Kart dynasty
E367975
The Kart dynasty was a medieval Persianate ruling family that governed the region of Herat and parts of Khorasan in present-day Afghanistan and Iran from the 13th to the early 16th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kart dynasty canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3549461 — 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: Kart dynasty Context triple: [Ghurid Empire, successor, Kart dynasty]
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A.
Karrani dynasty
The Karrani dynasty was the last ruling Afghan dynasty of the Bengal Sultanate in the 16th century, known for its resistance to Mughal expansion before Bengal’s eventual annexation.
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B.
Terter dynasty
The Terter dynasty was a medieval Bulgarian royal house of Cuman origin that produced several tsars who ruled the Second Bulgarian Empire during a period of political fragmentation and foreign pressure.
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C.
Laskarid dynasty
The Laskarid dynasty was a Byzantine Greek ruling family that governed the Empire of Nicaea in exile after the Fourth Crusade and helped preserve Byzantine statehood until the restoration of Constantinople.
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D.
Mermnad dynasty
The Mermnad dynasty was an ancient royal house that ruled Lydia in western Anatolia, most famously under King Croesus, until its conquest by the Persian Empire in the 6th century BCE.
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E.
Chagataid dynasty
The Chagataid dynasty was a Mongol royal lineage descended from Chagatai, son of Genghis Khan, that ruled a central Asian khanate spanning parts of modern-day Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Xinjiang.
- 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: Kart dynasty Target entity description: The Kart dynasty was a medieval Persianate ruling family that governed the region of Herat and parts of Khorasan in present-day Afghanistan and Iran from the 13th to the early 16th century.
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A.
Karrani dynasty
The Karrani dynasty was the last ruling Afghan dynasty of the Bengal Sultanate in the 16th century, known for its resistance to Mughal expansion before Bengal’s eventual annexation.
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B.
Terter dynasty
The Terter dynasty was a medieval Bulgarian royal house of Cuman origin that produced several tsars who ruled the Second Bulgarian Empire during a period of political fragmentation and foreign pressure.
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C.
Laskarid dynasty
The Laskarid dynasty was a Byzantine Greek ruling family that governed the Empire of Nicaea in exile after the Fourth Crusade and helped preserve Byzantine statehood until the restoration of Constantinople.
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D.
Mermnad dynasty
The Mermnad dynasty was an ancient royal house that ruled Lydia in western Anatolia, most famously under King Croesus, until its conquest by the Persian Empire in the 6th century BCE.
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E.
Chagataid dynasty
The Chagataid dynasty was a Mongol royal lineage descended from Chagatai, son of Genghis Khan, that ruled a central Asian khanate spanning parts of modern-day Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Xinjiang.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Persianate dynasty
ⓘ
dynasty ⓘ medieval Islamic dynasty ⓘ |
| associatedCity | Herat ⓘ |
| capital | Herat ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition |
post-Ghurid
ⓘ
pre-Timurid ⓘ |
| country | Herat ⓘ |
| culturalSphere | Persianate world ⓘ |
| demiseCause | conquest by the Timurids ⓘ |
| endTime | 1507 ⓘ |
| era | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| ethnicCharacter |
Tajiks
ⓘ
surface form:
Tajik
|
| foundedBy |
Shams al-Din Kart
ⓘ
surface form:
Shams al-Din Muhammad Kart
|
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Khorasan
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Khorasan
|
| knownFor |
patronage of Islamic scholarship
ⓘ
patronage of Persian literature ⓘ regional autonomy under Mongol suzerainty ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt | Persian ⓘ |
| lastRuler |
Ghiyas-ud-Din Pir Ali
ⓘ
surface form:
Ghiyath al-Din Pir Ali
|
| mainReligionOfSubjects | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
Ghiyas-ud-Din Pir Ali
ⓘ
surface form:
Ghiyath al-Din Pir Ali
Rukn al-Din Kart ⓘ Shams al-Din Kart ⓘ
surface form:
Shams al-Din Muhammad Kart
|
| partOf | Islamic world ⓘ |
| politicalStatus |
local principality
ⓘ
vassal state ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Ghurid Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Ghurid dynasty
Khwarazmian Empire ⓘ |
| presentDayLocation |
Afghanistan
ⓘ
Iran ⓘ |
| regionRuled |
Herat
ⓘ
Khorasan ⓘ |
| religion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| startTime | 1245 ⓘ |
| successor |
Safavid Empire
ⓘ
Timurid dynasty ⓘ
surface form:
Timurid Empire
|
| territorialExtent |
eastern Iran
ⓘ
Western Afghanistan ⓘ
surface form:
western Afghanistan
|
| usedScript |
Arabic alphabet
ⓘ
Persian alphabet ⓘ |
| vassalOf |
Mongol Ilkhanate
ⓘ
surface form:
Ilkhanate
Mongol Empire ⓘ Timurid dynasty ⓘ
surface form:
Timurid Empire
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kart dynasty Description of subject: The Kart dynasty was a medieval Persianate ruling family that governed the region of Herat and parts of Khorasan in present-day Afghanistan and Iran from the 13th to the early 16th century.
Referenced by (1)
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