Muzdalifa
E227711
Muzdalifa is an open plain near Mecca in Saudi Arabia where Muslim pilgrims gather, pray, and collect pebbles during the Hajj pilgrimage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Muzdalifa canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2043838 — 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: Muzdalifa Context triple: [Muzdalifah, hasAlternativeTransliteration, Muzdalifa]
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A.
Dhul-Kifl
Dhul-Kifl is a lesser-known prophet or righteous figure in Islamic tradition, briefly mentioned in the Qur’an and often associated with patience and steadfastness.
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B.
Dhu al-Nurayn
Dhu al-Nurayn is an honorific title for Uthman ibn Affan, the third caliph of Islam and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad through his marriages to two of the Prophet’s daughters.
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C.
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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D.
Mālaqa
Mālaqa is the historical Arabic name for the Spanish coastal city of Málaga, reflecting its period under Muslim rule in Al-Andalus.
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E.
Miraj
Miraj is a prominent city in Maharashtra, India, known as a regional commercial and medical hub and for its historical and cultural significance.
- 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: Muzdalifa Target entity description: Muzdalifa is an open plain near Mecca in Saudi Arabia where Muslim pilgrims gather, pray, and collect pebbles during the Hajj pilgrimage.
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A.
Dhul-Kifl
Dhul-Kifl is a lesser-known prophet or righteous figure in Islamic tradition, briefly mentioned in the Qur’an and often associated with patience and steadfastness.
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B.
Dhu al-Nurayn
Dhu al-Nurayn is an honorific title for Uthman ibn Affan, the third caliph of Islam and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad through his marriages to two of the Prophet’s daughters.
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C.
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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D.
Mālaqa
Mālaqa is the historical Arabic name for the Spanish coastal city of Málaga, reflecting its period under Muslim rule in Al-Andalus.
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E.
Miraj
Miraj is a prominent city in Maharashtra, India, known as a regional commercial and medical hub and for its historical and cultural significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic holy site
ⓘ
geographical area ⓘ religious site ⓘ |
| accessedBy | roads connecting Arafat and Mina ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Al-Mash'ar al-Haram ⓘ |
| associatedWithRite | Ramy al-Jamarat ⓘ |
| country | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
ⓘ
linked to:
Saudi Arabia
|
| hasArabicName | مزدلفة ⓘ |
| hasFunctionDuringHajj |
place where pilgrims combine Maghrib and Isha prayers
ⓘ
place where pilgrims rest before going to Mina ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure | temporary facilities for pilgrims during Hajj ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hejaz
ⓘ
Makkah Province ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Mecca ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Islamic tradition ⓘ |
| nearbySite |
Mina
ⓘ
Mount Arafat ⓘ |
| partOf | Haram area of Mecca ⓘ |
| pilgrimageType | mandatory stop for Hajj pilgrims ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| ritualActivity |
collecting pebbles
ⓘ
gathering of pilgrims ⓘ prayer ⓘ spending the night during Hajj ⓘ |
| seasonalPopulation | large influx of pilgrims during Hajj ⓘ |
| significanceInIslam | part of the Hajj rituals ⓘ |
| terrainType | open plain ⓘ |
| timeInHajj | between Arafat and Mina ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Hajj pilgrimage
ⓘ
linked to:
Hajj
|
| visitedOn |
9th day of Dhu al-Hijjah
ⓘ
night of 10th Dhu al-Hijjah ⓘ |
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: Muzdalifa Description of subject: Muzdalifa is an open plain near Mecca in Saudi Arabia where Muslim pilgrims gather, pray, and collect pebbles during the Hajj pilgrimage.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.