Kaaba

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Islamic holy site building religious structure

The Kaaba is a cube-shaped building at the center of Islam’s most important mosque in Mecca and the focal point of Muslim prayer and pilgrimage.

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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form Occurrences
Kaaba wall 2
Black Stone is set into the Kaaba wall at this corner 1
Kaaba corners 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic holy site ⓘ
building ⓘ
religious structure ⓘ
associatedRitual Hajj ⓘ
Umrah ⓘ
tawaf ⓘ
corner Black Stone corner ⓘ
Iraqi corner ⓘ
Levantine corner ⓘ
Yemeni corner ⓘ
country Saudi Arabia ⓘ
coveredBy Kiswah ⓘ
doorLocation eastern wall ⓘ
doorMaterial gold-plated metal ⓘ
etymology derived from Arabic root meaning cube or elevation ⓘ
function qibla ⓘ
hasArabicName Kaaba self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: الكعبة
hasComponent Bab al-Kaaba ⓘ
Black Stone ⓘ
Hijr Ismail ⓘ
Mizab al-Rahmah ⓘ
Multazam ⓘ
Shadharwan ⓘ
interior marble floor ⓘ
interior pillars ⓘ
height approximately 13.1 meters ⓘ
historicalAssociation Abraham ⓘ
surface form: Prophet Ibrahim

Prophet Ismail ⓘ
length approximately 12 meters ⓘ
location Masjid al-Haram ⓘ
Mecca ⓘ
managedBy General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques ⓘ
surface form: Saudi authorities
materialOfCovering black silk and gold-embroidered cloth ⓘ
orientation roughly aligned to the cardinal directions ⓘ
pilgrimageRequirement Hajj once in a lifetime for able Muslims ⓘ
prayerDirectionFor Muslims worldwide ⓘ
rebuiltIn after floods in Mecca ⓘ
during the Quraysh period before Islam ⓘ
early Islamic period ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
shape cube ⓘ
significance focal point of Hajj pilgrimage ⓘ
focal point of Muslim prayer ⓘ
status holiest site in Islam ⓘ
surroundedBy Mataf area ⓘ
expansive mosque complex ⓘ
visitedBy millions of pilgrims annually ⓘ
width approximately 10 meters ⓘ

Referenced by (50)

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

Hijr Ismail → adjacentTo → Kaaba ⓘ
Mataf area → adjacentTo → Kaaba ⓘ
Ibrahim → associatedWith → Kaaba ⓘ
Shadharwan → associatedWith → Kaaba ⓘ
Umrah → associatedWith → Kaaba ⓘ
Hajj → centralSite → Kaaba ⓘ
Yemeni corner → connectedTo → Kaaba ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaaba corners
Masjid al-Haram → contains → Kaaba ⓘ
Masjid al-Haram → contains → Kaaba ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maqam Ibrahim
Mecca → contains → Kaaba ⓘ
Hejaz → containsIslamicSite → Kaaba ⓘ
Quraysh → controlled → Kaaba ⓘ
Muslims → directionOfPrayer → Kaaba ⓘ
this entity surface form: qibla
Mizab al-Rahmah → drains → Kaaba ⓘ
this entity surface form: KaabaRoof
Hijr Ismail → faces → Kaaba ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaaba wall
Kaaba → hasArabicName → Kaaba self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: الكعبة
Hijr Ismail → isOutside → Kaaba ⓘ
this entity surface form: current Kaaba structure
Black Stone → locatedIn → Kaaba ⓘ
Mizab al-Rahmah → locatedIn → Kaaba ⓘ
Multazam → locatedIn → Kaaba ⓘ
Zamzam Well → locatedNear → Kaaba ⓘ
Bab al-Kaaba → location → Kaaba ⓘ
Shadharwan → location → Kaaba ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Stone is set into the Kaaba wall at this corner
Surah Al-Fil → mentions → Kaaba ⓘ
Surah Al-Hajj → mentions → Kaaba ⓘ
this entity surface form: building of the Kaaba
Surah Quraysh → mentions → Kaaba ⓘ
al-Safa → nearbySite → Kaaba ⓘ
Black Stone corner → partOf → Kaaba ⓘ
Hijr Ismail → partOf → Kaaba ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaaba precinct
Mizab al-Rahmah → partOf → Kaaba ⓘ
this entity surface form: KaabaStructure
Multazam → partOf → Kaaba ⓘ
Yemeni corner → partOf → Kaaba ⓘ
subject surface form: qibla
Muslims → praysTowards → Kaaba ⓘ
Islam → sacredSite → Kaaba ⓘ
Black Stone → setInto → Kaaba ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaaba wall
Mataf area → surrounds → Kaaba ⓘ