Husayn ibn Ali, Sharif of Mecca

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Husayn ibn Ali, Sharif of Mecca, was the final ruling member of the Banu Qatadah dynasty that long governed the holy city of Mecca.

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Label	Occurrences
Sharif Hussein bin Ali	5
Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca	4
Husayn ibn Ali, Sharif of Mecca canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18823107 — 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: Husayn ibn Ali, Sharif of Mecca
Context triple: [Banu Qatadah, lastRulingMember, Husayn ibn Ali, Sharif of Mecca]

A. Sharif of Mecca
The Sharif of Mecca was the hereditary ruler and guardian of Islam’s holiest city, traditionally drawn from the Hashemite lineage claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad.
B. Husayn ibn Ali, King of Hejaz
Husayn ibn Ali, King of Hejaz, was an early 20th-century Arab leader who spearheaded the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire and briefly ruled the Hejaz before being deposed by Ibn Saud.
C. Ali bin Hussein, King of Hejaz
Ali bin Hussein, King of Hejaz, was a Hashemite monarch and son of Sharif Hussein who briefly ruled the Hejaz after World War I and played a role in the Arab nationalist movement that emerged from the Arab Revolt.
D. Shah Karim al-Husayni
Shah Karim al-Husayni, known as Aga Khan IV, is the 49th hereditary Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims and a prominent philanthropist and spiritual leader.
E. Husayn ibn Ali
Husayn ibn Ali is the revered grandson of the Prophet Muhammad whose martyrdom at the Battle of Karbala is a central event in Islamic, especially Shia, history and spirituality.
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: Husayn ibn Ali, Sharif of Mecca
Target entity description: Husayn ibn Ali, Sharif of Mecca, was the final ruling member of the Banu Qatadah dynasty that long governed the holy city of Mecca.

A. Sharif of Mecca
The Sharif of Mecca was the hereditary ruler and guardian of Islam’s holiest city, traditionally drawn from the Hashemite lineage claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad.
B. Husayn ibn Ali, King of Hejaz
Husayn ibn Ali, King of Hejaz, was an early 20th-century Arab leader who spearheaded the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire and briefly ruled the Hejaz before being deposed by Ibn Saud.
C. Ali bin Hussein, King of Hejaz
Ali bin Hussein, King of Hejaz, was a Hashemite monarch and son of Sharif Hussein who briefly ruled the Hejaz after World War I and played a role in the Arab nationalist movement that emerged from the Arab Revolt.
D. Shah Karim al-Husayni
Shah Karim al-Husayni, known as Aga Khan IV, is the 49th hereditary Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims and a prominent philanthropist and spiritual leader.
E. Husayn ibn Ali
Husayn ibn Ali is the revered grandson of the Prophet Muhammad whose martyrdom at the Battle of Karbala is a central event in Islamic, especially Shia, history and spirituality.
F. None of above. chosen