Fariborz Sahba
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Fariborz Sahba is an Iranian-Canadian architect best known for designing the iconic Baháʼí House of Worship in New Delhi, popularly known as the Lotus Temple.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fariborz Sahba canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4936676 — 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: Fariborz Sahba Context triple: [Lotus Temple, architect, Fariborz Sahba]
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A.
Homayoun Ershadi
Homayoun Ershadi is an Iranian actor best known internationally for his roles in films such as "The Kite Runner" and Abbas Kiarostami's "Taste of Cherry."
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B.
Parviz Davoodi
Parviz Davoodi is an Iranian economist and conservative politician who served as the first vice president of Iran under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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C.
Farhad Moshiri
Farhad Moshiri is a British-Iranian businessman and investor best known for his majority ownership stake in Premier League football clubs, most notably Everton.
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D.
Hossein Amanat
Hossein Amanat is an Iranian-Canadian architect best known for designing Tehran’s iconic Azadi Tower, a symbol of modern Iran.
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E.
Parviz Moin
Parviz Moin is a prominent mechanical engineer and computational fluid dynamicist known for pioneering work in direct numerical simulation of turbulence and for founding Stanford’s Center for Turbulence Research.
- 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: Fariborz Sahba Target entity description: Fariborz Sahba is an Iranian-Canadian architect best known for designing the iconic Baháʼí House of Worship in New Delhi, popularly known as the Lotus Temple.
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A.
Homayoun Ershadi
Homayoun Ershadi is an Iranian actor best known internationally for his roles in films such as "The Kite Runner" and Abbas Kiarostami's "Taste of Cherry."
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B.
Parviz Davoodi
Parviz Davoodi is an Iranian economist and conservative politician who served as the first vice president of Iran under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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C.
Farhad Moshiri
Farhad Moshiri is a British-Iranian businessman and investor best known for his majority ownership stake in Premier League football clubs, most notably Everton.
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D.
Hossein Amanat
Hossein Amanat is an Iranian-Canadian architect best known for designing Tehran’s iconic Azadi Tower, a symbol of modern Iran.
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E.
Parviz Moin
Parviz Moin is a prominent mechanical engineer and computational fluid dynamicist known for pioneering work in direct numerical simulation of turbulence and for founding Stanford’s Center for Turbulence Research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iranian-Canadian person
ⓘ
architect ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th-century architecture
ⓘ
21st-century architecture ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
expressionist architecture
ⓘ
modern architecture ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Aga Khan Award for Architecture nomination
ⓘ
GlobArt Academy 2000 award ⓘ Paul Waterbury Outdoor Lighting Design Award of Excellence ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Canada
ⓘ
Iran ⓘ |
| designed |
Baháʼí House of Worship in New Delhi
ⓘ
linked to:
Lotus Temple
Lotus Temple ⓘ terraced gardens of the Baháʼí World Centre in Haifa ⓘ |
| employer | Baháʼí community of India ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | architecture ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Baháʼí principles of unity and harmony ⓘ |
| inspiredDesignOf |
Lotus Temple form based on lotus flower
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linked to:
Lotus Temple
|
| knownFor |
Lotus Temple architecture
ⓘ
design of the Baháʼí House of Worship in New Delhi ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Persian ⓘ |
| name | Fariborz Sahba ⓘ |
| nationality |
Canadian
ⓘ
Iranian ⓘ
linked to:
Iranian peoples
|
| notableProjectLocation |
Haifa
ⓘ
India ⓘ Israel ⓘ New Delhi ⓘ
linked to:
New Delhi, India
|
| notableWork |
Baháʼí World Centre gardens in Haifa
ⓘ
linked to:
Baháʼí Gardens
Lotus Temple ⓘ |
| occupation | architect ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Iran ⓘ |
| religion |
Baháʼí Faith
ⓘ
linked to:
Baha'i Faith
|
| residence | Canada ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
articles about Lotus Temple architecture
ⓘ
documentaries on the Lotus Temple ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fariborz Sahba Description of subject: Fariborz Sahba is an Iranian-Canadian architect best known for designing the iconic Baháʼí House of Worship in New Delhi, popularly known as the Lotus Temple.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.