Dhu al-Qadah
E155379
Dhu al-Qadah is the eleventh month of the Islamic lunar calendar, traditionally regarded as one of the four sacred months in which warfare is forbidden.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dhu al-Qadah canonical | 5 |
| Dhu al-Qa'dah | 2 |
| Dhu al-Qa‘dah | 1 |
| Dhu al-Qi'dah | 1 |
| Dhul-Qa'dah | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1289425 — 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: Dhu al-Qadah Context triple: [Dhu al-Hijjah, follows, Dhu al-Qadah]
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A.
Dhu al-Hijjah
Dhu al-Hijjah is the twelfth and final month of the Islamic lunar calendar, known for encompassing the major pilgrimage rites and the festival of Eid al-Adha.
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B.
Day of Arafah
Day of Arafah is an important Islamic holy day during the Hajj pilgrimage when pilgrims gather on the plain of Arafat for supplication and it is widely observed by Muslims worldwide through fasting and prayer.
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C.
Ramadan
Ramadan is the Islamic holy month of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community observed annually by Muslims worldwide.
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D.
Dhulandi
Dhulandi is the vibrant second day of the Holi festival in India, celebrated with the playful throwing of colored powders and water.
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E.
Ashura
Ashura is a significant Islamic holy day, especially in Shia Islam, marking the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali at the Battle of Karbala and symbolizing sacrifice, justice, and resistance against oppression.
- 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: Dhu al-Qadah Target entity description: Dhu al-Qadah is the eleventh month of the Islamic lunar calendar, traditionally regarded as one of the four sacred months in which warfare is forbidden.
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A.
Dhu al-Hijjah
Dhu al-Hijjah is the twelfth and final month of the Islamic lunar calendar, known for encompassing the major pilgrimage rites and the festival of Eid al-Adha.
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B.
Day of Arafah
Day of Arafah is an important Islamic holy day during the Hajj pilgrimage when pilgrims gather on the plain of Arafat for supplication and it is widely observed by Muslims worldwide through fasting and prayer.
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C.
Ramadan
Ramadan is the Islamic holy month of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community observed annually by Muslims worldwide.
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D.
Dhulandi
Dhulandi is the vibrant second day of the Holi festival in India, celebrated with the playful throwing of colored powders and water.
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E.
Ashura
Ashura is a significant Islamic holy day, especially in Shia Islam, marking the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali at the Battle of Karbala and symbolizing sacrifice, justice, and resistance against oppression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
month of the Islamic calendar
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sacred month in Islam ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Hajj season preparation ⓘ |
| calendarType | lunar ⓘ |
| dayCountSystem | based on lunar sighting ⓘ |
| follows | Shawwal ⓘ |
| hasLength | 29 or 30 days ⓘ |
| historicalPractice | period of truce among Arab tribes ⓘ |
| languageNameArabic | ذو القعدة ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Islamic tradition ⓘ |
| occursBefore | Hajj rituals in Dhu al-Hijjah ⓘ |
| partOf | Islamic lunar calendar ⓘ |
| positionInCalendar | 11 ⓘ |
| precedes | Dhu al-Hijjah ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| sacredMonthGroup | Dhu al-Qadah, Dhu al-Hijjah, Muharram, Rajab ⓘ |
| sacredMonthNumber | first of the three consecutive sacred months ⓘ |
| sacredStatus | one of the four sacred months ⓘ |
| timeSystem | Hijri calendar ⓘ |
| transliterationVariant |
Dhu al-Qadah
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Dhu al-Qa'dah
Dhu al-Qadah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dhul-Qa'dah
Zu al-Qa'dah ⓘ |
| usedFor | religious observances scheduling ⓘ |
| usedIn | Islamic countries and Muslim communities worldwide ⓘ |
| warfareRuling | warfare traditionally forbidden ⓘ |
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: Dhu al-Qadah Description of subject: Dhu al-Qadah is the eleventh month of the Islamic lunar calendar, traditionally regarded as one of the four sacred months in which warfare is forbidden.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dhu al-Qi'dah
this entity surface form:
Dhu al-Qa'dah
this entity surface form:
Dhul-Qa'dah
this entity surface form:
Dhu al-Qa‘dah
this entity surface form:
Dhu al-Qa'dah