Takht-e Jamshid
E407671
Achaemenid site
World Heritage Site
ancient city
archaeological site
ceremonial capital
tourist attraction
Takht-e Jamshid is the Persian name for Persepolis, the monumental ceremonial capital of the ancient Achaemenid Empire in present-day Iran.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Takht-e Jamshid canonical | 1 |
| تخت جمشید | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4027444 — 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: Takht-e Jamshid Context triple: [Persepolis, modernNameInPersian, Takht-e Jamshid]
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A.
Palace of Ardashir
The Palace of Ardashir is a grand 3rd-century royal residence in present-day Iran, renowned as one of the earliest and most impressive examples of Sasanian imperial architecture.
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B.
Takht-e Soleyman
Takht-e Soleyman is an ancient archaeological complex in northwestern Iran renowned for its Sasanian-era Zoroastrian fire temple and royal sanctuary, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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C.
Taq Kasra
Taq Kasra is a monumental brick arch and palace ruin near Ctesiphon in modern-day Iraq, renowned as one of the largest single-span vaults of the ancient world and a key architectural legacy of the Sasanian era.
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D.
Naqsh-e-Faryadi
Naqsh-e-Faryadi is a celebrated Urdu poetry collection by Faiz Ahmed Faiz that helped establish his reputation as one of the foremost modern Urdu poets.
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E.
Kharax Palace
Kharax Palace is a historic residence on the Crimean coast, best known as an example of architect Nikolay Krasnov’s elegant late 19th–early 20th century palace design.
- 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: Takht-e Jamshid Target entity description: Takht-e Jamshid is the Persian name for Persepolis, the monumental ceremonial capital of the ancient Achaemenid Empire in present-day Iran.
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A.
Palace of Ardashir
The Palace of Ardashir is a grand 3rd-century royal residence in present-day Iran, renowned as one of the earliest and most impressive examples of Sasanian imperial architecture.
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B.
Takht-e Soleyman
Takht-e Soleyman is an ancient archaeological complex in northwestern Iran renowned for its Sasanian-era Zoroastrian fire temple and royal sanctuary, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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C.
Taq Kasra
Taq Kasra is a monumental brick arch and palace ruin near Ctesiphon in modern-day Iraq, renowned as one of the largest single-span vaults of the ancient world and a key architectural legacy of the Sasanian era.
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D.
Naqsh-e-Faryadi
Naqsh-e-Faryadi is a celebrated Urdu poetry collection by Faiz Ahmed Faiz that helped establish his reputation as one of the foremost modern Urdu poets.
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E.
Kharax Palace
Kharax Palace is a historic residence on the Crimean coast, best known as an example of architect Nikolay Krasnov’s elegant late 19th–early 20th century palace design.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Achaemenid site
ⓘ
World Heritage Site ⓘ ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ ceremonial capital ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Achaemenid architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty | Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod |
5th century BC
ⓘ
late 6th century BC ⓘ |
| constructionStart | circa 518 BC ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Persia ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | Alexander the Great ⓘ |
| destructionDate | 330 BC ⓘ |
| expandedBy |
Artaxerxes I of Persia
ⓘ
surface form:
Artaxerxes I
Xerxes I ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Darius I of Persia
ⓘ
surface form:
Darius I
Darius I of Persia ⓘ
surface form:
Darius the Great
|
| hasEnglishName | Persepolis ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
audience halls
ⓘ
hypostyle halls ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ monumental staircases ⓘ palace complexes ⓘ relief sculptures ⓘ stone columns ⓘ terraced platform ⓘ |
| hasPersianName |
Takht-e Jamshid
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
تخت جمشید
|
| hasStructure |
Apadana Palace
ⓘ
Gate of All Nations ⓘ Hadish Palace ⓘ Hall of 100 Columns ⓘ Royal Tombs ⓘ Tachara Palace ⓘ Treasury ⓘ Tripylon ⓘ |
| inscriptionsLanguage |
Babylonian
ⓘ
Elamite ⓘ Old Persian ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Fars Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | southwestern Iran ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Marvdasht
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shiraz, Iran ⓘ
surface form:
Shiraz
|
| materialUsed | stone ⓘ |
| partOf | Achaemenid Empire ⓘ |
| recognizedFor |
bas-relief processions of subject nations
ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ |
| symbolizes | power of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ |
| UNESCOSiteType | cultural ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId | 114 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1979 ⓘ |
| usedAs | ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Takht-e Jamshid Description of subject: Takht-e Jamshid is the Persian name for Persepolis, the monumental ceremonial capital of the ancient Achaemenid Empire in present-day Iran.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
تخت جمشید