Great Mosque of Samarra
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The Great Mosque of Samarra is a 9th-century Abbasid mosque in Iraq renowned for its vast scale and distinctive spiral minaret, the Malwiya Tower.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Mosque of Samarra canonical | 9 |
| Abbasid palaces at Samarra | 1 |
| Great Mosque of Samarra complex | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2315178 — 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 Samarra Context triple: [Samarra, knownFor, Great Mosque of Samarra]
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A.
Quba Mosque
Quba Mosque is an important early Islamic mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, revered as the first mosque built by the Prophet Muhammad.
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B.
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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C.
Minaret of Qaytbay
The Minaret of Qaytbay is a richly ornamented late Mamluk-era minaret added by Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay to the Umayyad (Great) Mosque of Damascus, noted for its elegant stonework and historical significance in Islamic architecture.
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D.
Shams-ol-Emareh building
Shams-ol-Emareh building is a historic multi-story royal structure in Tehran, Iran, renowned as one of the most iconic and early high-rise elements of the Golestan Palace complex and a symbol of Qajar-era architecture.
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E.
Great Mosque of Kufa
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.
- 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 Samarra Target entity description: The Great Mosque of Samarra is a 9th-century Abbasid mosque in Iraq renowned for its vast scale and distinctive spiral minaret, the Malwiya Tower.
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A.
Quba Mosque
Quba Mosque is an important early Islamic mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, revered as the first mosque built by the Prophet Muhammad.
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B.
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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C.
Minaret of Qaytbay
The Minaret of Qaytbay is a richly ornamented late Mamluk-era minaret added by Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay to the Umayyad (Great) Mosque of Damascus, noted for its elegant stonework and historical significance in Islamic architecture.
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D.
Shams-ol-Emareh building
Shams-ol-Emareh building is a historic multi-story royal structure in Tehran, Iran, renowned as one of the most iconic and early high-rise elements of the Golestan Palace complex and a symbol of Qajar-era architecture.
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E.
Great Mosque of Kufa
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Abbasid architecture
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ historic religious building ⓘ mosque ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Abbasid Caliphate
ⓘ
surface form:
Abbasid
|
| builder | Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ |
| causeOfDamage |
Mongol conquests
ⓘ
surface form:
Mongol invasions
|
| centuryOfConstruction | 9th century ⓘ |
| cityRole | main congregational mosque of Samarra ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 851 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 848 ⓘ |
| coordinateLatitude | 34.198 ⓘ |
| coordinateLongitude | 43.875 ⓘ |
| country | Iraq ⓘ |
| damageEvent | partially destroyed in the 13th century ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Islamic worship ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| floorArea | about 38,000 square metres ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
al-Mutawakkil
ⓘ
surface form:
Al-Mutawakkil
|
| hasFeature |
hypostyle prayer hall
ⓘ
large rectangular courtyard ⓘ perimeter wall with semi-circular towers ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Malwiya Tower
ⓘ
spiral minaret ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| historicalFunction | Friday mosque ⓘ |
| influenced | later Islamic minaret designs ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Malwiya Tower
ⓘ
distinctive spiral minaret ⓘ vast scale ⓘ |
| length | about 240 metres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Iraq
ⓘ
Samarra ⓘ |
| material |
baked brick
ⓘ
plaster ⓘ |
| minaretHeight | about 52 metres ⓘ |
| partOf |
Samarra
ⓘ
surface form:
Samarra Archaeological City
|
| period | Abbasid period ⓘ |
| region |
Salah ad Din Governorate
ⓘ
surface form:
Saladin Governorate
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| status | ruin ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory | Cultural ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(ii)
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(iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 2007 ⓘ |
| width | about 156 metres ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Great Mosque of Samarra Description of subject: The Great Mosque of Samarra is a 9th-century Abbasid mosque in Iraq renowned for its vast scale and distinctive spiral minaret, the Malwiya Tower.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Abbasid palaces at Samarra
this entity surface form:
Great Mosque of Samarra complex