Bab az-Zahra

E413366

city gate historic site landmark in Jerusalem tourist attraction

Bab az-Zahra is the Arabic name for Herod's Gate, one of the historic entrances to Jerusalem's Old City walls.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bab az-Zahira	2
Bab az-Zahra canonical	1
Bab ez-Zahra	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4112045 — 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: Bab az-Zahra
Context triple: [Herod's Gate, hasAlternativeName, Bab az-Zahra]

A. al-Zahra
al-Zahra is an honorific title meaning "the Radiant" traditionally given to Fatimah, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, revered in Islam for her piety and virtue.
B. Bab as-Silsila
Bab as-Silsila is one of the historic gates leading into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City.
C. Kasr Al Ainy
Kasr Al Ainy is a historic medical campus and hospital complex in Cairo that serves as the main site of Cairo University's Faculty of Medicine.
D. Sadaat-e-Amroha
Sadaat-e-Amroha are a community of Sayyid families historically settled in Amroha, India, known for their religious scholarship and noble lineage tracing back to the Prophet Muhammad.
E. Qasr al-Bint
Qasr al-Bint is one of Petra’s most important and best-preserved free-standing temples, believed to have been a principal place of worship for the Nabataeans.
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: Bab az-Zahra
Target entity description: Bab az-Zahra is the Arabic name for Herod's Gate, one of the historic entrances to Jerusalem's Old City walls.

A. al-Zahra
al-Zahra is an honorific title meaning "the Radiant" traditionally given to Fatimah, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, revered in Islam for her piety and virtue.
B. Bab as-Silsila
Bab as-Silsila is one of the historic gates leading into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City.
C. Kasr Al Ainy
Kasr Al Ainy is a historic medical campus and hospital complex in Cairo that serves as the main site of Cairo University's Faculty of Medicine.
D. Sadaat-e-Amroha
Sadaat-e-Amroha are a community of Sayyid families historically settled in Amroha, India, known for their religious scholarship and noble lineage tracing back to the Prophet Muhammad.
E. Qasr al-Bint
Qasr al-Bint is one of Petra’s most important and best-preserved free-standing temples, believed to have been a principal place of worship for the Nabataeans.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city gate ⓘ historic site ⓘ landmark in Jerusalem ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bab az-Zahra ⓘ surface form: Bab az-Zahira Bab az-Zahra ⓘ surface form: Bab ez-Zahra Herod's Gate ⓘ
associatedWith	Herod the Great ⓘ surface form: Herod the Great (by traditional naming)
builtInPeriod	Ottoman period ⓘ
category	Gates of Jerusalem ⓘ Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: Old City of Jerusalem
faces	north side of the Old City ⓘ
function	city gate for pedestrians ⓘ entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle	Ottoman architecture ⓘ
hasDirection	north ⓘ
hasEnglishName	Herod's Gate ⓘ
hasFeature	arched gateway ⓘ defensive design ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ
hasNameInArabic	Bab as-Silsila ⓘ surface form: باب الزاهرة
hasReligiousSignificanceFor	Christian Church ⓘ surface form: Christians Jews ⓘ Muslims ⓘ
heritageDesignation	part of the Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
isOneOf	seven main open gates of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ
languageOfName	Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn	Jerusalem ⓘ Jerusalem District ⓘ Middle East ⓘ Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: Old City of Jerusalem Israel ⓘ surface form: State of Israel
materialUsed	stone ⓘ
namedAfter	nearby Bab az-Zahra neighborhood ⓘ
near	Bab az-Zahra neighborhood ⓘ Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ Via Dolorosa ⓘ
overlooks	northern approaches to the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ
partOf	walls of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: Old City walls of Jerusalem Walls of Jerusalem ⓘ
providesAccessTo	Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem
rebuiltBy	Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ surface form: Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent
rebuiltInCentury	16th century ⓘ
touristActivity	historical walking tours ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus	within inscribed area of Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Herod's Gate → hasAlternativeName → Bab az-Zahra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bab az-Zahira

Bab az-Zahra → alsoKnownAs → Bab az-Zahra ⓘ