Sasanian Iberia
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Sasanian Iberia was a Caucasian kingdom under the suzerainty and administrative control of the Sasanian Persian Empire, succeeding the earlier independent Kingdom of Iberia in eastern Georgia.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Caucasian Iberia | 1 |
| Persian Iberia | 1 |
| Principality of Iberia | 1 |
| Sasanian Iberia canonical | 1 |
| Sasanian Kartli | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3917658 — 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: Sasanian Iberia Context triple: [Kingdom of Iberia, followedBy, Sasanian Iberia]
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A.
Kingdom of Iberia
The Kingdom of Iberia was an ancient Georgian monarchy in the Caucasus, centered in the region of Kartli and known as one of the earliest Georgian states.
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B.
Sassanian Armenia
Sassanian Armenia was the eastern part of historic Armenia under Sassanian Persian rule, notable as a center of Armenian cultural and religious life despite foreign domination.
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C.
Kingdom of Colchis
The Kingdom of Colchis was an ancient polity on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, famed in Greek mythology as the destination of Jason and the Argonauts and located in what is now western Georgia.
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D.
Ancient Iberia
Ancient Iberia was the region of the Iberian Peninsula during antiquity, inhabited by various pre-Roman peoples and later contested by Carthaginian and Roman powers.
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E.
Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti
The Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti was an 18th–19th century eastern Georgian monarchy that played a key role in unifying Georgian lands before their incorporation into the Russian Empire.
- 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: Sasanian Iberia Target entity description: Sasanian Iberia was a Caucasian kingdom under the suzerainty and administrative control of the Sasanian Persian Empire, succeeding the earlier independent Kingdom of Iberia in eastern Georgia.
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A.
Kingdom of Iberia
The Kingdom of Iberia was an ancient Georgian monarchy in the Caucasus, centered in the region of Kartli and known as one of the earliest Georgian states.
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B.
Sassanian Armenia
Sassanian Armenia was the eastern part of historic Armenia under Sassanian Persian rule, notable as a center of Armenian cultural and religious life despite foreign domination.
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C.
Kingdom of Colchis
The Kingdom of Colchis was an ancient polity on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, famed in Greek mythology as the destination of Jason and the Argonauts and located in what is now western Georgia.
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D.
Ancient Iberia
Ancient Iberia was the region of the Iberian Peninsula during antiquity, inhabited by various pre-Roman peoples and later contested by Carthaginian and Roman powers.
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E.
Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti
The Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti was an 18th–19th century eastern Georgian monarchy that played a key role in unifying Georgian lands before their incorporation into the Russian Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sasanian province
ⓘ
historical polity ⓘ vassal kingdom ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
Caucasian Albania ⓘ Lazica ⓘ |
| endTime |
c. 627
ⓘ
early 7th century ⓘ |
| follows | Kingdom of Iberia ⓘ |
| hasAdministrativeStatus | marzpanate ⓘ |
| hasAdministrativeTitle | marzban ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName |
Sasanian Iberia
ⓘ
surface form:
Persian Iberia
Kartli ⓘ
surface form:
Persian Kartli
Sasanian Iberia ⓘ
surface form:
Sasanian Kartli
|
| hasCapital |
Tbilisi
ⓘ
Tbilisi ⓘ
surface form:
Tiflis
|
| hasConflictWith | Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| hasCulturalInfluenceFrom |
Georgian culture
ⓘ
Persian culture ⓘ
surface form:
Iranian culture
|
| hasEconomyBasedOn |
agriculture
ⓘ
trans-Caucasian trade routes ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup |
Georgians
ⓘ
Kartvelian peoples ⓘ
surface form:
Kartvelians
|
| hasEvent |
abolition of the Iberian monarchy by Sasanian authorities
ⓘ
installation of marzban government in Iberia ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType |
monarchy
ⓘ
vassal monarchy ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRegion | Kartli ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Georgian ⓘ |
| hasLegalSystemInfluenceFrom | Sasanian law ⓘ |
| hasOverlord |
Sasanian king of kings
ⓘ
Sasanian emperors ⓘ
surface form:
Sasanian shahanshah
|
| hasPredecessor | Kingdom of Iberia ⓘ |
| hasReligion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ |
| hasReligionInfluenceFrom | Church of Iberia ⓘ |
| hasRuler | Sasanian-appointed marzban ⓘ |
| hasStrategicImportance | control of Caucasian passes ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor |
Byzantine Iberia
ⓘ
early medieval Georgian principalities ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Caucasus
ⓘ
Eastern Georgia ⓘ
surface form:
eastern Georgia
|
| locatedOn | southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus ⓘ |
| partOf | Sasanian Empire ⓘ |
| startTime |
c. 523
ⓘ
early 6th century ⓘ |
| usesScript |
Georgian script
ⓘ
Pahlavi script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sasanian Iberia Description of subject: Sasanian Iberia was a Caucasian kingdom under the suzerainty and administrative control of the Sasanian Persian Empire, succeeding the earlier independent Kingdom of Iberia in eastern Georgia.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Principality of Iberia
this entity surface form:
Caucasian Iberia
this entity surface form:
Persian Iberia
this entity surface form:
Sasanian Kartli