Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr

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Caliph Companion of the Prophet Early Islamic leader Military commander

Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr was a prominent early Islamic leader and military commander who declared himself caliph in Mecca during the Second Fitna, opposing the Umayyad Caliphate.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr	38
Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr canonical	4
ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr	4
Ibn al-Zubayr	2
Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam	1
Abu Abd Allah al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam ibn Khuwaylid	1
anti-caliph Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr	1
ended with Abd al-Malik’s victory over Ibn al-Zubayr	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1324138 — 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: Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr
Context triple: [Aisha bint Abi Bakr, relative, Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr]

A. Qasim ibn Muhammad
Qasim ibn Muhammad was the eldest son of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who died in childhood in Mecca.
B. Khuwaylid ibn Asad
Khuwaylid ibn Asad was a respected Meccan nobleman of the Quraysh tribe and the father of Khadijah, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
C. Abdullah ibn Muhammad
Abdullah ibn Muhammad was one of the sons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who died in early childhood.
D. Abdullah ibn Ibad
Abdullah ibn Ibad was an early Islamic figure traditionally regarded as the eponymous founder and ideological namesake of the Ibadi branch of Islam.
E. Muhammad al-Shaybani
Muhammad al-Shaybani was an influential early Islamic jurist and student of Abu Hanifa who played a key role in systematizing and transmitting Hanafi jurisprudence.
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: Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr
Target entity description: Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr was a prominent early Islamic leader and military commander who declared himself caliph in Mecca during the Second Fitna, opposing the Umayyad Caliphate.

A. Qasim ibn Muhammad
Qasim ibn Muhammad was the eldest son of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who died in childhood in Mecca.
B. Khuwaylid ibn Asad
Khuwaylid ibn Asad was a respected Meccan nobleman of the Quraysh tribe and the father of Khadijah, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
C. Abdullah ibn Muhammad
Abdullah ibn Muhammad was one of the sons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who died in early childhood.
D. Abdullah ibn Ibad
Abdullah ibn Ibad was an early Islamic figure traditionally regarded as the eponymous founder and ideological namesake of the Ibadi branch of Islam.
E. Muhammad al-Shaybani
Muhammad al-Shaybani was an influential early Islamic jurist and student of Abu Hanifa who played a key role in systematizing and transmitting Hanafi jurisprudence.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Caliph ⓘ Companion of the Prophet ⓘ Early Islamic leader ⓘ Military commander ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Mecca ⓘ Medina ⓘ
birthDate	624 ⓘ
birthEvent	Born in Medina shortly after the Hijra ⓘ
birthPlace	Hejaz ⓘ Medina ⓘ
bodyTreatmentAfterDeath	Crucified in Mecca by Umayyad authorities ⓘ
capital	Mecca ⓘ
clan	Banu Asad ⓘ linked to: Banu Asad ibn Khuzayma
companionOf	Prophet Muhammad ⓘ linked to: Muhammad
deathCause	Killed in battle ⓘ
deathCircumstances	Killed during the siege of Mecca by Umayyad forces ⓘ
deathDate	692 ⓘ
deathPlace	Hejaz ⓘ Mecca ⓘ
era	Second Fitna ⓘ
father	al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam ⓘ linked to: Zubayr ibn al-Awwam
fullName	Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam ⓘ linked to: Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr
grandfather	Abu Bakr ⓘ linked to: Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
historicalPeriod	7th century ⓘ
knownFor	Courage in battle ⓘ Piety and asceticism in Islamic tradition ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
loyalty	House of Abu Bakr ⓘ linked to: Household of Muhammad
maternalGrandfather	Abu Bakr ⓘ linked to: Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
mother	Asmāʾ bint Abī Bakr ⓘ linked to: Asma bint Abi Bakr
notableFor	Claiming the caliphate in Mecca ⓘ Opposition to the Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ Role in the Second Fitna ⓘ
opponent	Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ Yazid I ⓘ al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ⓘ
participatedIn	Early Muslim conquests ⓘ Second Fitna ⓘ
positionHeld	Caliph in Mecca ⓘ Rival caliph to the Umayyads ⓘ
regionRuled	Hejaz ⓘ Parts of Iraq ⓘ Parts of the Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
reignEnd	692 ⓘ
reignStart	c. 683 ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
siege	Siege of Mecca (692) ⓘ
tribe	Quraysh ⓘ

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