Bab al-Kaaba

E47843

Islamic architectural element door religious artifact

Bab al-Kaaba is the sacred door of the Kaaba in Mecca, serving as the ornate, gold-plated entrance to Islam’s holiest shrine.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bab al-Kaaba canonical	2
Door of the Kaaba	1
door of the Kaaba	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T341090 — 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: Bab al-Kaaba
Context triple: [Kaaba, hasComponent, Bab al-Kaaba]

A. King Abdulaziz Gate
King Abdulaziz Gate is one of the main entrances to the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, serving as a prominent access point for pilgrims entering the Grand Mosque.
B. Kaaba
The Kaaba is a cube-shaped building at the center of Islam’s most important mosque in Mecca and the focal point of Muslim prayer and pilgrimage.
C. King Fahd Gate
King Fahd Gate is one of the main grand entrances to the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, serving as a prominent access point for pilgrims entering the Holy Mosque.
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.
E. Cave of Hira
The Cave of Hira is a small mountain cave near Mecca revered in Islam as the site where the Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation from the Angel Gabriel.
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: Bab al-Kaaba
Target entity description: Bab al-Kaaba is the sacred door of the Kaaba in Mecca, serving as the ornate, gold-plated entrance to Islam’s holiest shrine.

A. King Abdulaziz Gate
King Abdulaziz Gate is one of the main entrances to the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, serving as a prominent access point for pilgrims entering the Grand Mosque.
B. Kaaba
The Kaaba is a cube-shaped building at the center of Islam’s most important mosque in Mecca and the focal point of Muslim prayer and pilgrimage.
C. King Fahd Gate
King Fahd Gate is one of the main grand entrances to the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, serving as a prominent access point for pilgrims entering the Holy Mosque.
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.
E. Cave of Hira
The Cave of Hira is a small mountain cave near Mecca revered in Islam as the site where the Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation from the Angel Gabriel.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic architectural element ⓘ door ⓘ religious artifact ⓘ
accessControl	kept locked ⓘ
accessMethod	reached by movable staircase ⓘ
accessRestriction	entry through door restricted to authorized persons ⓘ
alternateName	Door of the Kaaba ⓘ linked to: Bab al-Kaaba
associatedWith	Black Stone ⓘ Hajj ⓘ Kaaba ⓘ Masjid al-Haram ⓘ Prophet Muhammad ⓘ linked to: Muhammad Umrah ⓘ
color	gold ⓘ
commissionedBy	Saudi monarchy ⓘ linked to: Government of Saudi Arabia
culturalSignificance	important symbol in Islamic art and architecture ⓘ
currentDesignPeriod	20th century ⓘ
decorativeStyle	Arabesque ornamentation ⓘ Islamic calligraphy ⓘ linked to: Islamic art
elevation	raised above ground level ⓘ
facingStructure	Mataf area of Masjid al-Haram ⓘ linked to: Mataf area
function	entrance to the Kaaba ⓘ
guardedBy	Saudi authorities ⓘ linked to: Saudi Ministry of Interior
heritageStatus	part of Islam’s holiest shrine ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
keyCustodians	Bani Shaiba family ⓘ
locatedIn	Makkah Province ⓘ Masjid al-Haram ⓘ Mecca ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ
location	Kaaba ⓘ
material	gold-plated metal ⓘ wood core ⓘ
name	Bab al-Kaaba ⓘ
orientation	eastern wall of the Kaaba ⓘ
partOf	Kaaba structure ⓘ sacred precinct of Masjid al-Haram ⓘ linked to: Masjid al-Haram
pilgrimageContext	central landmark during Hajj rituals ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
ritualUse	opened on special religious occasions ⓘ used for ceremonial cleaning of the Kaaba interior ⓘ
significance	sacred door of the Kaaba ⓘ
symbolism	represents entrance to the holiest site in Islam ⓘ symbol of honor and sanctity in Islam ⓘ
visibility	visible to pilgrims performing tawaf ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kaaba → hasComponent → Bab al-Kaaba ⓘ

Multazam → between → door of the Kaaba ⓘ

linked to: Bab al-Kaaba

Bab al-Kaaba → name → Bab al-Kaaba ⓘ

Bab al-Kaaba → alternateName → Door of the Kaaba ⓘ