Shahid
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Shahid is a common male given name of Arabic origin meaning "witness" or "martyr," widely used in South Asia and the Muslim world.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shahid canonical | 5 |
| Shahid (Martyr) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22229591 — 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: Shahid Context triple: [Shahid Afridi, givenName, Shahid]
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A.
Shahid
"Shahid" is a critically acclaimed 2013 Indian biographical drama film starring Rajkummar Rao as human rights lawyer Shahid Azmi, charting his journey from wrongful imprisonment to his work defending those accused under anti-terror laws.
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B.
Sarmad Shahid
Sarmad Shahid, better known as Sarmad Kashani, was a 17th-century Armenian-Indian mystic, poet, and Sufi saint who was executed in Delhi under the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
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C.
Shahbaaz
"Shahbaaz" is a celebrated qawwali album by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, renowned for its powerful devotional songs and innovative fusion of traditional Sufi music with contemporary sounds.
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D.
Shaheed
Shaheed is an honorific term used in South Asia, particularly in Bangladesh and Pakistan, to denote a martyr who has sacrificed their life for a noble or national cause.
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E.
Zulfikar
Zulfikar is a masculine given name most prominently associated with Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan and a major political figure in the country's history.
- 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: Shahid Target entity description: Shahid is a common male given name of Arabic origin meaning "witness" or "martyr," widely used in South Asia and the Muslim world.
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A.
Shahid
"Shahid" is a critically acclaimed 2013 Indian biographical drama film starring Rajkummar Rao as human rights lawyer Shahid Azmi, charting his journey from wrongful imprisonment to his work defending those accused under anti-terror laws.
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B.
Sarmad Shahid
Sarmad Shahid, better known as Sarmad Kashani, was a 17th-century Armenian-Indian mystic, poet, and Sufi saint who was executed in Delhi under the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
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C.
Shahbaaz
"Shahbaaz" is a celebrated qawwali album by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, renowned for its powerful devotional songs and innovative fusion of traditional Sufi music with contemporary sounds.
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D.
Shaheed
Shaheed is an honorific term used in South Asia, particularly in Bangladesh and Pakistan, to denote a martyr who has sacrificed their life for a noble or national cause.
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E.
Zulfikar
Zulfikar is a masculine given name most prominently associated with Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan and a major political figure in the country's history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Shahid