Al-Hussein Mosque
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Al-Hussein Mosque is a prominent historic mosque and religious landmark in Cairo, revered as one of the holiest Islamic sites in Egypt and traditionally associated with the shrine of Husayn ibn Ali.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Al-Hussein Mosque canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5672531 — 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: Al-Hussein Mosque Context triple: [Islamic Cairo, hasPart, Al-Hussein Mosque]
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A.
Kul Sharif Mosque
Kul Sharif Mosque is a prominent and historically significant Islamic mosque and cultural symbol located within the Kazan Kremlin in Russia.
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B.
Nasir al-Mulk Mosque
Nasir al-Mulk Mosque is a famous 19th-century Persian mosque renowned for its stunning stained-glass windows and vibrant, colorful interior.
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C.
Imam Mosque
Imam Mosque is a grand 17th-century Safavid-era mosque in Isfahan, Iran, renowned for its stunning blue-tiled architecture and monumental entrance on Naqsh-e Jahan Square.
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D.
Ibrahimi Mosque
The Ibrahimi Mosque is a major Islamic holy site in the Old City of Hebron, revered as the traditional burial place of the patriarchs and matriarchs of Abrahamic faiths.
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E.
Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque
Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque is one of the earliest and most significant Indo-Islamic mosques in India, built in the late 12th century within Delhi’s Qutb complex using materials from demolished Hindu and Jain temples.
- 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: Al-Hussein Mosque Target entity description: Al-Hussein Mosque is a prominent historic mosque and religious landmark in Cairo, revered as one of the holiest Islamic sites in Egypt and traditionally associated with the shrine of Husayn ibn Ali.
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A.
Kul Sharif Mosque
Kul Sharif Mosque is a prominent and historically significant Islamic mosque and cultural symbol located within the Kazan Kremlin in Russia.
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B.
Nasir al-Mulk Mosque
Nasir al-Mulk Mosque is a famous 19th-century Persian mosque renowned for its stunning stained-glass windows and vibrant, colorful interior.
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C.
Imam Mosque
Imam Mosque is a grand 17th-century Safavid-era mosque in Isfahan, Iran, renowned for its stunning blue-tiled architecture and monumental entrance on Naqsh-e Jahan Square.
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D.
Ibrahimi Mosque
The Ibrahimi Mosque is a major Islamic holy site in the Old City of Hebron, revered as the traditional burial place of the patriarchs and matriarchs of Abrahamic faiths.
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E.
Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque
Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque is one of the earliest and most significant Indo-Islamic mosques in India, built in the late 12th century within Delhi’s Qutb complex using materials from demolished Hindu and Jain temples.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic religious site
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ mosque ⓘ religious building ⓘ |
| affiliation | Ahl al-Bayt veneration ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Islamic architecture
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Neo-Arab style (in later reconstructions) ⓘ Ottoman-influenced architecture ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important site for Egyptian religious festivals
ⓘ
major symbol of Islamic Cairo ⓘ |
| denomination |
Shia Islam
ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| hasDome | yes ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
courtyard
ⓘ
decorative calligraphy ⓘ domes ⓘ marble columns ⓘ minarets ⓘ prayer hall ⓘ separate women’s prayer area ⓘ shrine chamber ⓘ |
| hasMinaret | yes ⓘ |
| hasShrine | Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of Historic Cairo UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Al-Hussein Square
ⓘ
linked to:
al-Qala'a Square
Cairo ⓘ Historic Cairo ⓘ
linked to:
historic Cairo
Khan el-Khalili area ⓘ
linked to:
Khan el-Khalili
|
| locatedInTimeZone |
Eastern European Time
ⓘ
UTC+02:00 ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Al-Azhar Mosque
ⓘ
Khan el-Khalili bazaar ⓘ
linked to:
Khan el-Khalili
|
| namedAfter | Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| significance |
important shrine associated with Ahl al-Bayt
ⓘ
major pilgrimage site in Cairo ⓘ one of the holiest Islamic sites in Egypt ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1979 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Friday prayers
ⓘ
Mawlid celebrations for Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ Quran recitation ⓘ Ramadan religious activities ⓘ Sufi gatherings ⓘ daily prayers ⓘ religious education ⓘ |
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: Al-Hussein Mosque Description of subject: Al-Hussein Mosque is a prominent historic mosque and religious landmark in Cairo, revered as one of the holiest Islamic sites in Egypt and traditionally associated with the shrine of Husayn ibn Ali.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.