Dirār ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
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Dirār ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was one of the uncles of the Prophet Muhammad, a lesser-known son of the Quraysh leader ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib in pre-Islamic Mecca.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dirār ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib canonical | 1 |
| Ḍirār ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1378811 — 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: Dirār ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib Context triple: [Abd al-Muttalib, son, Dirār ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib]
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A.
Al-Ḥijāl ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Al-Ḥijāl ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was one of the sons of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, making him an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad in the early Quraysh clan of Mecca.
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B.
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib was a prominent early Muslim and renowned warrior, honored with the title "Lion of God" for his bravery and martyrdom in the Battle of Uhud.
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C.
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib was a Meccan merchant from the Quraysh tribe best known as the father of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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D.
al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib was an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad and a prominent early supporter of Islam whose descendants founded the Abbasid dynasty.
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E.
Az-Zubayr ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Az-Zubayr ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad and a notable member of the Quraysh tribe in pre-Islamic Mecca.
- 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: Dirār ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib Target entity description: Dirār ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was one of the uncles of the Prophet Muhammad, a lesser-known son of the Quraysh leader ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib in pre-Islamic Mecca.
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A.
Al-Ḥijāl ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Al-Ḥijāl ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was one of the sons of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, making him an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad in the early Quraysh clan of Mecca.
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B.
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib was a prominent early Muslim and renowned warrior, honored with the title "Lion of God" for his bravery and martyrdom in the Battle of Uhud.
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C.
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib was a Meccan merchant from the Quraysh tribe best known as the father of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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D.
al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib was an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad and a prominent early supporter of Islam whose descendants founded the Abbasid dynasty.
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E.
Az-Zubayr ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Az-Zubayr ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad and a notable member of the Quraysh tribe in pre-Islamic Mecca.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arab man
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ person ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Banū Hāshim leadership in Mecca ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Mecca ⓘ |
| category |
Banu Hashim
ⓘ
surface form:
Banū Hāshim
Family of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ People of Mecca ⓘ |
| clan |
Banu Hashim
ⓘ
surface form:
Banū Hāshim
|
| deathPlace |
Mecca
ⓘ
surface form:
Mecca (probable)
|
| era |
Pre-Islamic Arabia
ⓘ
surface form:
pre-Islamic Arabia
|
| ethnicity | Arab ⓘ |
| father |
Abd al-Muttalib
ⓘ
surface form:
ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim
|
| grandfather |
Hashim ibn Abd Manaf
ⓘ
surface form:
Hāshim ibn ʿAbd Manāf
|
| historicalSources | early Islamic genealogical works ⓘ |
| knownFor | being an uncle of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| lifeStatusDuringProphethood | uncertain ⓘ |
| mother | unknown ⓘ |
| nameInArabic | ضرار بن عبد المطلب ⓘ |
| notableFact | little detailed biographical information is preserved about him ⓘ |
| paternalUncleOf |
Abu Lahab
ⓘ
surface form:
Abū Lahab (ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib)
Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ
surface form:
Abū Ṭālib ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Arwā bint Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ
surface form:
Arwā bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Barra bint Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ
surface form:
Barra bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
al-Ghaydāq ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ⓘ
surface form:
Ghīdāq ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Al-Muqawwim ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ⓘ
surface form:
Muqawwim ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Umayma bint Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ
surface form:
Umayma bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Umm Ḥakīm al-Bayḍāʾ bint Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ
surface form:
Umm al-Ḥakīm al-Bayḍāʾ bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Az-Zubayr ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ⓘ
surface form:
Zubayr ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ
surface form:
al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ⓘ
surface form:
al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
ʿĀtika bint Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ
surface form:
ʿĀtika bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ
surface form:
Ḥamza ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Al-Ḥijāl ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ⓘ
surface form:
Ḥijāl (or Ḥajal) ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Safiyya bint Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ
surface form:
Ṣafiyya bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
|
| placeOfResidence | Mecca ⓘ |
| relative |
Muhammad
ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Muhammad
|
| religion | paganism ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 6th century CE ⓘ |
| tribe | Quraysh ⓘ |
| uncleOf |
Muhammad
ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Muhammad
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: Dirār ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib Description of subject: Dirār ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was one of the uncles of the Prophet Muhammad, a lesser-known son of the Quraysh leader ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib in pre-Islamic Mecca.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ḍirār ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib