Great Mosque of Qairawan
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The Great Mosque of Qairawan is one of the oldest and most important mosques in the Islamic world, renowned as a major center of religious scholarship and a masterpiece of early Islamic architecture in North Africa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Great Mosque of Qairawan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10161190 — 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: Great Mosque of Qairawan Context triple: [Islamic Civilization Park, hasReplicaOf, Great Mosque of Qairawan]
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A.
Great Mosque of Mahdia
The Great Mosque of Mahdia is a historic Fatimid-era congregational mosque in the coastal Tunisian city of Mahdia, renowned for its fortress-like architecture and significance in early Islamic North African history.
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B.
Sidi Okba Mosque
Sidi Okba Mosque is a historic Islamic sanctuary in Algeria, revered as one of the country’s oldest mosques and a significant religious and architectural landmark.
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C.
Great Mosque of Tunis
The Great Mosque of Tunis, or Al-Zaytuna Mosque, is a historic and influential Islamic religious and educational center in the heart of Tunis, renowned for its ancient origins and role in North African scholarship.
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D.
Great Mosque of Sousse
The Great Mosque of Sousse is a historic fortified mosque in the Tunisian coastal city of Sousse, renowned for its early Islamic architecture and defensive design.
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E.
Great Mosque of Sfax
The Great Mosque of Sfax is a historic congregational mosque in the Tunisian city of Sfax, renowned for its early Islamic architecture and central role in the city’s religious and urban life.
- 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: Great Mosque of Qairawan Target entity description: The Great Mosque of Qairawan is one of the oldest and most important mosques in the Islamic world, renowned as a major center of religious scholarship and a masterpiece of early Islamic architecture in North Africa.
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A.
Great Mosque of Mahdia
The Great Mosque of Mahdia is a historic Fatimid-era congregational mosque in the coastal Tunisian city of Mahdia, renowned for its fortress-like architecture and significance in early Islamic North African history.
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B.
Sidi Okba Mosque
Sidi Okba Mosque is a historic Islamic sanctuary in Algeria, revered as one of the country’s oldest mosques and a significant religious and architectural landmark.
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C.
Great Mosque of Tunis
The Great Mosque of Tunis, or Al-Zaytuna Mosque, is a historic and influential Islamic religious and educational center in the heart of Tunis, renowned for its ancient origins and role in North African scholarship.
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D.
Great Mosque of Sousse
The Great Mosque of Sousse is a historic fortified mosque in the Tunisian coastal city of Sousse, renowned for its early Islamic architecture and defensive design.
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E.
Great Mosque of Sfax
The Great Mosque of Sfax is a historic congregational mosque in the Tunisian city of Sfax, renowned for its early Islamic architecture and central role in the city’s religious and urban life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic architectural monument
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World Heritage Site component ⓘ mosque ⓘ religious building ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Great Mosque of Kairouan
ⓘ
Mosque of Uqba ⓘ
linked to:
Great Mosque of Kairouan
|
| architecturalStyle |
Aghlabid architecture
ⓘ
Hypostyle mosque ⓘ Islamic architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty |
Aghlabids
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linked to:
Aghlabid dynasty
Fatimids ⓘ
linked to:
Fatimid Caliphate
Zirids ⓘ
linked to:
Zirid dynasty
|
| capacityApprox | 15000 worshippers ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial |
brick
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reused Roman columns ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| country | Tunisia ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| floorAreaApprox | 9000 square metres ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 7th century ⓘ |
| foundedInYearApprox | 670 ⓘ |
| founder | Uqba ibn Nafi ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
arcaded courtyard with porticoes
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richly decorated mihrab with marble and tiles ⓘ wooden minbar with carved decoration ⓘ |
| hasPart |
ablution facilities
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courtyard ⓘ domes ⓘ hypostyle prayer hall ⓘ mihrab ⓘ minaret ⓘ minbar ⓘ sahn ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Kairouan) ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
important center of Maliki jurisprudence
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intellectual center of the Maghreb ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kairouan
ⓘ
Kairouan Governorate ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | North Africa ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Africa ⓘ |
| majorRebuilder |
Aghlabid dynasty
ⓘ
Emir Ziyadat Allah I ⓘ |
| minaretHeightApprox | 31.5 metres ⓘ |
| minaretType | square minaret ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Uqba ibn Nafi ⓘ |
| nativeName | جامع القيروان الكبير ⓘ |
| numberOfDomesApprox | several ⓘ |
| numberOfMinarets | 1 ⓘ |
| rebuiltInCentury | 9th century ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| roofType | flat roof with wooden beams ⓘ |
| significance |
major center of Islamic religious scholarship
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masterpiece of early Islamic architecture in North Africa ⓘ one of the oldest mosques in the Islamic world ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSince | 1988 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Islamic teaching and scholarship
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congregational Friday prayers ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Great Mosque of Qairawan Description of subject: The Great Mosque of Qairawan is one of the oldest and most important mosques in the Islamic world, renowned as a major center of religious scholarship and a masterpiece of early Islamic architecture in North Africa.
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