Mamai (as kingmaker and powerful beglerbeg)
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Mamai was a powerful 14th-century Mongol warlord and beglerbeg of the Golden Horde who dominated its politics as a kingmaker without ever becoming khan himself.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mamai (as kingmaker and powerful beglerbeg) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16999837 — 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: Mamai (as kingmaker and powerful beglerbeg) Context triple: [Khan of the Golden Horde, positionHeldBy, Mamai (as kingmaker and powerful beglerbeg)]
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A.
Erlik Khan
Erlik Khan is a deity from Turkic and Mongolic mythology, commonly regarded as the god of death and ruler of the underworld.
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B.
Orda Khan
Orda Khan was a 13th-century Mongol prince and military leader, the eldest son of Jochi and founder of the White Horde, who played a key role in the western campaigns of the Mongol Empire.
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C.
Bayanchur Khan
Bayanchur Khan was an 8th-century ruler who greatly expanded and consolidated the Uyghur Khaganate, turning it into a powerful Central Asian empire.
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D.
Akhmad Khan of the Great Horde
Akhmad Khan of the Great Horde was the last powerful khan of the Golden Horde, known for his failed attempt to reassert Tatar dominance over Muscovy in the late 15th century.
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E.
Ligdan Khan
Ligdan Khan was the last grand khan of the Mongol Northern Yuan dynasty, known for his attempts to resist Manchu expansion and preserve Mongol independence in the early 17th century.
- 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: Mamai (as kingmaker and powerful beglerbeg) Target entity description: Mamai was a powerful 14th-century Mongol warlord and beglerbeg of the Golden Horde who dominated its politics as a kingmaker without ever becoming khan himself.
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A.
Erlik Khan
Erlik Khan is a deity from Turkic and Mongolic mythology, commonly regarded as the god of death and ruler of the underworld.
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B.
Orda Khan
Orda Khan was a 13th-century Mongol prince and military leader, the eldest son of Jochi and founder of the White Horde, who played a key role in the western campaigns of the Mongol Empire.
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C.
Bayanchur Khan
Bayanchur Khan was an 8th-century ruler who greatly expanded and consolidated the Uyghur Khaganate, turning it into a powerful Central Asian empire.
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D.
Akhmad Khan of the Great Horde
Akhmad Khan of the Great Horde was the last powerful khan of the Golden Horde, known for his failed attempt to reassert Tatar dominance over Muscovy in the late 15th century.
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E.
Ligdan Khan
Ligdan Khan was the last grand khan of the Mongol Northern Yuan dynasty, known for his attempts to resist Manchu expansion and preserve Mongol independence in the early 17th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.