Farhud
E1040365
Farhud was a violent anti-Jewish pogrom that erupted in Baghdad in June 1941, resulting in widespread killings, looting, and destruction within the city's Jewish community.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Farhud canonical | 1 |
| Farhud means violent dispossession in Arabic | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13451014 — 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: Farhud Context triple: [Farhud pogrom of 1941 in Baghdad, hasName, Farhud]
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A.
Qabiha
Qabiha was a consort of the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tamid, associated with the 9th-century Abbasid court.
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B.
Vel d’Hiv Roundup
The Vel d’Hiv Roundup was a mass arrest and internment of thousands of Jews in Paris by French police in July 1942, carried out under Nazi direction and remembered as one of the most notorious acts of collaboration in occupied France.
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C.
The Massacre
The Massacre is a 2005 hip hop album by 50 Cent that features hit singles like "Candy Shop" and "Just a Lil Bit" and solidified his mainstream commercial success.
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D.
Holocaust by bullets
Holocaust by bullets refers to the mass shootings of Jews and other targeted groups by Nazi Germany and its collaborators, primarily in Eastern Europe and the occupied Soviet Union, as a central method of genocide during the Holocaust.
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E.
Downfall
Downfall is the codename for the planned but never executed Allied invasion of the Japanese home islands near the end of World War II.
- 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: Farhud Target entity description: Farhud was a violent anti-Jewish pogrom that erupted in Baghdad in June 1941, resulting in widespread killings, looting, and destruction within the city's Jewish community.
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A.
Qabiha
Qabiha was a consort of the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tamid, associated with the 9th-century Abbasid court.
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B.
Vel d’Hiv Roundup
The Vel d’Hiv Roundup was a mass arrest and internment of thousands of Jews in Paris by French police in July 1942, carried out under Nazi direction and remembered as one of the most notorious acts of collaboration in occupied France.
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C.
The Massacre
The Massacre is a 2005 hip hop album by 50 Cent that features hit singles like "Candy Shop" and "Just a Lil Bit" and solidified his mainstream commercial success.
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D.
Holocaust by bullets
Holocaust by bullets refers to the mass shootings of Jews and other targeted groups by Nazi Germany and its collaborators, primarily in Eastern Europe and the occupied Soviet Union, as a central method of genocide during the Holocaust.
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E.
Downfall
Downfall is the codename for the planned but never executed Allied invasion of the Japanese home islands near the end of World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antisemitic violence
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historical event ⓘ massacre ⓘ pogrom ⓘ |
| hasAftermath |
acceleration of Jewish emigration from Iraq
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increased insecurity for Iraqi Jews ⓘ trauma in Iraqi Jewish community ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeDescription | anti-Jewish riot in Baghdad in 1941 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Farhoud ⓘ |
| hasCause |
antisemitism
ⓘ
collapse of the pro-Axis Rashid Ali al-Gaylani regime ⓘ political instability in Iraq in 1941 ⓘ pro-Nazi propaganda in Iraq ⓘ |
| hasCommemoration | commemorated annually by Iraqi Jewish communities ⓘ |
| hasContext |
Anglo-Iraqi War
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| hasCountry | Iraq ⓘ |
| hasDisplacement | many Jews displaced from their homes ⓘ |
| hasEndDate | 1941-06-02 ⓘ |
| hasEstimatedDeaths |
estimates up to several hundred Jews killed
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over 100 Jews killed ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentResponse | eventually suppressed by Iraqi and British forces ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
major episode of antisemitic violence in the Middle East
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turning point in history of Iraqi Jews ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | policies toward Jews in Iraq in the 1940s ⓘ |
| hasInjuries | hundreds of Jews injured ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfName | Arabic ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Baghdad
ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ |
| hasLootingExtent | widespread looting of Jewish homes and businesses ⓘ |
| hasNameMeaning |
Farhud means violent dispossession in Arabic
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linked to:
Farhud
|
| hasOpposingForce | British forces in Iraq during 1941 ⓘ |
| hasPerpetratorGroup |
Iraqi mobs
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elements of Iraqi police and soldiers ⓘ |
| hasPrecededBy |
Anglo-Iraqi War of May 1941
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linked to:
Anglo-Iraqi War
|
| hasPropertyDestruction |
Jewish homes destroyed
ⓘ
Jewish shops destroyed ⓘ synagogues damaged ⓘ |
| hasRelatedConcept | Holocaust in the Middle East ⓘ |
| hasRelatedEvent | persecution of Jews in Arab countries in the 20th century ⓘ |
| hasStartDate | 1941-06-01 ⓘ |
| hasTarget |
Jewish community of Baghdad
ⓘ
linked to:
Iraqi Jews
|
| hasTimePeriod | June 1941 ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfViolence |
destruction of property
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killings ⓘ looting ⓘ rape ⓘ |
| hasVictimGroup |
Baghdad Jews
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linked to:
Iraqi Jews
Iraqi Jews ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Farhud Description of subject: Farhud was a violent anti-Jewish pogrom that erupted in Baghdad in June 1941, resulting in widespread killings, looting, and destruction within the city's Jewish community.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Farhud