Zamʿa ibn Qays
E187269
Zamʿa ibn Qays was an early Arab from the Quraysh tribe known primarily as the father of Sawda bint Zamʿa, one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zamʿa ibn Qays canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1343173 — 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: Zamʿa ibn Qays Context triple: [Sawda bint Zamʿa, relative, Zamʿa ibn Qays]
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A.
Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl
Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl was an early Islamic jurist and prominent disciple of Abu Hanifa, known for his influential role in shaping Hanafi legal thought.
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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.
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C.
Khalil ibn Ishaq
Khalil ibn Ishaq was a prominent medieval Maliki jurist best known for his influential legal manual "Mukhtasar Khalil," which became a central reference in Maliki Islamic jurisprudence.
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D.
Ata ibn Abi Rabah
Ata ibn Abi Rabah was a prominent early Islamic scholar and jurist of Mecca, renowned as a leading authority among the Tabi'un in matters of fiqh and hadith.
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E.
Musab ibn Umayr
Musab ibn Umayr was an early and devoted companion of the Prophet Muhammad, renowned as the first envoy of Islam to Medina and remembered for his sacrifice in battle.
- 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: Zamʿa ibn Qays Target entity description: Zamʿa ibn Qays was an early Arab from the Quraysh tribe known primarily as the father of Sawda bint Zamʿa, one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad.
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A.
Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl
Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl was an early Islamic jurist and prominent disciple of Abu Hanifa, known for his influential role in shaping Hanafi legal thought.
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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.
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C.
Khalil ibn Ishaq
Khalil ibn Ishaq was a prominent medieval Maliki jurist best known for his influential legal manual "Mukhtasar Khalil," which became a central reference in Maliki Islamic jurisprudence.
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D.
Ata ibn Abi Rabah
Ata ibn Abi Rabah was a prominent early Islamic scholar and jurist of Mecca, renowned as a leading authority among the Tabi'un in matters of fiqh and hadith.
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E.
Musab ibn Umayr
Musab ibn Umayr was an early and devoted companion of the Prophet Muhammad, renowned as the first envoy of Islam to Medina and remembered for his sacrifice in battle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arab
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| child | Sawda bint Zamʿa ⓘ |
| culture | pre-Islamic Arab society ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Arabs
ⓘ
surface form:
Arab
|
| father | Zamʿa ibn Qays self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the father of Sawda bint Zamʿa ⓘ |
| relative | Sawda bint Zamʿa ⓘ |
| religion | paganism ⓘ |
| residence | Mecca ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| timePeriod | pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ |
| tribe | Quraysh ⓘ |
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: Zamʿa ibn Qays Description of subject: Zamʿa ibn Qays was an early Arab from the Quraysh tribe known primarily as the father of Sawda bint Zamʿa, one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sawda bint Zamʿa