Little Hagia Sophia Mosque

E163550

Byzantine church building former church historical monument mosque tourist attraction

Little Hagia Sophia Mosque is a former Byzantine church in Istanbul, renowned for its early 6th-century architecture and significance as a precursor to the design of the great Hagia Sophia.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Little Hagia Sophia	2
Little Hagia Sophia Church	1
Little Hagia Sophia Mosque canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1435446 — 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: Little Hagia Sophia Mosque
Context triple: [Historic Areas of Istanbul, contains, Little Hagia Sophia Mosque]

A. Old Mosque (Eski Camii)
Old Mosque (Eski Camii) is a prominent early 15th-century Ottoman mosque in Edirne, Turkey, noted for its multiple domes and large calligraphic inscriptions.
B. Mihrimah Sultan Mosque
Mihrimah Sultan Mosque is a prominent 16th-century Ottoman imperial mosque in Istanbul, renowned for its elegant classical design and association with Mihrimah Sultan, daughter of Suleiman the Magnificent.
C. Rustem Pasha Mosque
The Rustem Pasha Mosque is a 16th-century Istanbul mosque renowned for its exquisite Iznik tilework and elegant design by the famed Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan.
D. Sulayman Pasha Mosque
Sulayman Pasha Mosque is an early Ottoman-style mosque in Cairo, Egypt, notable for being one of the first mosques built within the Cairo Citadel.
E. Alaeddin Mosque
Alaeddin Mosque is a historic Seljuk-era congregational mosque in Konya, Turkey, renowned for its architectural significance and role as a former royal mosque and burial place of Seljuk sultans.
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: Little Hagia Sophia Mosque
Target entity description: Little Hagia Sophia Mosque is a former Byzantine church in Istanbul, renowned for its early 6th-century architecture and significance as a precursor to the design of the great Hagia Sophia.

A. Old Mosque (Eski Camii)
Old Mosque (Eski Camii) is a prominent early 15th-century Ottoman mosque in Edirne, Turkey, noted for its multiple domes and large calligraphic inscriptions.
B. Mihrimah Sultan Mosque
Mihrimah Sultan Mosque is a prominent 16th-century Ottoman imperial mosque in Istanbul, renowned for its elegant classical design and association with Mihrimah Sultan, daughter of Suleiman the Magnificent.
C. Rustem Pasha Mosque
The Rustem Pasha Mosque is a 16th-century Istanbul mosque renowned for its exquisite Iznik tilework and elegant design by the famed Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan.
D. Sulayman Pasha Mosque
Sulayman Pasha Mosque is an early Ottoman-style mosque in Cairo, Egypt, notable for being one of the first mosques built within the Cairo Citadel.
E. Alaeddin Mosque
Alaeddin Mosque is a historic Seljuk-era congregational mosque in Konya, Turkey, renowned for its architectural significance and role as a former royal mosque and burial place of Seljuk sultans.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine church building ⓘ former church ⓘ historical monument ⓘ mosque ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Byzantine architecture ⓘ Early Byzantine architecture ⓘ
architecturalType	central-plan church ⓘ
builtBy	Justinian I ⓘ surface form: Emperor Justinian I Empress Theodora ⓘ
builtDuringReignOf	Justinian I ⓘ
constructionEndDate	c. 536 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	c. 527 ⓘ
conversionToMosqueDate	16th century ⓘ
convertedBy	Hüseyin Ağa ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Saint Bacchus ⓘ Sergius ⓘ surface form: Saint Sergius
era	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
floorPlanShape	octagonal interior within rectangular exterior ⓘ
formerReligion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Küçük Ayasofya ⓘ surface form: Küçük Ayasofya Camii Little Hagia Sophia Mosque ⓘ surface form: Little Hagia Sophia Church
hasDome	yes ⓘ
hasFeature	inscription praising Justinian and Theodora ⓘ two-storey ambulatory ⓘ
hasMaterial	brick ⓘ marble ⓘ stone ⓘ
hasMinaret	yes ⓘ
heritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
inspired	Hagia Sophia ⓘ
isPrecursorOf	Hagia Sophia ⓘ
locatedIn	European side of Istanbul ⓘ Fatih district ⓘ Istanbul ⓘ Sultanahmet neighborhood ⓘ surface form: Sultanahmet area
locatedNear	Hippodrome of Constantinople ⓘ Sea of Marmara ⓘ Sultanahmet Square ⓘ
notableFor	Byzantine capitals and columns ⓘ early 6th-century architecture ⓘ innovative central-plan design ⓘ rich interior decoration ⓘ
originalName	Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus ⓘ
partOf	Historic Areas of Istanbul ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSince	1985 ⓘ
usedAs	mosque ⓘ museum and tourist site ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Historic Areas of Istanbul → contains → Little Hagia Sophia Mosque ⓘ

Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus → alsoKnownAs → Little Hagia Sophia Mosque ⓘ

this entity surface form: Little Hagia Sophia

Little Hagia Sophia Mosque → hasAlternativeName → Little Hagia Sophia Mosque ⓘ

this entity surface form: Little Hagia Sophia Church

Fatih, Istanbul → contains → Little Hagia Sophia Mosque ⓘ