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Qibla

direction that should be faced when a Muslim prays during salat
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Summary

Qibla is a relative direction[1]. Qibla draws 6,013 Wikipedia views per month (relative direction category, ranking #1 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Religion or worldview: Islam[3]
  • Instance of: religious behaviour[4]
  • Commons category: Qibla[5]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[6], Islamskiy entsiklopedicheskiy slovar'[7], New International Encyclopedia[8]
  • Different from: Kiss[9], qibla wall[10]

Why It Matters

Qibla has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] Qibla is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 5d ago · 260306u · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → qiblah
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 21.422777777777778, 'lon': 39.825}, {'lat': 21.4225, 'lon': 39.8262}
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'az', 'ba', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bjn', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Coordinate location: 21°25'21.0"N, 39°49'34.3"E"
  2. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Petersberg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q297707, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  3. 13w ago · O Breixo · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 72348
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Enciclopedia galega universal id: 72348"
  4. 14w ago · Sabbut · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Kiss, qibla wall
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: qibla wall"
  5. 22w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Different from → Kiss, qibla wall
    Instance of → —
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Islamskiy entsiklopedicheskiy slovar', New International Encyclopedia
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Described by source: Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān"
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