Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction)
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Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction) is an honorific epithet signifying a divinely favored, world-conquering ruler, famously adopted by the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur to legitimize his imperial authority.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Qiran refers to conjunction or meeting | 1 |
| Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3162838 — 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: Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction) Context triple: [Timur, usedTitle, Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction)]
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A.
Chanda Sahib
Chanda Sahib was an 18th-century Indian ruler and military leader who played a central role in the Carnatic Wars, notably opposing the British during conflicts such as the Siege of Arcot.
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B.
Khande di Pahul
Khande di Pahul is the Sikh initiation ceremony through which individuals formally join the Khalsa, committing to the faith’s spiritual and martial discipline.
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C.
Har Ki Pauri
Har Ki Pauri is a renowned and sacred riverfront ghat on the Ganges in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, famous for its evening Ganga Aarti and as a major Hindu pilgrimage site.
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D.
Khudā-e Sukhan
Khudā-e Sukhan is an honorific title meaning "God of Poetry," traditionally bestowed upon the renowned Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir for his unmatched mastery of the art.
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E.
Raza Sahib
Raza Sahib was an 18th-century military leader in southern India who commanded forces during the Siege of Arcot in the Carnatic Wars.
- 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: Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction) Target entity description: Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction) is an honorific epithet signifying a divinely favored, world-conquering ruler, famously adopted by the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur to legitimize his imperial authority.
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A.
Chanda Sahib
Chanda Sahib was an 18th-century Indian ruler and military leader who played a central role in the Carnatic Wars, notably opposing the British during conflicts such as the Siege of Arcot.
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B.
Khande di Pahul
Khande di Pahul is the Sikh initiation ceremony through which individuals formally join the Khalsa, committing to the faith’s spiritual and martial discipline.
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C.
Har Ki Pauri
Har Ki Pauri is a renowned and sacred riverfront ghat on the Ganges in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, famous for its evening Ganga Aarti and as a major Hindu pilgrimage site.
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D.
Khudā-e Sukhan
Khudā-e Sukhan is an honorific title meaning "God of Poetry," traditionally bestowed upon the renowned Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir for his unmatched mastery of the art.
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E.
Raza Sahib
Raza Sahib was an 18th-century military leader in southern India who commanded forces during the Siege of Arcot in the Carnatic Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic royal title
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Persian-language title ⓘ honorific epithet ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Persian panegyric literature
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Timurid court chronicles ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
astrological auspiciousness
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cosmic conjunction of planets ⓘ imperial legitimacy ⓘ |
| componentMeaning |
Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Qiran refers to conjunction or meeting
Sahib means lord or master ⓘ |
| connotation |
cosmic kingship
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divine favor ⓘ universal sovereignty ⓘ |
| denotes |
divinely favored ruler
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world-conquering ruler ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Qiran
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Sahib ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | Persian ⓘ |
| hasMeaning |
Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction
ⓘ
Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction ⓘ
surface form:
Lord of the Fortunate Conjunction
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| notableBearer |
Timur
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Timur ⓘ
surface form:
Timur the Lame
|
| regionOfProminentUse |
Central Asia
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Iran ⓘ Transoxiana ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
universal ruler
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world conqueror ⓘ |
| relatedTitle |
Padishah
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Sultan ⓘ |
| scriptForm | صاحبِ قِران ⓘ |
| semanticField |
astrology
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divine favor ⓘ kingship ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfProminentUse |
15th century
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late 14th century ⓘ |
| titleType | messianic-imperial epithet ⓘ |
| transliterationVariant |
Sahib-i Qiran
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surface form:
Sahib al-Qiran
Sahib-i Qiran ⓘ |
| usedBy | Timur ⓘ |
| usedFor | legitimizing Timurid imperial authority ⓘ |
| usedInCulture |
Islamic world
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Persianate world ⓘ
surface form:
Persianate societies
Turco-Mongol ⓘ
surface form:
Turco-Mongol polities
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| usedInDynasty | Timurid dynasty ⓘ |
| usedInReligion | Islam ⓘ |
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: Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction) Description of subject: Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction) is an honorific epithet signifying a divinely favored, world-conquering ruler, famously adopted by the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur to legitimize his imperial authority.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction)
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componentMeaning
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Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction)
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
Sahib-Qiran
this entity surface form:
Qiran refers to conjunction or meeting