Masjed-e Shah
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Masjed-e Shah is a grand Safavid-era mosque in Isfahan, Iran, renowned for its stunning blue-tiled dome, monumental portal, and masterful Persian-Islamic architecture.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Masjed-e Imam | 2 |
| Masjed-e Emam | 1 |
| Masjed-e Shah canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7348853 — 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: Masjed-e Shah Context triple: [Shah Mosque of Isfahan, hasAlternativeName, Masjed-e Shah]
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A.
Masjed Soleyman
Masjed Soleyman is an Iranian city historically significant as the site of the Middle East’s first commercially viable oil well, located in the southwestern province of Khuzestan.
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B.
Goharshad Mosque
Goharshad Mosque is a prominent 15th-century Islamic mosque in Mashhad, Iran, renowned for its richly ornamented Timurid-era architecture and historical significance.
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C.
Masjid-i Jahan-Numa
Masjid-i Jahan-Numa is one of the largest and most famous congregational mosques in India, built in the 17th century by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in Old Delhi.
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D.
Shah Cheragh Shrine
Shah Cheragh Shrine is a major Shia Muslim pilgrimage site and funerary monument in Shiraz, renowned for its dazzling mirrored interior and religious significance.
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E.
Imam Reza Shrine
The Imam Reza Shrine is a vast and revered Shia Islamic complex in Mashhad, Iran, built around the tomb of the eighth Shia Imam and serving as one of the world’s most important pilgrimage sites.
- 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: Masjed-e Shah Target entity description: Masjed-e Shah is a grand Safavid-era mosque in Isfahan, Iran, renowned for its stunning blue-tiled dome, monumental portal, and masterful Persian-Islamic architecture.
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A.
Masjed Soleyman
Masjed Soleyman is an Iranian city historically significant as the site of the Middle East’s first commercially viable oil well, located in the southwestern province of Khuzestan.
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B.
Goharshad Mosque
Goharshad Mosque is a prominent 15th-century Islamic mosque in Mashhad, Iran, renowned for its richly ornamented Timurid-era architecture and historical significance.
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C.
Masjid-i Jahan-Numa
Masjid-i Jahan-Numa is one of the largest and most famous congregational mosques in India, built in the 17th century by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in Old Delhi.
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D.
Shah Cheragh Shrine
Shah Cheragh Shrine is a major Shia Muslim pilgrimage site and funerary monument in Shiraz, renowned for its dazzling mirrored interior and religious significance.
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E.
Imam Reza Shrine
The Imam Reza Shrine is a vast and revered Shia Islamic complex in Mashhad, Iran, built around the tomb of the eighth Shia Imam and serving as one of the world’s most important pilgrimage sites.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (71)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic religious building
ⓘ
Safavid-era monument ⓘ mosque ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Imam Mosque
ⓘ
Masjed-e Imam ⓘ
linked to:
Masjed-e Shah
Royal Mosque of Isfahan ⓘ
linked to:
Shah Mosque of Isfahan
Shah Mosque ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Persian-Islamic architecture
ⓘ
Safavid architecture ⓘ |
| builtByDynasty |
Safavid dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Safavid Empire
|
| builtDuringReignOf |
Shah Abbas I
ⓘ
linked to:
Abbas I
|
| city | Isfahan ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Shah Abbas I
ⓘ
linked to:
Abbas I
|
| constructionEnd | 1629 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1611 ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| denomination |
Shia
ⓘ
linked to:
Shia Islam
|
| era |
Safavid era
ⓘ
linked to:
Safavid Empire
|
| function |
Friday mosque
ⓘ
congregational mosque ⓘ |
| hasArchitect | Ali Akbar Isfahani ⓘ |
| hasDome | blue-tiled dome ⓘ |
| hasDomeCount | 1 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Qibla-aligned sanctuary
ⓘ
acoustic niches ⓘ calligraphic inscriptions ⓘ courtyard ⓘ courtyard pool ⓘ double-shell dome ⓘ floral arabesque motifs ⓘ geometric patterns ⓘ haft-rangi tilework ⓘ inscription band ⓘ iwans ⓘ madrasah ⓘ marble dadoes ⓘ marble mihrab ⓘ minarets ⓘ monumental portal ⓘ muqarnas decoration ⓘ muqarnas stalactite vaulting ⓘ pishtaq ⓘ prayer hall ⓘ tile mosaics ⓘ winter prayer hall ⓘ |
| hasInscriptionBy | Ali Reza Abbasi ⓘ |
| hasMinaretCount | 2 ⓘ |
| hasUNESCOCriteria |
(i)
ⓘ
(v) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Iran
ⓘ
linked to:
central Iran
Isfahan ⓘ Isfahan Province ⓘ
linked to:
Isfahan region
Naqsh-e Jahan Square ⓘ historic center of Isfahan ⓘ |
| locatedOn | southern side of Naqsh-e Jahan Square ⓘ |
| material |
brick
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glazed tiles ⓘ marble ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Safavid-era inscriptions
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acoustic design under the dome ⓘ blue-tiled dome ⓘ extensive tile decoration ⓘ masterful Persian-Islamic architecture ⓘ monumental entrance portal ⓘ |
| orientation | aligned toward Mecca ⓘ |
| partOf |
Naqsh-e Jahan Square UNESCO World Heritage Site
ⓘ
linked to:
Naqsh-e Jahan Square
|
| region |
Central Plateau of Iran
ⓘ
linked to:
Iranian plateau
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Shia Islam ⓘ |
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: Masjed-e Shah Description of subject: Masjed-e Shah is a grand Safavid-era mosque in Isfahan, Iran, renowned for its stunning blue-tiled dome, monumental portal, and masterful Persian-Islamic architecture.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Masjed-e Shah
linked to: Masjed-e Shah
linked to: Masjed-e Shah