Khanbaliq
E141562
Khanbaliq was the Yuan dynasty capital founded by Kublai Khan on the site of present-day Beijing, serving as the political and cultural center of his Mongol-ruled Chinese empire.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Khanbaliq canonical | 24 |
| Khanbalik | 1 |
| Khanbaliq (nominal) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1189267 — 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: Khanbaliq Context triple: [Kublai Khan, deathPlace, Khanbaliq]
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A.
Borjigin
Borjigin is the royal clan of Genghis Khan and his descendants, forming the ruling lineage of the Mongol Empire and several successor states.
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B.
Khiva
Khiva is an ancient oasis city in western Uzbekistan renowned for its well-preserved walled old town, Itchan Kala, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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C.
Karaikal
Karaikal is a coastal town and district of the Union Territory of Puducherry in southeastern India, known for its strategic port and location along the Bay of Bengal.
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D.
Ürümqi
Ürümqi is a major city in northwestern China that serves as the political, economic, and cultural center of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
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E.
Bilibino
Bilibino is a small town in Russia’s Far East best known for hosting one of the world’s northernmost nuclear power plants.
- 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: Khanbaliq Target entity description: Khanbaliq was the Yuan dynasty capital founded by Kublai Khan on the site of present-day Beijing, serving as the political and cultural center of his Mongol-ruled Chinese empire.
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A.
Borjigin
Borjigin is the royal clan of Genghis Khan and his descendants, forming the ruling lineage of the Mongol Empire and several successor states.
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B.
Khiva
Khiva is an ancient oasis city in western Uzbekistan renowned for its well-preserved walled old town, Itchan Kala, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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C.
Karaikal
Karaikal is a coastal town and district of the Union Territory of Puducherry in southeastern India, known for its strategic port and location along the Bay of Bengal.
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D.
Ürümqi
Ürümqi is a major city in northwestern China that serves as the political, economic, and cultural center of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
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E.
Bilibino
Bilibino is a small town in Russia’s Far East best known for hosting one of the world’s northernmost nuclear power plants.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yuan dynasty capital
ⓘ
former national capital ⓘ historical city ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kublai Khan’s sinicization policies
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integration of Mongol and Chinese administrative systems ⓘ |
| capitalOf |
Mongol-ruled China
ⓘ
Yuan dynasty ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Yuan dynasty ⓘ |
| culturalFunction | meeting point of Mongol, Chinese, Central Asian, and Persian cultures ⓘ |
| describedIn | The Travels of Marco Polo ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Yuan Dadu
ⓘ
surface form:
Ming Beijing
|
| foundedBy | Kublai Khan ⓘ |
| founder | Kublai Khan ⓘ |
| governmentType | imperial capital city administration ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Cambalu
ⓘ
Cambaluc ⓘ pleasure-dome of Xanadu ⓘ
surface form:
Cambaluc (in Marco Polo’s account)
Cambaluc ⓘ
surface form:
Cambalucum
Dadu ⓘ Dadu ⓘ
surface form:
Daidu
Khanbaliq ⓘ
surface form:
Khanbalik
|
| historicalEra |
13th century
ⓘ
14th century ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | one of the largest cities in the world in the 13th–14th centuries ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Mongolian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
China
ⓘ
present-day Beijing ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | Yuan dynasty ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | City of the Khan ⓘ |
| modernEquivalent | central urban area of Beijing ⓘ |
| partOf |
East Asia
ⓘ
Mongol Empire ⓘ |
| politicalFunction | seat of the Great Khan of the Yuan dynasty ⓘ |
| region | North China Plain ⓘ |
| replaced | Zhongdu ⓘ |
| role |
cultural center of the Yuan dynasty
ⓘ
political center of the Yuan dynasty ⓘ |
| significance |
key node on overland routes between East Asia and Central Asia
ⓘ
major center of Mongol imperial administration ⓘ |
| urbanPlanInfluenced | later Ming and Qing Beijing city layout ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Chinese bureaucratic institutions
ⓘ
Mongol ruling elite ⓘ |
| visitedBy | Marco Polo ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Khanbaliq Description of subject: Khanbaliq was the Yuan dynasty capital founded by Kublai Khan on the site of present-day Beijing, serving as the political and cultural center of his Mongol-ruled Chinese empire.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Khanbaliq (nominal)
this entity surface form:
Khanbalik