Hawza of Qom
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The Hawza of Qom is a major Shi'a Islamic seminary center in Qom, Iran, renowned as one of the most influential institutions for religious scholarship and clerical training in the Shi'a world.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Qom Seminary | 12 |
| Hawza of Qom canonical | 4 |
| Qom seminary | 3 |
| Hozeh-ye Elmiyeh-ye Qom (Qom Seminary) | 1 |
| Islamic seminary in Qom | 1 |
| Qom considered a leading contemporary Shia seminary hub | 1 |
| Qom seminaries | 1 |
| Qom seminary tradition | 1 |
| seminaries of Qom | 1 |
| seminary of Qom | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5168163 — 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: Hawza of Qom Context triple: [Ruhollah Khomeini, educatedAt, Hawza of Qom]
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Hawza of Arak
The Hawza of Arak is a Shi'a Islamic seminary in Arak, Iran, known as an important center of religious scholarship and clerical training.
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Hawza of Najaf
The Hawza of Najaf is one of the most important Shia Islamic seminaries in the world, renowned as a leading center for advanced religious scholarship and clerical training.
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Imam Khomeini International University
Imam Khomeini International University is a public higher education institution in Qazvin, Iran, known for its focus on humanities, Islamic studies, and international academic programs.
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D.
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad is a major public research university in Mashhad, Iran, recognized as one of the country’s leading higher education institutions.
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E.
Bu-Ali Sina University
Bu-Ali Sina University is a public higher education institution in Hamadan, Iran, known for its programs in sciences, engineering, and humanities.
- 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: Hawza of Qom Target entity description: The Hawza of Qom is a major Shi'a Islamic seminary center in Qom, Iran, renowned as one of the most influential institutions for religious scholarship and clerical training in the Shi'a world.
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A.
Hawza of Arak
The Hawza of Arak is a Shi'a Islamic seminary in Arak, Iran, known as an important center of religious scholarship and clerical training.
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B.
Hawza of Najaf
The Hawza of Najaf is one of the most important Shia Islamic seminaries in the world, renowned as a leading center for advanced religious scholarship and clerical training.
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C.
Imam Khomeini International University
Imam Khomeini International University is a public higher education institution in Qazvin, Iran, known for its focus on humanities, Islamic studies, and international academic programs.
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D.
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad is a major public research university in Mashhad, Iran, recognized as one of the country’s leading higher education institutions.
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E.
Bu-Ali Sina University
Bu-Ali Sina University is a public higher education institution in Hamadan, Iran, known for its programs in sciences, engineering, and humanities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic seminary center
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Shi'a Islamic seminary ⓘ religious educational institution ⓘ |
| attractsStudentsFrom |
Afghanistan
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India ⓘ Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Lebanon ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ various African countries ⓘ various Western countries ⓘ |
| hasDenomination |
Shi'a
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Twelver ⓘ |
| hasEducationalLevel |
advanced seminary studies
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intermediate seminary studies ⓘ khārij (advanced jurisprudence) level ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Islam ⓘ |
| hasRole |
producing religious rulings (fatwas) through its scholars
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training Shi'a judges and legal scholars ⓘ training Shi'a jurists (mujtahids) ⓘ training Shi'a preachers ⓘ |
| influences |
Shi'a clerical establishment in Iran
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linked to:
Shia clerical establishment in Iran
Shi'a communities worldwide ⓘ |
| isAmong |
largest Shi'a seminaries in the world
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most influential Shi'a seminaries in the world ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWith | Shi'a marja'iyya (system of religious authorities) ⓘ |
| isKnownFor |
influence on contemporary Shi'a thought
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large number of resident scholars and students ⓘ traditional seminary curriculum ⓘ |
| isMajorCenterFor |
Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh)
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Islamic philosophy ⓘ Islamic theology (kalam) ⓘ Qur'anic exegesis (tafsir) ⓘ Shi'a hadith studies ⓘ Shi'a religious scholarship ⓘ clerical training ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction |
Arabic
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Persian ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Qom ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Iran ⓘ |
| locatedInProvince | Qom Province ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
Arabic language and literature program
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Islamic ethics program ⓘ Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) program ⓘ Islamic philosophy program ⓘ Qur'anic sciences program ⓘ hadith sciences program ⓘ principles of jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh) program ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Twelver Shi'a Islam ⓘ |
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: Hawza of Qom Description of subject: The Hawza of Qom is a major Shi'a Islamic seminary center in Qom, Iran, renowned as one of the most influential institutions for religious scholarship and clerical training in the Shi'a world.
Referenced by (26)
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shrine of Fatima Masumeh
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hawza (Shia seminary network)
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