Gazi Husrev-beg Library
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Gazi Husrev-beg Library is a historic and renowned Islamic library in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, known for its extensive collection of Ottoman, Islamic, and Balkan manuscripts and documents.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gazi Husrev-beg Library canonical | 2 |
| Gazi Husrev-beg Library building in Sarajevo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5457994 — 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: Gazi Husrev-beg Library Context triple: [Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, hasAdjacent, Gazi Husrev-beg Library]
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Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque
Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque is a prominent 16th-century Ottoman mosque in Sarajevo, renowned as one of the most important Islamic and architectural landmarks in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Sarajevo City Hall
Sarajevo City Hall is a historic neo-Moorish landmark in Sarajevo that has served as the city’s former national library and a symbol of its cultural heritage and wartime destruction and restoration.
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National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the country’s central academic and research library, historically renowned for its extensive collections and tragically damaged during the Bosnian War.
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D.
Et'hem Bey Mosque
Et'hem Bey Mosque is an 18th–19th century Ottoman-era mosque in the center of Tirana, Albania, renowned for its intricate frescoes and historical significance as one of the city’s most important cultural monuments.
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Mevlana Museum
The Mevlana Museum is a historic complex in Konya, Turkey, that houses the tomb of the Sufi mystic Rumi and serves as a major center of Mevlevi (whirling dervish) heritage and Islamic art.
- 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: Gazi Husrev-beg Library Target entity description: Gazi Husrev-beg Library is a historic and renowned Islamic library in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, known for its extensive collection of Ottoman, Islamic, and Balkan manuscripts and documents.
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A.
Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque
Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque is a prominent 16th-century Ottoman mosque in Sarajevo, renowned as one of the most important Islamic and architectural landmarks in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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B.
Sarajevo City Hall
Sarajevo City Hall is a historic neo-Moorish landmark in Sarajevo that has served as the city’s former national library and a symbol of its cultural heritage and wartime destruction and restoration.
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C.
National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the country’s central academic and research library, historically renowned for its extensive collections and tragically damaged during the Bosnian War.
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D.
Et'hem Bey Mosque
Et'hem Bey Mosque is an 18th–19th century Ottoman-era mosque in the center of Tirana, Albania, renowned for its intricate frescoes and historical significance as one of the city’s most important cultural monuments.
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E.
Mevlana Museum
The Mevlana Museum is a historic complex in Konya, Turkey, that houses the tomb of the Sufi mystic Rumi and serves as a major center of Mevlevi (whirling dervish) heritage and Islamic art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic library
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library ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque complex
NERFINISHED
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Gazi Husrev-beg Waqf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionType |
archival documents
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manuscripts ⓘ maps ⓘ periodicals ⓘ photographs ⓘ printed books ⓘ |
| country | Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedAs | waqf institution ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Gazi Husrev-beg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDigitalCollection | true ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
digitization of manuscripts
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preservation of Islamic cultural heritage ⓘ public reading room ⓘ research ⓘ |
| hasReadingRooms | true ⓘ |
| heritageType |
Balkan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Islamic ⓘ Ottoman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfMaterial |
Aljamiado Bosnian
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Arabic ⓘ Bosnian ⓘ Ottoman Turkish ⓘ Persian ⓘ Serbo-Croatian ⓘ Turkish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Baščaršija
NERFINISHED
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Sarajevo NERFINISHED ⓘ historic center of Sarajevo ⓘ |
| locatedInBuildingType | modern purpose-built library building ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Gazi Husrev-beg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
documents on the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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documents on the history of the Balkans ⓘ large collection of Ottoman documents ⓘ rare Islamic manuscripts ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | earlier library within Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque complex ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Balkans
NERFINISHED
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Bosnia and Herzegovina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| specialization |
Balkan history
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Bosnian history ⓘ Islamic manuscripts ⓘ Ottoman manuscripts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gazi Husrev-beg Library Description of subject: Gazi Husrev-beg Library is a historic and renowned Islamic library in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, known for its extensive collection of Ottoman, Islamic, and Balkan manuscripts and documents.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gazi Husrev-beg Library building in Sarajevo