Kashgar Khojas
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The Kashgar Khojas were a powerful Sufi-descended ruling and religious elite in Xinjiang who led several political and military struggles for control of the region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kashgar Khojas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17204657 — 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: Kashgar Khojas Context triple: [Yarkand Khanate, conflictWith, Kashgar Khojas]
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A.
Kashgaria
Kashgaria is a historical region in what is now Xinjiang, China, centered on the oasis cities of the Tarim Basin and long contested by various Central Asian powers.
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B.
Kokand
Kokand is a historic city in the Fergana Valley of present-day Uzbekistan that served as a major political, cultural, and trading center in Central Asia.
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C.
Taza Khurmatu
Taza Khurmatu is a town in northern Iraq with a significant Turkmen population, situated within the disputed cultural and political region known as Turkmeneli.
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D.
Azimjan
Azimjan is the given name of Azimjan Askarov, a Kyrgyz human rights activist and political prisoner known for documenting ethnic violence and police abuses.
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E.
Khiva
Khiva is an ancient oasis city in western Uzbekistan renowned for its well-preserved walled old town, Itchan Kala, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- 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: Kashgar Khojas Target entity description: The Kashgar Khojas were a powerful Sufi-descended ruling and religious elite in Xinjiang who led several political and military struggles for control of the region.
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A.
Kashgaria
Kashgaria is a historical region in what is now Xinjiang, China, centered on the oasis cities of the Tarim Basin and long contested by various Central Asian powers.
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B.
Kokand
Kokand is a historic city in the Fergana Valley of present-day Uzbekistan that served as a major political, cultural, and trading center in Central Asia.
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C.
Taza Khurmatu
Taza Khurmatu is a town in northern Iraq with a significant Turkmen population, situated within the disputed cultural and political region known as Turkmeneli.
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D.
Azimjan
Azimjan is the given name of Azimjan Askarov, a Kyrgyz human rights activist and political prisoner known for documenting ethnic violence and police abuses.
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E.
Khiva
Khiva is an ancient oasis city in western Uzbekistan renowned for its well-preserved walled old town, Itchan Kala, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.