Mirwais Hotak
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Mirwais Hotak was an Afghan tribal leader and revolutionary who led a successful uprising against Safavid Persian rule and established an independent Afghan state in the early 18th century.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mirwais Hotak canonical | 13 |
| Afghan nobles | 1 |
| Emir of Kandahar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2944993 — 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: Mirwais Hotak Context triple: [Hotak dynasty, founder, Mirwais Hotak]
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A.
Ismail Khan
Ismail Khan is an Afghan mujahideen leader and former governor of Herat, known for his prominent role as a commander during the Soviet–Afghan War and later conflicts in Afghanistan.
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B.
Timur Shah Durrani
Timur Shah Durrani was an 18th-century Afghan monarch who succeeded Ahmad Shah Durrani and presided over the Durrani Empire during a period of internal fragmentation and regional challenges.
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C.
Shuja Shah Durrani
Shuja Shah Durrani was an early 19th-century Afghan monarch of the Durrani dynasty who twice ruled Afghanistan amid intense internal power struggles and foreign intervention.
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D.
Abu Saʿid Bahadur Khan
Abu Saʿid Bahadur Khan was the last effective ruler of the Ilkhanate in Persia, whose death in 1335 led to the fragmentation and collapse of centralized Mongol authority in the region.
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E.
Dalbandin
Dalbandin is a small town in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, known as an important stop along the Quetta–Taftan highway and for its proximity to the Chagai nuclear testing sites.
- 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: Mirwais Hotak Target entity description: Mirwais Hotak was an Afghan tribal leader and revolutionary who led a successful uprising against Safavid Persian rule and established an independent Afghan state in the early 18th century.
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A.
Ismail Khan
Ismail Khan is an Afghan mujahideen leader and former governor of Herat, known for his prominent role as a commander during the Soviet–Afghan War and later conflicts in Afghanistan.
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B.
Timur Shah Durrani
Timur Shah Durrani was an 18th-century Afghan monarch who succeeded Ahmad Shah Durrani and presided over the Durrani Empire during a period of internal fragmentation and regional challenges.
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C.
Shuja Shah Durrani
Shuja Shah Durrani was an early 19th-century Afghan monarch of the Durrani dynasty who twice ruled Afghanistan amid intense internal power struggles and foreign intervention.
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D.
Abu Saʿid Bahadur Khan
Abu Saʿid Bahadur Khan was the last effective ruler of the Ilkhanate in Persia, whose death in 1335 led to the fragmentation and collapse of centralized Mongol authority in the region.
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E.
Dalbandin
Dalbandin is a small town in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, known as an important stop along the Quetta–Taftan highway and for its proximity to the Chagai nuclear testing sites.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Afghan tribal leader
ⓘ
founder of state ⓘ monarch ⓘ person ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| child |
Husayn Hotak
ⓘ
Mahmud Hotak ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Afghanistan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 1673 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1715 ⓘ |
| era | early 18th century ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Pashtuns
ⓘ
surface form:
Pashtun
|
| familyName |
Hotaki
ⓘ
surface form:
Hotak
|
| founded |
Hotak dynasty
ⓘ
independent Afghan state in Kandahar ⓘ |
| givenName |
Mirwais Yasini
ⓘ
surface form:
Mirwais
|
| knownFor |
establishing Afghan independence from Safavid Persia
ⓘ
leading uprising against Safavid rule ⓘ |
| legacy |
considered a national hero of Afghanistan
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regarded as a founding figure of modern Afghan statehood ⓘ |
| movement | Afghan independence movement (early 18th century) ⓘ |
| name | Mirwais Hotak self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork | Kandahar uprising of 1709 ⓘ |
| opponent |
Gurgin Khan
ⓘ
Safavid Empire ⓘ Safavid Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Safavid Persia
|
| placeOfBirth |
Afghanistan
ⓘ
Kandahar ⓘ Kandahar Province ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Afghanistan
ⓘ
Kandahar ⓘ Kandahar Province ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
leader of the Hotak dynasty
ⓘ
ruler of Kandahar ⓘ |
| regionRuled |
Kandahar Province
ⓘ
surface form:
Kandahar region
|
| religion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| residence | Kandahar ⓘ |
| significantEvent | assassination of Gurgin Khan ⓘ |
| startTime | 1709 uprising against Safavid rule ⓘ |
| successor | Mahmud Hotak ⓘ |
| title |
Mirwais Khan
ⓘ
Mirwais Khan ⓘ
surface form:
Mirwais Nika
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| tribe |
Ghilzai tribe
ⓘ
surface form:
Ghilzai
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mirwais Hotak Description of subject: Mirwais Hotak was an Afghan tribal leader and revolutionary who led a successful uprising against Safavid Persian rule and established an independent Afghan state in the early 18th century.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Afghan nobles
this entity surface form:
Emir of Kandahar