Hijr Ismail
E44073
Hijr Ismail is a semi-circular walled area adjacent to the Kaaba in Mecca that is considered a sacred space and part of the original Kaaba’s foundation.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hijr Ismail canonical | 8 |
| حِجْر إسماعيل | 1 |
| حِجْر إِسْمَاعِيل | 1 |
| مقام إبراهيم | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T341087 — 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: Hijr Ismail Context triple: [Kaaba, hasComponent, Hijr Ismail]
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A.
As-Samad
As-Samad is one of the names of Allah in Islam, signifying the One who is absolutely self-sufficient, eternally depended upon by all creation, and free of all need.
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B.
Qasim ibn Muhammad
Qasim ibn Muhammad was the eldest son of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who died in childhood in Mecca.
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C.
Ibn Muqla
Ibn Muqla was a 10th-century Abbasid vizier and master calligrapher renowned for codifying the proportional rules that shaped classical Arabic scripts, especially Naskh.
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D.
Wad Madani
Wad Madani is a major city in east-central Sudan and the capital of Al Jazirah state, serving as an important commercial and agricultural hub along the Blue Nile.
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E.
Abdullah ibn Muhammad
Abdullah ibn Muhammad was one of the sons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who died in early childhood.
- 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: Hijr Ismail Target entity description: Hijr Ismail is a semi-circular walled area adjacent to the Kaaba in Mecca that is considered a sacred space and part of the original Kaaba’s foundation.
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A.
As-Samad
As-Samad is one of the names of Allah in Islam, signifying the One who is absolutely self-sufficient, eternally depended upon by all creation, and free of all need.
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B.
Qasim ibn Muhammad
Qasim ibn Muhammad was the eldest son of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who died in childhood in Mecca.
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C.
Ibn Muqla
Ibn Muqla was a 10th-century Abbasid vizier and master calligrapher renowned for codifying the proportional rules that shaped classical Arabic scripts, especially Naskh.
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D.
Wad Madani
Wad Madani is a major city in east-central Sudan and the capital of Al Jazirah state, serving as an important commercial and agricultural hub along the Blue Nile.
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E.
Abdullah ibn Muhammad
Abdullah ibn Muhammad was one of the sons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who died in early childhood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic holy place
ⓘ
architectural structure ⓘ religious site ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Kaaba ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Hatim
ⓘ
Al-Hijr ⓘ
surface form:
Hijr
|
| associatedWith |
Hajar
ⓘ
Prophet Ibrahim ⓘ Prophet Ismail ⓘ |
| considered |
part of original Kaaba foundation
ⓘ
sacred space ⓘ |
| excludedFrom | current Kaaba built by Quraysh ⓘ |
| faces |
Kaaba
ⓘ
surface form:
Kaaba wall
|
| hasAccess | open to pilgrims when not crowded ⓘ |
| hasArabicName |
Hijr Ismail
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
حِجْر إِسْمَاعِيل
|
| hasBoundary | white marble wall ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | symbol of original Kaaba size ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
open roof
ⓘ
paved floor ⓘ |
| hasFunction | place of prayer ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole | included in original Kaaba dimensions ⓘ |
| hasMaterial |
marble
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| hasReligiousStatus | highly recommended place for prayer ⓘ |
| hasRitualRule | tawaf must be performed outside Hijr Ismail ⓘ |
| hasSacredLawStatus | inside considered as part of Kaaba by many scholars ⓘ |
| hasShape | semi-circular ⓘ |
| hasStructure | low wall ⓘ |
| isNot | part of path of circumambulation ⓘ |
| isOutside |
Kaaba
ⓘ
surface form:
current Kaaba structure
|
| isSubjectOf |
Islamic historical traditions
ⓘ
Islamic jurisprudence discussions ⓘ |
| isWithin | Tawaf area ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Makkah Province
ⓘ
Masjid al-Haram ⓘ Mecca ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| orientation | north side of Kaaba ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kaaba
ⓘ
surface form:
Kaaba precinct
Masjid al-Haram ⓘ
surface form:
Masjid al-Haram complex
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| usedFor |
supplication
ⓘ
voluntary prayers ⓘ |
| visitedBy | Muslim pilgrims ⓘ |
| visitedDuring |
Hajj
ⓘ
Umrah ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Hijr Ismail Description of subject: Hijr Ismail is a semi-circular walled area adjacent to the Kaaba in Mecca that is considered a sacred space and part of the original Kaaba’s foundation.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
حِجْر إِسْمَاعِيل
this entity surface form:
مقام إبراهيم
this entity surface form:
حِجْر إسماعيل