Aqsunqur Mosque
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Aqsunqur Mosque is a historic Mamluk-era mosque in Cairo, Egypt, renowned for its distinctive blue-tiled interior and significant Islamic architectural heritage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aqsunqur Mosque canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11451765 — 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: Aqsunqur Mosque Context triple: [El Darb El Ahmar, hasLandmark, Aqsunqur Mosque]
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Bibi-Khanym Mosque
Bibi-Khanym Mosque is a monumental 15th-century Islamic mosque in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, renowned as one of Central Asia’s most impressive architectural legacies of the Timurid era.
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B.
Alaybey Mosque
Alaybey Mosque is a historic Ottoman-era mosque on the Aegean island of Bozcaada (Tenedos) in Turkey, noted for its traditional architecture and cultural significance.
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C.
Bara Sona Mosque
Bara Sona Mosque is a grand 16th-century Islamic monument in Gaur, West Bengal, renowned for its impressive stone architecture and historical significance as one of the largest mosques of the Bengal Sultanate.
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D.
Aslan Pasha Mosque
Aslan Pasha Mosque is an early 17th-century Ottoman mosque in Ioannina, Greece, notable for its hilltop location within the city's castle and its current use as a museum.
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E.
Khan Mosque
Khan Mosque is a historic mosque located within the Bakhchisaray Palace complex in Crimea, serving as a key religious and architectural landmark of the former Crimean Khanate.
- 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: Aqsunqur Mosque Target entity description: Aqsunqur Mosque is a historic Mamluk-era mosque in Cairo, Egypt, renowned for its distinctive blue-tiled interior and significant Islamic architectural heritage.
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A.
Bibi-Khanym Mosque
Bibi-Khanym Mosque is a monumental 15th-century Islamic mosque in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, renowned as one of Central Asia’s most impressive architectural legacies of the Timurid era.
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B.
Alaybey Mosque
Alaybey Mosque is a historic Ottoman-era mosque on the Aegean island of Bozcaada (Tenedos) in Turkey, noted for its traditional architecture and cultural significance.
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C.
Bara Sona Mosque
Bara Sona Mosque is a grand 16th-century Islamic monument in Gaur, West Bengal, renowned for its impressive stone architecture and historical significance as one of the largest mosques of the Bengal Sultanate.
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D.
Aslan Pasha Mosque
Aslan Pasha Mosque is an early 17th-century Ottoman mosque in Ioannina, Greece, notable for its hilltop location within the city's castle and its current use as a museum.
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E.
Khan Mosque
Khan Mosque is a historic mosque located within the Bakhchisaray Palace complex in Crimea, serving as a key religious and architectural landmark of the former Crimean Khanate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic religious building
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historic building ⓘ mosque ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Blue Mosque of Cairo
NERFINISHED
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Mosque of Aqsunqur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Mamluk architecture
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Ottoman architecture ⓘ |
| builderOccupation | Mamluk amir ⓘ |
| builtBy | Shams al-Din Aqsunqur al-Silahdar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1347 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1347 ⓘ |
| containsTombOf |
Ibrahim Agha al-Mustahfizan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shams al-Din Aqsunqur al-Silahdar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| domeCount | 1 ⓘ |
| floorPlanType | hypostyle mosque ⓘ |
| governingBody | Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDecoration |
blue and turquoise tiles
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calligraphic inscriptions ⓘ floral tile motifs ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
courtyard
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mausoleum ⓘ mihrab ⓘ minbar ⓘ prayer hall ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of Historic Cairo UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cairo
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Darb al-Ahmar district NERFINISHED ⓘ Historic Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorRestorationDate | 1652 ⓘ |
| material |
brick
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stone ⓘ |
| minaretCount | 1 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Shams al-Din Aqsunqur al-Silahdar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Iznik tile decoration
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Mamluk-era architectural features ⓘ blue-tiled interior ⓘ |
| period | Mamluk period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Cairo Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| restorationPeriod | Ottoman period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| restoredBy | Ibrahim Agha al-Mustahfizan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
important example of Mamluk religious architecture in Cairo
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tourist attraction in Islamic Cairo ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSite | Historic Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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