in Islam.
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C.
Quba Mosque
Quba Mosque is an important early Islamic mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, revered as the first mosque built by the Prophet Muhammad.
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D.
Masjid al-Haram
Masjid al-Haram is the Grand Mosque in Mecca that surrounds the Kaaba and serves as the holiest site in Islam and the focal point of the Hajj pilgrimage.
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E.
Temple of Beit el-Wali
The Temple of Beit el-Wali is an ancient rock-cut Egyptian temple in Nubia, dedicated primarily to Ramesses II and notable for its reliefs celebrating his military victories.
- 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: Masjid al-Qiblatayn Target entity description: Masjid al-Qiblatayn is a historic mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, traditionally revered as the site where the direction of Muslim prayer (qibla) was changed from Jerusalem to Mecca.
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A.
Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque
The Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque is a prominent blue-domed Sunni mosque and landmark in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, known for its Ottoman-inspired architecture and central role in the city’s religious and civic life.
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B.
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi is the Prophet Muhammad’s mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, and one of the holiest and most visited sites in Islam.
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C.
Quba Mosque
Quba Mosque is an important early Islamic mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, revered as the first mosque built by the Prophet Muhammad.
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D.
Masjid al-Haram
Masjid al-Haram is the Grand Mosque in Mecca that surrounds the Kaaba and serves as the holiest site in Islam and the focal point of the Hajj pilgrimage.
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E.
Temple of Beit el-Wali
The Temple of Beit el-Wali is an ancient rock-cut Egyptian temple in Nubia, dedicated primarily to Ramesses II and notable for its reliefs celebrating his military victories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic religious site
ⓘ
historic mosque ⓘ mosque ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Islamic architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | change of qibla ⓘ |
| associatedWithProphet | Muhammad ⓘ |
| belongsTo | holy sites of Medina ⓘ |
| city | Medina ⓘ |
| country | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| floorCount | 2 ⓘ |
| hasArabicName |
مسجد القبلتين
ⓘ
linked to:
Masjid al-Qiblatayn
|
| hasFacility |
ablution areas
ⓘ
parking area ⓘ separate prayer areas for men and women ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
domes
ⓘ
minarets ⓘ two prayer niches (mihrabs) ⓘ |
| hasFlooring | carpeted prayer hall ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
place of worship
ⓘ
site of religious education ⓘ |
| hasLighting | modern electric lighting system ⓘ |
| hasLocalName |
Jami al-Qiblatayn
ⓘ
linked to:
Masjid al-Qiblatayn
|
| hasMihrabCount | 2 ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | towards Kaaba in Mecca ⓘ |
| hasPrayerDirection | Mecca ⓘ |
| hasQiblaCount | 2 ⓘ |
| hasRenovation |
modern expansion in 20th century
ⓘ
modern expansion in 21st century ⓘ |
| hasType | Sunni mosque ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important Islamic historical site ⓘ |
| historicalQibla |
Al-Aqsa Mosque
ⓘ
Bayt al-Maqdis ⓘ
linked to:
Temple Mount
|
| locatedIn |
Al-Madinah Province
ⓘ
linked to:
Al Madinah Province
Medina ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Uhud area of Medina
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Uhud site
|
| locatedOnContinent | Asia ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Islamic historical tradition ⓘ |
| nearTo |
Masjid an-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque)
ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi
|
| pilgrimageRelation | visited during ziyara in Medina ⓘ |
| qiblaChangedFrom | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| qiblaChangedTo | Mecca ⓘ |
| region | Hejaz ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| significance | site of change of qibla from Jerusalem to Mecca ⓘ |
| translationOfName |
Mosque of the Two Qiblas
ⓘ
linked to:
Masjid al-Qiblatayn
|
| underJurisdictionOf | Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Muslim pilgrims
ⓘ
tourists ⓘ |
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: Masjid al-Qiblatayn Description of subject: Masjid al-Qiblatayn is a historic mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, traditionally revered as the site where the direction of Muslim prayer (qibla) was changed from Jerusalem to Mecca.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Masjid al-Qiblatayn
linked to: Masjid al-Qiblatayn
linked to: Masjid al-Qiblatayn
linked to: Masjid al-Qiblatayn
linked to: Masjid al-Qiblatayn
linked to: Masjid al-Qiblatayn