Banu Nadir
E186007
Banu Nadir was a prominent Jewish tribe in Medina during the time of the Prophet Muhammad, known for its political influence and eventual expulsion following conflicts with the early Muslim community.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Banu Nadir canonical | 8 |
| Jewish tribes of Medina | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1433597 — 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: Banu Nadir Context triple: [Safiyya bint Huyayy, tribe, Banu Nadir]
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A.
Banu Mustaliq
Banu Mustaliq was an Arab tribe of the larger Khuza‘a confederation known from early Islamic history, particularly through its association with Juwayriya bint al-Harith and its encounter with the Prophet Muhammad.
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B.
Quraysh
Quraysh was the powerful Arab tribe of Mecca that controlled the Kaaba and into which the Prophet Muhammad was born.
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C.
Banu Asad
Banu Asad is an Arab clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca historically known as the clan of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
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D.
Banu Ghatafan
Banu Ghatafan was a powerful tribal confederation of central Arabia that played a significant role in early Islamic-era conflicts and alliances.
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E.
Banu Taym
Banu Taym was a prominent clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca, historically notable as the clan of the first caliph, Abu Bakr.
- 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: Banu Nadir Target entity description: Banu Nadir was a prominent Jewish tribe in Medina during the time of the Prophet Muhammad, known for its political influence and eventual expulsion following conflicts with the early Muslim community.
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A.
Banu Mustaliq
Banu Mustaliq was an Arab tribe of the larger Khuza‘a confederation known from early Islamic history, particularly through its association with Juwayriya bint al-Harith and its encounter with the Prophet Muhammad.
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B.
Quraysh
Quraysh was the powerful Arab tribe of Mecca that controlled the Kaaba and into which the Prophet Muhammad was born.
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C.
Banu Asad
Banu Asad is an Arab clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca historically known as the clan of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
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D.
Banu Ghatafan
Banu Ghatafan was a powerful tribal confederation of central Arabia that played a significant role in early Islamic-era conflicts and alliances.
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E.
Banu Taym
Banu Taym was a prominent clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca, historically notable as the clan of the first caliph, Abu Bakr.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish tribe
ⓘ
tribe of Medina ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
conflict with early Muslim community
ⓘ
Expulsion of Banu Nadir from Medina ⓘ
surface form:
siege of Banu Nadir
|
| conflictCause |
alleged assassination plot against Muhammad
ⓘ
alleged treaty violation ⓘ |
| contemporaryWith |
Muhammad
ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Muhammad
|
| economicActivity |
farming
ⓘ
trade ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| expelledBy |
Muslim community in Medina
ⓘ
surface form:
Muslim community of Medina
Muhammad ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Muhammad
|
| governanceForm | tribal leadership ⓘ |
| hadTreatyWith |
Muslim community of Medina
ⓘ
Muhammad ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Muhammad
|
| knownFor |
agriculture
ⓘ
date palm orchards ⓘ fortified dwellings ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| legalStatusInMedina | treaty community under the Constitution of Medina ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arabian Peninsula
ⓘ
Hejaz ⓘ Yathrib ⓘ |
| location | Medina ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
early Islamic historical sources
ⓘ
hadith literature ⓘ sira literature ⓘ |
| neighboringTribe |
Aws
ⓘ
Banu Qaynuqa ⓘ Banu Qurayzah ⓘ
surface form:
Banu Qurayza
Khazraj ⓘ |
| outcomeOfConflict | expulsion from Medina ⓘ |
| politicalInfluence | high ⓘ |
| postExpulsionDestination |
Khaybar
ⓘ
Syria ⓘ |
| regionToday | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| regionType | oasis community ⓘ |
| relatedQuranicSurah |
Surah Al-Hashr
ⓘ
surface form:
Surah al-Hashr
|
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInMedina |
military ally or rival of Arab tribes
ⓘ
political actor ⓘ |
| sourceOfInformation |
Islamic historiography
ⓘ
Quranic exegesis ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 7th century ⓘ |
| tribalAffiliation | Jewish tribes of Medina ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Banu Nadir Description of subject: Banu Nadir was a prominent Jewish tribe in Medina during the time of the Prophet Muhammad, known for its political influence and eventual expulsion following conflicts with the early Muslim community.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jewish tribes of Medina
this entity surface form:
Jewish tribes of Medina
this entity surface form:
Jewish tribes of Medina