Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque

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Indo-Islamic architecture historical monument mosque

Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque is one of the earliest and most significant Indo-Islamic mosques in India, built in the late 12th century within Delhi’s Qutb complex using materials from demolished Hindu and Jain temples.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque canonical	8
Quwat-ul-Islam Mosque	2
Quwwat-ul-Islam Masjid	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2846657 — 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: Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque
Context triple: [Qutb Minar, near, Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque]

A. 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.
B. Vakil Mosque
Vakil Mosque is an 18th-century Islamic mosque in Shiraz, Iran, renowned for its elegant Persian architecture, intricate tilework, and impressive prayer hall with spiral columns.
C. Alaeddin Mosque
Alaeddin Mosque is a historic Seljuk-era congregational mosque in Konya, Turkey, renowned for its architectural significance and role as a former royal mosque and burial place of Seljuk sultans.
D. Kul Sharif Mosque
Kul Sharif Mosque is a prominent and historically significant Islamic mosque and cultural symbol located within the Kazan Kremlin in Russia.
E. Kebir-Jami Mosque
Kebir-Jami Mosque is a historic and prominent Crimean Tatar mosque in Simferopol, known as one of the oldest Islamic religious buildings in Crimea.
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: Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque
Target entity description: Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque is one of the earliest and most significant Indo-Islamic mosques in India, built in the late 12th century within Delhi’s Qutb complex using materials from demolished Hindu and Jain temples.

A. 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.
B. Vakil Mosque
Vakil Mosque is an 18th-century Islamic mosque in Shiraz, Iran, renowned for its elegant Persian architecture, intricate tilework, and impressive prayer hall with spiral columns.
C. Alaeddin Mosque
Alaeddin Mosque is a historic Seljuk-era congregational mosque in Konya, Turkey, renowned for its architectural significance and role as a former royal mosque and burial place of Seljuk sultans.
D. Kul Sharif Mosque
Kul Sharif Mosque is a prominent and historically significant Islamic mosque and cultural symbol located within the Kazan Kremlin in Russia.
E. Kebir-Jami Mosque
Kebir-Jami Mosque is a historic and prominent Crimean Tatar mosque in Simferopol, known as one of the oldest Islamic religious buildings in Crimea.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-Islamic architecture ⓘ historical monument ⓘ mosque ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque ⓘ surface form: Quwat-ul-Islam Mosque Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque ⓘ surface form: Quwwat-ul-Islam Masjid
architecturalStyle	Indo-Islamic ⓘ early Sultanate ⓘ
associatedWith	Delhi Sultanate ⓘ Mamluk dynasty of Delhi ⓘ
builder	Qutb al-Din Aibak ⓘ surface form: Qutb-ud-din Aibak
constructionEnd	circa 1198 ⓘ
constructionStart	1192 ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
era	late 12th century ⓘ
expandedBy	Alauddin Khalji ⓘ Iltutmish ⓘ
governingBody	Archaeological Survey of India ⓘ
hasFeature	corbelled arches ⓘ courtyard mosque plan ⓘ hypostyle prayer hall ⓘ mihrab ⓘ minbar ⓘ ornamented pillars ⓘ screen of arches ⓘ
heritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
inscriptionsLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Nagari ⓘ
locatedIn	Delhi ⓘ Delhi Sultanate ⓘ Mehrauli ⓘ National Capital Territory of Delhi ⓘ Qutb complex ⓘ South Delhi ⓘ
materialUsed	reused temple pillars ⓘ sandstone ⓘ spolia from Hindu temples ⓘ spolia from Jain temples ⓘ
nearbyStructure	Alai Darwaza ⓘ Alai Minar ⓘ surface form: Alai Minar (unfinished) Iron Pillar of Delhi ⓘ Qutb Minar ⓘ
partOf	Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi ⓘ
patron	Qutb al-Din Aibak ⓘ surface form: Qutb-ud-din Aibak
religion	Islam ⓘ
significance	one of the earliest examples of Indo-Islamic architecture ⓘ one of the earliest surviving mosques in India ⓘ symbol of establishment of Muslim rule in North India ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1993 ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

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

Qutb Minar → near → Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque ⓘ

Indo-Islamic architecture → notableExample → Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque ⓘ

Mehrauli → contains → Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque ⓘ

Qutb complex → contains → Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque ⓘ

Iron Pillar of Delhi → nearbyMonument → Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque ⓘ

Alai Minar → nearbyMonument → Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque ⓘ

Alai Darwaza → near → Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque ⓘ

Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque → alsoKnownAs → Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quwwat-ul-Islam Masjid

Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque → alsoKnownAs → Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quwat-ul-Islam Mosque

Tomb of Iltutmish, Qutb complex, Delhi → nearbyMonument → Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque ⓘ

subject surface form: Tomb of Iltutmish

Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque in Delhi → alsoKnownAs → Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque ⓘ

subject surface form: Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque