Tarkhan dynasty
E173021
The Tarkhan dynasty was a Turkic ruling family that governed parts of Sindh in present-day Pakistan during the 16th century, following the Arghun dynasty and preceding Mughal control.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tarkhan dynasty canonical | 5 |
| House of Tarkhan | 1 |
| Tarkhan dynasty in Sindh | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1517790 — 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: Tarkhan dynasty Context triple: [Thatta, servedAsCapitalDuring, Tarkhan dynasty]
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Kuru dynasty
The Kuru dynasty is an ancient royal lineage of northern India, traditionally regarded as the central ruling house in the epic narrative of the Mahabharata.
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Atreid dynasty
The Atreid dynasty is the legendary royal house of Mycenaean Greece, best known from Greek mythology for figures like Agamemnon and Menelaus and the tragic cycle of the House of Atreus.
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Salian dynasty
The Salian dynasty was a medieval German royal house that produced a line of Holy Roman Emperors who ruled much of Central Europe in the 11th and early 12th centuries.
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Jhala dynasty
The Jhala dynasty was a Rajput ruling family that governed several princely states in the Kathiawar region of present-day Gujarat, India.
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Buyid dynasty
The Buyid dynasty was a powerful Iranian Shia ruling family that controlled much of Iraq and Iran in the 10th–11th centuries, exerting significant political and cultural influence during the Islamic Golden Age.
- 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: Tarkhan dynasty Target entity description: The Tarkhan dynasty was a Turkic ruling family that governed parts of Sindh in present-day Pakistan during the 16th century, following the Arghun dynasty and preceding Mughal control.
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A.
Kuru dynasty
The Kuru dynasty is an ancient royal lineage of northern India, traditionally regarded as the central ruling house in the epic narrative of the Mahabharata.
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B.
Atreid dynasty
The Atreid dynasty is the legendary royal house of Mycenaean Greece, best known from Greek mythology for figures like Agamemnon and Menelaus and the tragic cycle of the House of Atreus.
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C.
Salian dynasty
The Salian dynasty was a medieval German royal house that produced a line of Holy Roman Emperors who ruled much of Central Europe in the 11th and early 12th centuries.
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D.
Jhala dynasty
The Jhala dynasty was a Rajput ruling family that governed several princely states in the Kathiawar region of present-day Gujarat, India.
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E.
Buyid dynasty
The Buyid dynasty was a powerful Iranian Shia ruling family that controlled much of Iraq and Iran in the 10th–11th centuries, exerting significant political and cultural influence during the Islamic Golden Age.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tarkhan dynasty Description of subject: The Tarkhan dynasty was a Turkic ruling family that governed parts of Sindh in present-day Pakistan during the 16th century, following the Arghun dynasty and preceding Mughal control.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
House of Tarkhan
subject surface form:
Necropolis of Makli Hill
this entity surface form:
Tarkhan dynasty in Sindh