Bengal Nawab dynasty

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The Bengal Nawab dynasty was a ruling family that governed the Bengal Subah as semi-independent nawabs under the Mughal Empire and later in tension with the British East India Company during the 18th century.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Nawabs of Bengal	6
Bengal Nawab dynasty canonical	1
Nawab dynasty of Bengal	1
Nawab family of Bengal	1
Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad	1
Nizamat dynasty of Murshidabad	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13915408 — 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: Bengal Nawab dynasty
Context triple: [Sarfaraz Khan, associatedWith, Bengal Nawab dynasty]

A. Asaf Jahi dynasty
The Asaf Jahi dynasty was the ruling family of the Nizams of Hyderabad, which governed the princely state of Hyderabad in south-central India from the early 18th century until Indian integration in 1948.
B. Holkar dynasty
The Holkar dynasty was a prominent Maratha ruling family that governed the princely state of Indore and surrounding regions in central India from the 18th to the mid-20th century.
C. Rohilla dynasty
The Rohilla dynasty was a Pashtun ruling family that established and governed the princely state of Rampur in northern India following the decline of Mughal power.
D. Nawabs of Awadh
The Nawabs of Awadh were a powerful Shia Muslim dynasty that ruled the rich North Indian region of Awadh (Oudh) in the 18th and 19th centuries, renowned for their opulent court culture, patronage of arts and architecture, and eventual annexation by the British.
E. Awadh dynasty
The Awadh dynasty was a prominent ruling house in northern India that governed the rich and culturally vibrant region of Awadh (Oudh), with its capital at Lucknow, during the Mughal decline and early British colonial period.
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: Bengal Nawab dynasty
Target entity description: The Bengal Nawab dynasty was a ruling family that governed the Bengal Subah as semi-independent nawabs under the Mughal Empire and later in tension with the British East India Company during the 18th century.

A. Asaf Jahi dynasty
The Asaf Jahi dynasty was the ruling family of the Nizams of Hyderabad, which governed the princely state of Hyderabad in south-central India from the early 18th century until Indian integration in 1948.
B. Holkar dynasty
The Holkar dynasty was a prominent Maratha ruling family that governed the princely state of Indore and surrounding regions in central India from the 18th to the mid-20th century.
C. Rohilla dynasty
The Rohilla dynasty was a Pashtun ruling family that established and governed the princely state of Rampur in northern India following the decline of Mughal power.
D. Nawabs of Awadh
The Nawabs of Awadh were a powerful Shia Muslim dynasty that ruled the rich North Indian region of Awadh (Oudh) in the 18th and 19th centuries, renowned for their opulent court culture, patronage of arts and architecture, and eventual annexation by the British.
E. Awadh dynasty
The Awadh dynasty was a prominent ruling house in northern India that governed the rich and culturally vibrant region of Awadh (Oudh), with its capital at Lucknow, during the Mughal decline and early British colonial period.
F. None of above. chosen