Sultan of Demak
E1094129
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The Sultan of Demak was the ruler of the Demak Sultanate, the first major Islamic kingdom on Java that played a key role in the spread of Islam and early Javanese state formation in the 15th–16th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sultan of Demak canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14257627 — 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: Sultan of Demak Context triple: [Raden Patah, positionHeld, Sultan of Demak]
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A.
Sultan Agung of Mataram
Sultan Agung of Mataram was a 17th-century Javanese ruler renowned for expanding and consolidating the Mataram Sultanate and for his resistance against Dutch colonial influence in Indonesia.
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B.
Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa
Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa was a 17th-century Sultan of Banten in western Java, renowned for resisting Dutch colonial expansion and fostering Banten’s prosperity as a major trading center.
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C.
Sultan Mahmud Shah of Malacca
Sultan Mahmud Shah of Malacca was the last sultan of the Malacca Sultanate, remembered for his resistance against the Portuguese invasion in the early 16th century and his subsequent role in the dispersal of Malay power to successor states.
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D.
Sultan of Riau-Lingga
The Sultan of Riau-Lingga was the hereditary Malay monarch who ruled the Riau-Lingga Sultanate in the Malay Archipelago until its dissolution in the early 20th century.
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E.
Sultan Alauddin of Gowa
Sultan Alauddin of Gowa was a 17th-century ruler of the Gowa Sultanate in South Sulawesi, known for consolidating its power and promoting Islam in the region.
- 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: Sultan of Demak Target entity description: The Sultan of Demak was the ruler of the Demak Sultanate, the first major Islamic kingdom on Java that played a key role in the spread of Islam and early Javanese state formation in the 15th–16th centuries.
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A.
Sultan Agung of Mataram
Sultan Agung of Mataram was a 17th-century Javanese ruler renowned for expanding and consolidating the Mataram Sultanate and for his resistance against Dutch colonial influence in Indonesia.
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B.
Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa
Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa was a 17th-century Sultan of Banten in western Java, renowned for resisting Dutch colonial expansion and fostering Banten’s prosperity as a major trading center.
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C.
Sultan Mahmud Shah of Malacca
Sultan Mahmud Shah of Malacca was the last sultan of the Malacca Sultanate, remembered for his resistance against the Portuguese invasion in the early 16th century and his subsequent role in the dispersal of Malay power to successor states.
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D.
Sultan of Riau-Lingga
The Sultan of Riau-Lingga was the hereditary Malay monarch who ruled the Riau-Lingga Sultanate in the Malay Archipelago until its dissolution in the early 20th century.
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E.
Sultan Alauddin of Gowa
Sultan Alauddin of Gowa was a 17th-century ruler of the Gowa Sultanate in South Sulawesi, known for consolidating its power and promoting Islam in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.