Abu Dulaf Mosque
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Abu Dulaf Mosque is a historic 9th-century Abbasid mosque near Samarra in Iraq, noted for its vast rectangular plan and distinctive spiral minaret.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Abu Dulaf Mosque canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2315191 — 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: Abu Dulaf Mosque Context triple: [Samarra, hasPart, Abu Dulaf Mosque]
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A.
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.
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B.
Mosque of Pasha Qasim
The Mosque of Pasha Qasim is a prominent 16th-century Ottoman-era mosque, later converted into a Catholic church, and one of the most iconic historical monuments in the Hungarian city of Pécs.
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C.
Tinmal Mosque
Tinmal Mosque is a 12th-century Almohad-era mosque in Morocco, renowned as one of the earliest and most important examples of Almohad religious architecture.
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D.
Mukhtarov Mosque
Mukhtarov Mosque is a historic and architecturally distinctive mosque in Vladikavkaz, Russia, known for its ornate Orientalist design and cultural significance to the local Muslim community.
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E.
Qolşärif Mosque
Qolşärif Mosque is a prominent historic and reconstructed Islamic mosque in Kazan, Russia, regarded as a key religious and cultural symbol of the Tatar people.
- 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: Abu Dulaf Mosque Target entity description: Abu Dulaf Mosque is a historic 9th-century Abbasid mosque near Samarra in Iraq, noted for its vast rectangular plan and distinctive spiral minaret.
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A.
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.
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B.
Mosque of Pasha Qasim
The Mosque of Pasha Qasim is a prominent 16th-century Ottoman-era mosque, later converted into a Catholic church, and one of the most iconic historical monuments in the Hungarian city of Pécs.
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C.
Tinmal Mosque
Tinmal Mosque is a 12th-century Almohad-era mosque in Morocco, renowned as one of the earliest and most important examples of Almohad religious architecture.
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D.
Mukhtarov Mosque
Mukhtarov Mosque is a historic and architecturally distinctive mosque in Vladikavkaz, Russia, known for its ornate Orientalist design and cultural significance to the local Muslim community.
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E.
Qolşärif Mosque
Qolşärif Mosque is a prominent historic and reconstructed Islamic mosque in Kazan, Russia, regarded as a key religious and cultural symbol of the Tatar people.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Abbasid architecture
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historic building ⓘ mosque ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Abbasid Caliphate
ⓘ
surface form:
Abbasid
|
| architecturalType | hypostyle mosque ⓘ |
| builtUnder | Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
al-Mutawakkil
ⓘ
surface form:
Caliph al-Mutawakkil
|
| condition | partially ruined ⓘ |
| country | Iraq ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important example of early Islamic architecture
ⓘ
key monument of the Abbasid capital Samarra ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| era | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| floorPlan | rectangular plan ⓘ |
| function | Friday mosque ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
courtyard
ⓘ
enclosure wall ⓘ minaret ⓘ prayer hall ⓘ |
| hasMinaret | spiral minaret ⓘ |
| heritageCriteria |
UNESCO cultural criteria (ii)
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UNESCO cultural criteria (iii) ⓘ UNESCO cultural criteria (iv) ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| inception |
9th century
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circa 859 CE ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mesopotamia
ⓘ
Salah ad Din Governorate ⓘ
surface form:
Salah al-Din Governorate
Samarra ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Samarra ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Tigris River corridor
ⓘ
surface form:
Tigris River plain
|
| materialUsed | baked brick ⓘ |
| minaretShape | spiral ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Abu Dulaf ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
arcaded prayer hall
ⓘ
baked brick piers ⓘ brick construction ⓘ large open courtyard ⓘ outer enclosure wall ⓘ spiral minaret ⓘ |
| orientation | towards Mecca ⓘ |
| partOf |
Samarra
ⓘ
surface form:
Samarra Archaeological City
|
| region | Iraqi architectural tradition ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| similarTo | Great Mosque of Samarra ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| use | congregational prayer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Abu Dulaf Mosque Description of subject: Abu Dulaf Mosque is a historic 9th-century Abbasid mosque near Samarra in Iraq, noted for its vast rectangular plan and distinctive spiral minaret.
Referenced by (2)
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