Battle of the Trench site
E151594
The Battle of the Trench site is the historic location on the outskirts of Medina where early Muslims defended the city against a large confederate force in 627 CE by digging a protective trench.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of the Trench site canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1317052 — 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: Battle of the Trench site Context triple: [Medina, hasHistoricalSite, Battle of the Trench site]
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A.
Battle of Uhud site
The Battle of Uhud site is a significant Islamic historical battlefield near Medina where a major early clash between the Prophet Muhammad’s forces and the Quraysh of Mecca took place in 625 CE.
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B.
Masmak Fortress
Masmak Fortress is a historic 19th-century mud-brick citadel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, famed as the site where King Abdulaziz captured the city and began unifying the kingdom.
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C.
Nabi Shuayb shrine
The Nabi Shuayb shrine is a major Druze pilgrimage site in northern Israel, revered as the traditional tomb of the prophet Jethro (Shuayb).
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D.
Cave of Hira
The Cave of Hira is a small mountain cave near Mecca revered in Islam as the site where the Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation from the Angel Gabriel.
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E.
Sikandra
Sikandra is a historic suburb of Agra in India best known for housing the grand mausoleum of the Mughal emperor Akbar.
- 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: Battle of the Trench site Target entity description: The Battle of the Trench site is the historic location on the outskirts of Medina where early Muslims defended the city against a large confederate force in 627 CE by digging a protective trench.
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A.
Battle of Uhud site
The Battle of Uhud site is a significant Islamic historical battlefield near Medina where a major early clash between the Prophet Muhammad’s forces and the Quraysh of Mecca took place in 625 CE.
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B.
Masmak Fortress
Masmak Fortress is a historic 19th-century mud-brick citadel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, famed as the site where King Abdulaziz captured the city and began unifying the kingdom.
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C.
Nabi Shuayb shrine
The Nabi Shuayb shrine is a major Druze pilgrimage site in northern Israel, revered as the traditional tomb of the prophet Jethro (Shuayb).
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D.
Cave of Hira
The Cave of Hira is a small mountain cave near Mecca revered in Islam as the site where the Prophet Muhammad received his first revelation from the Angel Gabriel.
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E.
Sikandra
Sikandra is a historic suburb of Agra in India best known for housing the grand mausoleum of the Mughal emperor Akbar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battlefield
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Battle of the Trench
ⓘ
Ghazwat al‑Ahzab ⓘ
surface form:
Ghazwat al-Khandaq
|
| associatedWithPerson |
Muhammad
ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Muhammad
Salman al-Farisi ⓘ |
| attackedBy |
Meccan-led confederate forces
ⓘ
Quraysh ⓘ
surface form:
Quraysh confederation
|
| commemoratedBy | Islamic historical tradition ⓘ |
| country | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | important site in early Islamic military history ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent |
5 AH
ⓘ
627 CE ⓘ |
| defendedBy |
early Muslim community
ⓘ
followers of Muhammad ⓘ |
| hasFeature | trench line ⓘ |
| hasHeritageValue | Islamic historical heritage ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hejaz
ⓘ
Medina ⓘ present-day Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Medina ⓘ |
| notableFor |
defense tactic introduced on advice of Salman al-Farisi
ⓘ
use of trench warfare in Arabian Peninsula ⓘ |
| onOutskirtsOf | Medina ⓘ |
| religionContext | Islam ⓘ |
| strategicRole | northern defensive line of Medina ⓘ |
| terrainType | desert ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Early Islamic period ⓘ |
| usedFor | defense of Medina ⓘ |
| visitedFor |
historical education
ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of the Trench site Description of subject: The Battle of the Trench site is the historic location on the outskirts of Medina where early Muslims defended the city against a large confederate force in 627 CE by digging a protective trench.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.