Great Mosque of Kairouan
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The Great Mosque of Kairouan is one of the oldest and most important mosques in the Islamic world, renowned as a major center of early Islamic scholarship and architecture in North Africa.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1074462 — 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: Great Mosque of Kairouan Context triple: [Kairouan, knownFor, Great Mosque of Kairouan]
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A.
Al-Zaytuna Mosque
Al-Zaytuna Mosque is a historic and prominent Islamic place of worship in Tunis, renowned as one of the oldest mosques and centers of learning in North Africa.
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B.
Great Mosque of Sanaʽa
The Great Mosque of Sanaʽa is one of the oldest and most significant mosques in the Islamic world, renowned for its early Islamic architecture and central religious role in Yemen’s capital.
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C.
Hassan II Mosque
Hassan II Mosque is a monumental seaside mosque in Casablanca, Morocco, renowned for its towering minaret and intricate Islamic architecture.
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D.
Sidi Saiyyed Mosque
Sidi Saiyyed Mosque is a historic 16th-century mosque in Ahmedabad, India, renowned for its intricately carved stone lattice windows, especially the famous "Tree of Life" jali.
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E.
al-Qarawiyyin Mosque
Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque is a historic Islamic place of worship in Fez, Morocco, renowned as one of the world’s oldest continually operating religious and educational centers.
- 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: Great Mosque of Kairouan Target entity description: The Great Mosque of Kairouan is one of the oldest and most important mosques in the Islamic world, renowned as a major center of early Islamic scholarship and architecture in North Africa.
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A.
Al-Zaytuna Mosque
Al-Zaytuna Mosque is a historic and prominent Islamic place of worship in Tunis, renowned as one of the oldest mosques and centers of learning in North Africa.
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B.
Great Mosque of Sanaʽa
The Great Mosque of Sanaʽa is one of the oldest and most significant mosques in the Islamic world, renowned for its early Islamic architecture and central religious role in Yemen’s capital.
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C.
Hassan II Mosque
Hassan II Mosque is a monumental seaside mosque in Casablanca, Morocco, renowned for its towering minaret and intricate Islamic architecture.
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D.
Sidi Saiyyed Mosque
Sidi Saiyyed Mosque is a historic 16th-century mosque in Ahmedabad, India, renowned for its intricately carved stone lattice windows, especially the famous "Tree of Life" jali.
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E.
al-Qarawiyyin Mosque
Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque is a historic Islamic place of worship in Fez, Morocco, renowned as one of the world’s oldest continually operating religious and educational centers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Friday mosque
ⓘ
Islamic religious building ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ mosque ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Great Mosque of Kairouan
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Mosque of Sidi-Uqba
Great Mosque of Kairouan ⓘ
surface form:
Mosque of Uqba
|
| architecturalStyle |
Aghlabid architecture
ⓘ
Islamic architecture ⓘ |
| architecturalType | hypostyle mosque ⓘ |
| associatedSchoolOfLaw | Maliki school ⓘ |
| capacity | several thousand worshippers ⓘ |
| centuryFounded | 7th century ⓘ |
| country | Tunisia ⓘ |
| courtyardType | large rectangular courtyard ⓘ |
| dateFounded | circa 670 ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| domeLocation |
in front of the mihrab
ⓘ
over the entrance to the prayer hall ⓘ |
| floorArea | approximately 9,000 square metres ⓘ |
| founder | Uqba ibn Nafi ⓘ |
| foundingDynasty | Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ |
| function |
center of legal scholarship
ⓘ
center of religious education ⓘ place of worship ⓘ |
| hasAblutionFacility | yes ⓘ |
| hasCourtyard | yes ⓘ |
| hasDomes | yes ⓘ |
| hasLibraryHistorically | yes ⓘ |
| hasMihrab | yes ⓘ |
| hasMinaret | yes ⓘ |
| hasMinbar | yes ⓘ |
| hasPrayerHall | yes ⓘ |
| hasWomenSection | yes (historically and in modern use) ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Medina of Kairouan) ⓘ |
| influenced |
Great Mosque of Córdoba
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Mosque of Cordoba
later Maghrebi mosque architecture ⓘ |
| locatedInCity | Kairouan ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricRegion |
North Africa
ⓘ
surface form:
Ifriqiya
|
| locatedInRegion | Kairouan Governorate ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Africa ⓘ |
| majorRebuilder |
Aghlabid dynasty
ⓘ
Emir Ziyadat Allah I ⓘ |
| material |
brick
ⓘ
reused Roman and Byzantine columns ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| minaretHeight | approximately 31.5 metres ⓘ |
| minaretStoreys | three ⓘ |
| minaretType | square minaret ⓘ |
| name | Great Mosque of Kairouan self-link ⓘ |
| nativeName | جامع القيروان الكبير ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
influential model for later North African mosques
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major center of Maliki jurisprudence ⓘ major center of early Islamic scholarship ⓘ one of the most important mosques in North Africa ⓘ one of the oldest surviving mosques in the world ⓘ |
| orientation | towards the qibla (Mecca) ⓘ |
| prayerHallType | hypostyle hall with multiple aisles ⓘ |
| rebuiltInCentury | 9th century ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| roofSupport | rows of columns and arches ⓘ |
| significance |
key monument of Aghlabid art and architecture
ⓘ
symbol of early Islamic presence in North Africa ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSite |
Kairouan
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surface form:
Medina of Kairouan
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| yearOfMajorReconstruction |
836
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862 ⓘ |
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Subject: Great Mosque of Kairouan Description of subject: The Great Mosque of Kairouan is one of the oldest and most important mosques in the Islamic world, renowned as a major center of early Islamic scholarship and architecture in North Africa.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Great Mosque of Kairouan (early phases)
this entity surface form:
Mosque of Uqba
this entity surface form:
Great Mosque of Sidi-Uqba
this entity surface form:
Great Mosque of Kairouan (major restorations and expansions)
this entity surface form:
Kairouan Great Mosque
this entity surface form:
Mosque of Kairouan