Sultan Hassan Mosque
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The Sultan Hassan Mosque is a monumental 14th-century Mamluk mosque-madrasa in Cairo renowned for its grand scale, intricate stonework, and status as one of the finest examples of Islamic architecture in Egypt.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sultan Hassan Mosque canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5672591 — 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: Sultan Hassan Mosque Context triple: [Historic Cairo, hasPart, Sultan Hassan Mosque]
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A.
Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque
Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque is a historic Mamluk-era congregational mosque within Cairo’s Citadel, notable for its distinctive hypostyle hall and green-tiled minarets.
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B.
Nasir al-Mulk Mosque
Nasir al-Mulk Mosque is a famous 19th-century Persian mosque renowned for its stunning stained-glass windows and vibrant, colorful interior.
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C.
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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D.
Al Saleh Mosque
Al Saleh Mosque is a grand modern Islamic mosque and prominent architectural landmark in Sanaʽa, Yemen, known for its large scale, ornate design, and cultural significance.
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E.
Al Khulafa Al Rashiudin Mosque
Al Khulafa Al Rashiudin Mosque is a prominent Islamic place of worship in Asmara, Eritrea, known for serving as a central religious and community landmark in the city.
- 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: Sultan Hassan Mosque Target entity description: The Sultan Hassan Mosque is a monumental 14th-century Mamluk mosque-madrasa in Cairo renowned for its grand scale, intricate stonework, and status as one of the finest examples of Islamic architecture in Egypt.
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A.
Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque
Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque is a historic Mamluk-era congregational mosque within Cairo’s Citadel, notable for its distinctive hypostyle hall and green-tiled minarets.
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B.
Nasir al-Mulk Mosque
Nasir al-Mulk Mosque is a famous 19th-century Persian mosque renowned for its stunning stained-glass windows and vibrant, colorful interior.
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C.
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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D.
Al Saleh Mosque
Al Saleh Mosque is a grand modern Islamic mosque and prominent architectural landmark in Sanaʽa, Yemen, known for its large scale, ornate design, and cultural significance.
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E.
Al Khulafa Al Rashiudin Mosque
Al Khulafa Al Rashiudin Mosque is a prominent Islamic place of worship in Asmara, Eritrea, known for serving as a central religious and community landmark in the city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic architectural landmark
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Mamluk monument ⓘ mosque-madrasa ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Islamic architecture
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Mamluk architecture ⓘ |
| builder | Sultan an-Nasir Hasan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfConstruction | 14th century ⓘ |
| cityQuarter | Salah al-Din Square area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Sultan an-Nasir Hasan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| considered | one of the finest examples of Islamic architecture in Egypt ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1363 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1356 ⓘ |
| contains |
central courtyard
ⓘ
four iwans ⓘ mausoleum of Sultan an-Nasir Hasan NERFINISHED ⓘ mihrab ⓘ minarets ⓘ minbar ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| designedFor |
Hanafi school
NERFINISHED
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Hanbali school NERFINISHED ⓘ Maliki school NERFINISHED ⓘ Shafi'i school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Bahri Mamluk period ⓘ |
| function |
madrasa
ⓘ
mosque ⓘ |
| hasDome | mausoleum dome ⓘ |
| hasEducationalRole | teaching of four Sunni madhhabs ⓘ |
| hasType | four-iwan mosque ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | Citadel of Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of Historic Cairo UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cairo
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Cairo Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Historic Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Citadel of Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Sultan an-Nasir Hasan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
grand scale
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innovative spatial composition ⓘ intricate stonework ⓘ marble paneling ⓘ monumental portal ⓘ muqarnas decoration ⓘ rich stucco decoration ⓘ |
| region | Middle East ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Friday prayers
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daily prayers ⓘ |
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: Sultan Hassan Mosque Description of subject: The Sultan Hassan Mosque is a monumental 14th-century Mamluk mosque-madrasa in Cairo renowned for its grand scale, intricate stonework, and status as one of the finest examples of Islamic architecture in Egypt.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Historic Cairo