Kalta Minor Minaret
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Kalta Minor Minaret is a famously short, unfinished yet strikingly wide and vividly tiled minaret in the historic city of Khiva, Uzbekistan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kalta Minor Minaret canonical | 2 |
| Short Minaret | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5369723 — 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: Kalta Minor Minaret Context triple: [Khiva, hasLandmark, Kalta Minor Minaret]
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A.
Kalyan Minaret
Kalyan Minaret is a towering 12th-century brick minaret in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, renowned as an iconic symbol of the city’s Islamic architecture and Silk Road heritage.
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B.
Malwiya Minaret
Malwiya Minaret is the famous spiraling, cone-shaped minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra in Iraq, renowned as an iconic example of early Islamic architecture.
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C.
Yivli Minaret Mosque
Yivli Minaret Mosque is a historic Seljuk-era mosque in Antalya, Turkey, renowned for its fluted brick minaret that has become a symbol of the city.
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D.
Minaret of the Bride
The Minaret of the Bride is the oldest and most prominent minaret of the Great Mosque of Damascus, notable for its early Islamic architectural style and historical significance in the city’s skyline.
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E.
Minaret of Qaytbay
The Minaret of Qaytbay is a richly ornamented late Mamluk-era minaret added by Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay to the Umayyad (Great) Mosque of Damascus, noted for its elegant stonework and historical significance in Islamic architecture.
- 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: Kalta Minor Minaret Target entity description: Kalta Minor Minaret is a famously short, unfinished yet strikingly wide and vividly tiled minaret in the historic city of Khiva, Uzbekistan.
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A.
Kalyan Minaret
Kalyan Minaret is a towering 12th-century brick minaret in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, renowned as an iconic symbol of the city’s Islamic architecture and Silk Road heritage.
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B.
Malwiya Minaret
Malwiya Minaret is the famous spiraling, cone-shaped minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra in Iraq, renowned as an iconic example of early Islamic architecture.
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C.
Yivli Minaret Mosque
Yivli Minaret Mosque is a historic Seljuk-era mosque in Antalya, Turkey, renowned for its fluted brick minaret that has become a symbol of the city.
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D.
Minaret of the Bride
The Minaret of the Bride is the oldest and most prominent minaret of the Great Mosque of Damascus, notable for its early Islamic architectural style and historical significance in the city’s skyline.
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E.
Minaret of Qaytbay
The Minaret of Qaytbay is a richly ornamented late Mamluk-era minaret added by Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay to the Umayyad (Great) Mosque of Damascus, noted for its elegant stonework and historical significance in Islamic architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural monument
ⓘ
minaret ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Muhammad Amin Khan Madrasah ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kalta Minor
ⓘ
Kalta-Minor ⓘ
linked to:
Kalta Minor
|
| associatedWith | Muhammad Amin Khan Madrasah ⓘ |
| builtFor | Muhammad Amin Khan ⓘ |
| color |
blue
ⓘ
green ⓘ turquoise ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Muhammad Amin Khan ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| constructionStart |
19th century
ⓘ
around 1851 ⓘ |
| country | Uzbekistan ⓘ |
| decoration |
blue tiles
ⓘ
glazed tiles ⓘ green tiles ⓘ turquoise tiles ⓘ |
| diameterAtBase | approximately 14–15 meters ⓘ |
| height | about 26 meters ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of Itchan Kala UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| intendedFunction |
city watchtower
ⓘ
mosque minaret ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Itchan Kala
ⓘ
Khiva ⓘ Khorezm Region ⓘ historic city of Khiva ⓘ |
| material | brick ⓘ |
| meaningOfName |
Short Minaret
ⓘ
linked to:
Kalta Minor Minaret
|
| notableFor |
being unfinished
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colorful glazed bands ⓘ short height ⓘ unusually large diameter ⓘ vivid tilework ⓘ |
| originalPlanHeight |
possibly over 70 meters
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significantly higher than current height ⓘ |
| reasonForUnfinishedState | death of Muhammad Amin Khan ⓘ |
| region | Central Asia ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| shape | cylindrical ⓘ |
| status | unfinished ⓘ |
| style |
Central Asian architecture
ⓘ
Islamic architecture ⓘ |
| tourismImportance | major landmark of Khiva ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteComponentOf | Itchan Kala ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kalta Minor Minaret Description of subject: Kalta Minor Minaret is a famously short, unfinished yet strikingly wide and vividly tiled minaret in the historic city of Khiva, Uzbekistan.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kalta Minor Minaret