Great Mosque of Kufa
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The Great Mosque of Kufa is one of the oldest and most revered mosques in Islam, historically significant as a center of early Islamic governance and scholarship and closely associated with Imam Ali.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Great Mosque of Kufa canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2153934 — 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: Great Mosque of Kufa Context triple: [Kufa, hasLandmark, Great Mosque of Kufa]
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A.
Great Mosque of Sanaʽa
The Great Mosque of Sanaʽa is one of the oldest and most significant mosques in the Islamic world, renowned for its early Islamic architecture and central religious role in Yemen’s capital.
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B.
Al-Kadhimiya Mosque
Al-Kadhimiya Mosque is a major Shia Islamic shrine and mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, renowned for housing the tombs of the seventh and ninth Shia Imams and serving as an important religious and pilgrimage site.
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C.
Great Mosque of Damascus
The Great Mosque of Damascus is one of the oldest and most important monumental mosques in the world, renowned for its early Islamic architecture and continuous religious significance since the Umayyad era.
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D.
Al-Zaytuna Mosque
Al-Zaytuna Mosque is a historic and prominent Islamic place of worship in Tunis, renowned as one of the oldest mosques and centers of learning in North Africa.
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E.
Masjid Quba
Masjid Quba is an historic mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, revered as the first mosque built in Islam and closely associated with the Prophet Muhammad’s migration (Hijrah).
- 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: Great Mosque of Kufa Target entity description: The Great Mosque of Kufa is one of the oldest and most revered mosques in Islam, historically significant as a center of early Islamic governance and scholarship and closely associated with Imam Ali.
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A.
Great Mosque of Sanaʽa
The Great Mosque of Sanaʽa is one of the oldest and most significant mosques in the Islamic world, renowned for its early Islamic architecture and central religious role in Yemen’s capital.
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B.
Al-Kadhimiya Mosque
Al-Kadhimiya Mosque is a major Shia Islamic shrine and mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, renowned for housing the tombs of the seventh and ninth Shia Imams and serving as an important religious and pilgrimage site.
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C.
Great Mosque of Damascus
The Great Mosque of Damascus is one of the oldest and most important monumental mosques in the world, renowned for its early Islamic architecture and continuous religious significance since the Umayyad era.
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D.
Al-Zaytuna Mosque
Al-Zaytuna Mosque is a historic and prominent Islamic place of worship in Tunis, renowned as one of the oldest mosques and centers of learning in North Africa.
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E.
Masjid Quba
Masjid Quba is an historic mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, revered as the first mosque built in Islam and closely associated with the Prophet Muhammad’s migration (Hijrah).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic holy site
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historic religious building ⓘ mosque ⓘ |
| alsoVeneratedBy |
Sunni Islam
ⓘ
surface form:
Sunni Muslims
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| architecturalStyle | Islamic architecture ⓘ |
| architecturalType | hypostyle mosque ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ahl al-Bayt
ⓘ
Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
surface form:
Imam Ali
Kufa school of Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ Kufa school of Quranic recitation ⓘ early Muslim community of Kufa ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
assassination of Ali ibn Abi Talib
ⓘ
Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ
surface form:
caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib
early Kharijite conflicts ⓘ early Shiite gatherings ⓘ political sermons of Imam Ali ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 32.034°N 44.404°E ⓘ |
| country | Iraq ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of early Islamic urban and religious life in Iraq ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Allah ⓘ |
| denomination | Shia Islam ⓘ |
| foundedInContext | early Islamic expansion into Iraq ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | 7th century ⓘ |
| governanceRole |
place where legal and political decisions were announced
ⓘ
seat of Ali ibn Abi Talib’s caliphate ⓘ |
| hasPart |
courtyard
ⓘ
domes ⓘ mihrab ⓘ minarets ⓘ prayer hall ⓘ shrines ⓘ |
| hasShrineOf |
Hani ibn Urwa
ⓘ
Mukhtar al-Thaqafi ⓘ Muslim ibn Aqil ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam
ⓘ
one of the oldest mosques in the world ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Najaf Governorate
ⓘ
surface form:
Al-Najaf Governorate
Kufa ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Middle Euphrates region
ⓘ
surface form:
Euphrates River region
|
| nearby |
Imam Ali Shrine
ⓘ
surface form:
Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf
|
| pilgrimageRelation | visited by pilgrims to Najaf ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| significance |
associated with the Rashidun Caliphate period
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associated with the early Islamic conquests ⓘ center of early Islamic governance ⓘ center of early Islamic scholarship ⓘ important site in Shia religious history ⓘ major early Islamic religious center ⓘ |
| traditionHolds |
location of many prophets’ prayers (in Islamic tradition)
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site where Noah built the Ark (in some Islamic traditions) ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Friday prayers
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Islamic jurisprudence teaching ⓘ Quranic recitation ⓘ congregational prayers ⓘ political addresses in early Islam ⓘ religious education ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Great Mosque of Kufa Description of subject: The Great Mosque of Kufa is one of the oldest and most revered mosques in Islam, historically significant as a center of early Islamic governance and scholarship and closely associated with Imam Ali.
Referenced by (2)
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