Great Mosque of Aleppo
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The Great Mosque of Aleppo is one of Syria’s oldest and most significant Islamic monuments, renowned for its historic Umayyad-era origins and once-iconic minaret before suffering severe damage in the Syrian civil war.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Mosque of Aleppo canonical | 5 |
| Great Mosque of Aleppo Minaret | 1 |
| Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr bi-Ḥalab | 1 |
| Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2782251 — 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 Aleppo Context triple: [Aleppo, hasLandmark, Great Mosque of Aleppo]
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A.
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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B.
Al-Jazzar Mosque
Al-Jazzar Mosque is a prominent Ottoman-era mosque in the coastal city of Acre, Israel, renowned for its grand architecture and historical significance as one of the largest and most important mosques in the country.
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C.
Great Mosque of Samarra
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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D.
Kul Sharif Mosque
Kul Sharif Mosque is a prominent and historically significant Islamic mosque and cultural symbol located within the Kazan Kremlin in Russia.
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E.
Quba Mosque
Quba Mosque is an important early Islamic mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, revered as the first mosque built by the Prophet Muhammad.
- 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 Aleppo Target entity description: The Great Mosque of Aleppo is one of Syria’s oldest and most significant Islamic monuments, renowned for its historic Umayyad-era origins and once-iconic minaret before suffering severe damage in the Syrian civil war.
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A.
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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B.
Al-Jazzar Mosque
Al-Jazzar Mosque is a prominent Ottoman-era mosque in the coastal city of Acre, Israel, renowned for its grand architecture and historical significance as one of the largest and most important mosques in the country.
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C.
Great Mosque of Samarra
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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D.
Kul Sharif Mosque
Kul Sharif Mosque is a prominent and historically significant Islamic mosque and cultural symbol located within the Kazan Kremlin in Russia.
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E.
Quba Mosque
Quba Mosque is an important early Islamic mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, revered as the first mosque built by the Prophet Muhammad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World Heritage Site component
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historic monument ⓘ minaret ⓘ mosque ⓘ religious building ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Great Mosque of Aleppo
ⓘ
surface form:
Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr bi-Ḥalab
Great Mosque of Aleppo ⓘ
surface form:
Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo
|
| architecturalStyle |
Islamic architecture
ⓘ
Seljuk architecture ⓘ Umayyad architecture ⓘ |
| architecturalType | hypostyle mosque ⓘ |
| builder |
Al-Walid I
ⓘ
surface form:
al-Walīd I (attributed)
|
| builtUnder | Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1094 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1090 ⓘ |
| coordinates | 36.198°N 37.158°E ⓘ |
| country | Syria ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
major landmark of the Old City of Aleppo
ⓘ
one of the oldest and largest mosques in Syria ⓘ |
| damagedDuring |
Syrian Civil War
ⓘ
surface form:
Syrian civil war
|
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| destroyedOn | 2013 ⓘ |
| followsPlan |
Umayyad architecture
ⓘ
surface form:
Umayyad hypostyle plan
|
| function | Friday mosque ⓘ |
| governingBody | Ministry of Awqaf of Syria ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
arcaded porticoes
ⓘ
large courtyard ⓘ mihrab ⓘ minbar ⓘ prayer hall ⓘ |
| hasMinaret |
Great Mosque of Aleppo
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Mosque of Aleppo Minaret
|
| height | 45 m ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Ancient City of Aleppo)
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surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of the Ancient City of Aleppo)
|
| locatedIn |
Aleppo
ⓘ
Ancient City of Aleppo ⓘ
surface form:
Old City of Aleppo
|
| majorReconstruction | 12th century ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| near |
Citadel of Aleppo
ⓘ
surface form:
Aleppo Citadel
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| originalConstructionEnd | 8th century ⓘ |
| originalConstructionStart | 8th century ⓘ |
| partOf | Ancient City of Aleppo ⓘ |
| rebuiltBy |
Nur ad-Din Zangi
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surface form:
Nūr al-Dīn Zangī
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| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| roofMaterial | stone ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Destruction of its minaret during the Syrian civil war ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId | 21bis ⓘ |
| usedFor |
community gatherings
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congregational prayers ⓘ religious education ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Great Mosque of Aleppo Description of subject: The Great Mosque of Aleppo is one of Syria’s oldest and most significant Islamic monuments, renowned for its historic Umayyad-era origins and once-iconic minaret before suffering severe damage in the Syrian civil war.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ancient City of Aleppo
this entity surface form:
Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo
this entity surface form:
Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr bi-Ḥalab
this entity surface form:
Great Mosque of Aleppo Minaret