Kavadh II
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Kavadh II was a short-reigning Sasanian king of Persia in 628 CE, known for overthrowing and executing his father Khosrow II and making peace with the Byzantine Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kavadh II canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15603208 — 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: Kavadh II Context triple: [Khosrow II, successor, Kavadh II]
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A.
Kavadh I
Kavadh I was a Sasanian king of Persia (reigned 488–496 and 499–531) known for his social and religious reforms and for waging protracted wars against the Byzantine Empire.
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B.
Yazdegerd II
Yazdegerd II was a 5th-century Sasanian king of kings known for his military campaigns against the Romans and Central Asian nomads and for his religious policies toward Christian and other non-Zoroastrian subjects.
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C.
Yazdegerd III
Yazdegerd III was the final shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire, whose reign marked the end of pre-Islamic imperial Iran following the Arab-Muslim conquests.
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D.
Hormizd IV
Hormizd IV was a Sasanian king of the late 6th century known for his conflicts with the Byzantine Empire and internal tensions with the nobility and clergy.
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E.
Bahram II
Bahram II was a Sasanian king of Iran (r. late 3rd century CE) known for consolidating royal authority, facing Roman and internal challenges, and commissioning prominent rock reliefs and inscriptions.
- 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: Kavadh II Target entity description: Kavadh II was a short-reigning Sasanian king of Persia in 628 CE, known for overthrowing and executing his father Khosrow II and making peace with the Byzantine Empire.
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A.
Kavadh I
Kavadh I was a Sasanian king of Persia (reigned 488–496 and 499–531) known for his social and religious reforms and for waging protracted wars against the Byzantine Empire.
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B.
Yazdegerd II
Yazdegerd II was a 5th-century Sasanian king of kings known for his military campaigns against the Romans and Central Asian nomads and for his religious policies toward Christian and other non-Zoroastrian subjects.
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C.
Yazdegerd III
Yazdegerd III was the final shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire, whose reign marked the end of pre-Islamic imperial Iran following the Arab-Muslim conquests.
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D.
Hormizd IV
Hormizd IV was a Sasanian king of the late 6th century known for his conflicts with the Byzantine Empire and internal tensions with the nobility and clergy.
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E.
Bahram II
Bahram II was a Sasanian king of Iran (r. late 3rd century CE) known for consolidating royal authority, facing Roman and internal challenges, and commissioning prominent rock reliefs and inscriptions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.