Shams al-Dawla
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Shams al-Dawla was a Buyid dynasty ruler who governed parts of western Iran in the late 10th and early 11th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shams al-Dawla canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17162572 — 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: Shams al-Dawla Context triple: [Fakhr al-Dawla, child, Shams al-Dawla]
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A.
Muizz al-Dawla
Muizz al-Dawla was a 10th-century Buyid ruler who established Buyid control over Baghdad and became the de facto power behind the Abbasid caliphate in Iraq.
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B.
Sharaf al-Dawla
Sharaf al-Dawla was a Buyid dynasty ruler who governed parts of Iraq and Iran in the late 10th century, known for consolidating Buyid power in Baghdad.
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C.
Fakhr al-Dawla
Fakhr al-Dawla was a prominent 10th-century Buyid ruler who governed parts of northern Iran and played a key role in the dynasty’s regional power struggles.
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D.
Baha al-Dawla
Baha al-Dawla was a prominent 10th–11th century Buyid ruler who governed parts of Iran and Iraq during the later phase of the dynasty’s power.
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E.
Majd al-Dawla
Majd al-Dawla was a Buyid ruler of Rayy in the late 10th and early 11th centuries, known for his weak reign under the dominance of powerful amirs and his mother Sayyida Shirin.
- 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: Shams al-Dawla Target entity description: Shams al-Dawla was a Buyid dynasty ruler who governed parts of western Iran in the late 10th and early 11th centuries.
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A.
Muizz al-Dawla
Muizz al-Dawla was a 10th-century Buyid ruler who established Buyid control over Baghdad and became the de facto power behind the Abbasid caliphate in Iraq.
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B.
Sharaf al-Dawla
Sharaf al-Dawla was a Buyid dynasty ruler who governed parts of Iraq and Iran in the late 10th century, known for consolidating Buyid power in Baghdad.
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C.
Fakhr al-Dawla
Fakhr al-Dawla was a prominent 10th-century Buyid ruler who governed parts of northern Iran and played a key role in the dynasty’s regional power struggles.
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D.
Baha al-Dawla
Baha al-Dawla was a prominent 10th–11th century Buyid ruler who governed parts of Iran and Iraq during the later phase of the dynasty’s power.
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E.
Majd al-Dawla
Majd al-Dawla was a Buyid ruler of Rayy in the late 10th and early 11th centuries, known for his weak reign under the dominance of powerful amirs and his mother Sayyida Shirin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.