Bara Imambara
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Bara Imambara is a grand 18th-century Shia Muslim complex in Lucknow, India, famed for its massive central hall and intricate labyrinth (bhul-bhulaiya).
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bara Imambara canonical | 6 |
| Asafi Imambara | 1 |
| Bara Imambara complex | 1 |
| Bara Imambara was built as a relief work during famine | 1 |
| Bara Imambara, Lucknow | 1 |
| Shah Najaf Imambara | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural structure
ⓘ
historical monument ⓘ religious complex ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bara Imambara
ⓘ
surface form:
Asafi Imambara
|
| architect | Kifayatullah ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Awadhi architecture
ⓘ
Mughal architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Asaf-ud-Daula famine relief works ⓘ |
| builder | Asaf-ud-Daula ⓘ |
| cityLandmarkOf | Lucknow ⓘ |
| constructedFor | Asaf-ud-Daula ⓘ |
| constructionContext | built as a famine relief project ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1784 ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Asafi Mosque
ⓘ
Shahi Baoli ⓘ bhul-bhulaiya ⓘ central prayer hall ⓘ courtyards ⓘ terraces ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected monument ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Asafi Mosque within the complex
ⓘ
Mughal-era architecture ⓘ arched roof without beams ⓘ bhul-bhulaiya labyrinth ⓘ large central hall ⓘ stepwell (baoli) within the complex ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Urdu language
ⓘ
surface form:
Urdu
|
| locatedIn |
Oudh
ⓘ
surface form:
Awadh region
Lucknow ⓘ Uttar Pradesh ⓘ |
| managedBy | Archaeological Survey of India ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
lakhauri bricks
ⓘ
lime plaster ⓘ |
| patron | Asaf-ud-Daula ⓘ |
| purpose |
Shia congregation hall
ⓘ
imamabara ⓘ observance of Muharram rituals ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Shia Islam ⓘ |
| religiousEventObserved |
Majlis gatherings
ⓘ
Muharram ⓘ |
| roofType | vaulted roof ⓘ |
| structuralFeature | central hall without supporting beams ⓘ |
| titleOfPatron |
Nawabs of Awadh
ⓘ
surface form:
Nawab of Awadh
|
| tourismCategory |
cultural tourism site
ⓘ
religious tourism site ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Bara Imambara Description of subject: Bara Imambara is a grand 18th-century Shia Muslim complex in Lucknow, India, famed for its massive central hall and intricate labyrinth (bhul-bhulaiya).
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shah Najaf Imambara
this entity surface form:
Asafi Imambara
this entity surface form:
Bara Imambara was built as a relief work during famine
this entity surface form:
Bara Imambara, Lucknow
this entity surface form:
Bara Imambara complex