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Black Stone

rock set into the eastern corner of the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, revered by Muslims
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Summary

Black Stone is a stone[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of stone entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31,571 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Religion or worldview: Islam[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Mecca[4]
  • Country: Saudi Arabia[5]
  • Instance of: heirloom[6]
  • Location: Al-Masjid Al-Haram[7]
  • Part of: Kaaba[8]
  • Commons category: Black Stone[9]
  • Commons gallery: حجر أسود[10]
  • Described by source: Islamskiy entsiklopedicheskiy slovar'[11], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12]
  • Native label: الحجر الأسود[13]
  • Different from: Al Hajar Mountains[14]

Why It Matters

Black Stone has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Al Hajar Mountains Saudi Arabia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · ~2026-55253-88 · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007566393705171"
  2. 6d ago · 260306u · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 21.4225, 'lon': 39.826166666666666}, {'lat': 21.4224985, 'lon': 39.8262546}
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'ba', 'be', 'bn', 'ca', 'ce', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cs',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Coordinate location: 21°25'20.9946"N, 39°49'34.5166"E"
  3. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Lee Strasberg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q297945, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Part of → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Mecca
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 21.4225, 'lon': 39.826166666666666}, {'lat': 21.4224985, 'lon': 39.8262546}
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007566393705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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