Sultan Ahmed Mosque
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The Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque, is a historic Ottoman imperial mosque in Istanbul famed for its cascading domes and blue İznik tile-adorned interior.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sultan Ahmed Mosque canonical | 11 |
| Great Mosque of Sultan Ahmed | 1 |
| Sultan Ahmed Mosque complex | 1 |
| Sultan Ahmet Camii | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1423491 — 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: Sultan Ahmed Mosque Context triple: [Hagia Sophia, locatedNear, Sultan Ahmed Mosque]
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A.
Fatih Mosque
Fatih Mosque is a major 15th-century Ottoman imperial mosque in Istanbul, notable as one of the earliest grand mosque complexes built after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople.
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B.
Şehzade Mosque
Şehzade Mosque is a 16th-century imperial mosque in Istanbul, renowned as one of the earliest and most harmonious masterpieces of the famed Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan.
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C.
Selimiye Mosque
Selimiye Mosque is a monumental 16th-century imperial mosque in Edirne, Turkey, renowned as one of architect Mimar Sinan’s greatest masterpieces and a pinnacle of classical Ottoman architecture.
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D.
Kocatepe Mosque
Kocatepe Mosque is a grand, modern Ottoman-style mosque and one of the most prominent religious and architectural landmarks in Ankara, Turkey.
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E.
Suleymaniye Mosque
The Suleymaniye Mosque is a grand 16th-century Ottoman imperial mosque designed by Mimar Sinan, renowned as one of Istanbul’s most iconic architectural and historical monuments.
- 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: Sultan Ahmed Mosque Target entity description: The Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque, is a historic Ottoman imperial mosque in Istanbul famed for its cascading domes and blue İznik tile-adorned interior.
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A.
Fatih Mosque
Fatih Mosque is a major 15th-century Ottoman imperial mosque in Istanbul, notable as one of the earliest grand mosque complexes built after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople.
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B.
Şehzade Mosque
Şehzade Mosque is a 16th-century imperial mosque in Istanbul, renowned as one of the earliest and most harmonious masterpieces of the famed Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan.
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C.
Selimiye Mosque
Selimiye Mosque is a monumental 16th-century imperial mosque in Edirne, Turkey, renowned as one of architect Mimar Sinan’s greatest masterpieces and a pinnacle of classical Ottoman architecture.
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D.
Kocatepe Mosque
Kocatepe Mosque is a grand, modern Ottoman-style mosque and one of the most prominent religious and architectural landmarks in Ankara, Turkey.
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E.
Suleymaniye Mosque
The Suleymaniye Mosque is a grand 16th-century Ottoman imperial mosque designed by Mimar Sinan, renowned as one of Istanbul’s most iconic architectural and historical monuments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ottoman imperial mosque
ⓘ
historic building ⓘ mosque ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Blue Mosque
ⓘ
Sultan Ahmed Mosque ⓘ
surface form:
Sultan Ahmet Camii
|
| architect | Sedefkar Mehmed Agha ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Islamic architecture
ⓘ
Ottoman architecture ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1616 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1609 ⓘ |
| continent |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ |
| coordinates | 41.0054°N 28.9768°E ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| feature |
blue İznik tile-adorned interior
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calligraphic inscriptions ⓘ cascading domes ⓘ large central courtyard ⓘ mihrab made of finely carved marble ⓘ stained glass windows ⓘ |
| function |
place of worship
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tourist site ⓘ |
| governingBody | Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey ⓘ |
| groundbreakingDate | 1609 ⓘ |
| hasCapacity | about 10,000 worshippers ⓘ |
| hasCourtyard | yes ⓘ |
| hasDomeCount |
1 main dome
ⓘ
8 secondary domes ⓘ |
| hasMihrab | yes ⓘ |
| hasMinaretCount | 6 minarets ⓘ |
| hasMinbar | yes ⓘ |
| hasPrayerHall | yes ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | major landmark of Istanbul ⓘ |
| lighting | chandeliers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Fatih, Istanbul
ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ Sultanahmet Square ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
marble
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stone ⓘ İznik tiles ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Sultan Ahmed I
ⓘ
surface form:
Ahmed I
|
| nearby |
Hagia Sophia
ⓘ
Hippodrome of Constantinople ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blue color effect from interior tiles and light
ⓘ
interior decorated with more than 20,000 handmade ceramic tiles ⓘ |
| patron | Sultan Ahmed I ⓘ |
| period | Classical Ottoman period ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1616 ⓘ |
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: Sultan Ahmed Mosque Description of subject: The Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque, is a historic Ottoman imperial mosque in Istanbul famed for its cascading domes and blue İznik tile-adorned interior.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sultan Ahmed Mosque complex
this entity surface form:
Sultan Ahmet Camii
subject surface form:
Ahmed I
subject surface form:
Ahmed I
this entity surface form:
Great Mosque of Sultan Ahmed