Adud al-Dawla
E406705
Adud al-Dawla was a powerful 10th-century Buyid ruler renowned for consolidating control over much of Iran and Iraq and for his extensive building and patronage of culture in Baghdad and Shiraz.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adud al-Dawla canonical | 6 |
| Abu Shujaʿ Fannā Khusraw Adud al-Dawla | 1 |
| Imad al-Dawla | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3936277 — 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: Adud al-Dawla Context triple: [Buyid dynasty, notableRuler, Adud al-Dawla]
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A.
Khan al-Wazir
Khan al-Wazir is a historic Ottoman-era caravanserai and commercial complex in Aleppo, Syria, known for its traditional architecture and role in the city’s old trading network.
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B.
Ala al-Din Husayn
Ala al-Din Husayn was a 12th-century Ghurid ruler in present-day Afghanistan who significantly expanded his dynasty’s power and laid the foundations for its later prominence in the Islamic world.
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C.
Gawhar Shad
Gawhar Shad was a powerful and influential Timurid queen and patron of art and architecture in 15th-century Persia and Central Asia.
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D.
Nur-ud-Din Pasha
Nur-ud-Din Pasha was an Ottoman general who played a leading role in commanding Ottoman forces during the Mesopotamian campaign of World War I.
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E.
Abd al Kuri
Abd al Kuri is a remote, sparsely populated island in the Indian Ocean near the Horn of Africa, known for its unique biodiversity and association with the Socotra archipelago.
- 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: Adud al-Dawla Target entity description: Adud al-Dawla was a powerful 10th-century Buyid ruler renowned for consolidating control over much of Iran and Iraq and for his extensive building and patronage of culture in Baghdad and Shiraz.
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A.
Khan al-Wazir
Khan al-Wazir is a historic Ottoman-era caravanserai and commercial complex in Aleppo, Syria, known for its traditional architecture and role in the city’s old trading network.
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B.
Ala al-Din Husayn
Ala al-Din Husayn was a 12th-century Ghurid ruler in present-day Afghanistan who significantly expanded his dynasty’s power and laid the foundations for its later prominence in the Islamic world.
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C.
Gawhar Shad
Gawhar Shad was a powerful and influential Timurid queen and patron of art and architecture in 15th-century Persia and Central Asia.
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D.
Nur-ud-Din Pasha
Nur-ud-Din Pasha was an Ottoman general who played a leading role in commanding Ottoman forces during the Mesopotamian campaign of World War I.
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E.
Abd al Kuri
Abd al Kuri is a remote, sparsely populated island in the Indian Ocean near the Horn of Africa, known for its unique biodiversity and association with the Socotra archipelago.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
10th-century monarch
ⓘ
Buyid ruler ⓘ emir ⓘ |
| administrativeLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 936 ⓘ |
| built |
Al-Adudi Hospital in Baghdad
ⓘ
surface form:
Adudi Hospital in Baghdad
dams and irrigation works near Shiraz ⓘ mosques and public buildings in Shiraz ⓘ palaces in Baghdad ⓘ |
| capital |
Shiraz, Iran
ⓘ
surface form:
Shiraz
|
| controlledCity |
Baghdad
ⓘ
Shiraz, Iran ⓘ
surface form:
Shiraz
|
| controlledRegion |
Iraq
ⓘ
much of Iran ⓘ |
| currencyReform | introduced coinage bearing his titles ⓘ |
| deathDate | 983 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Baghdad ⓘ |
| dynasty | Buyid dynasty ⓘ |
| era | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| father | Rukn al-Dawla ⓘ |
| fullName |
Adud al-Dawla
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Abu Shujaʿ Fannā Khusraw Adud al-Dawla
|
| grandfather | Buya ⓘ |
| knownFor |
consolidating Buyid control over Iran and Iraq
ⓘ
extensive building projects ⓘ patronage of culture ⓘ strengthening central authority in the Buyid state ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt | Persian ⓘ |
| laterCapital | Baghdad ⓘ |
| militaryActivity |
defeated rival Buyid branches
ⓘ
expanded Buyid territory in Iran ⓘ |
| name | Adud al-Dawla self-link ⓘ |
| patronOf |
architectural projects
ⓘ
physicians ⓘ poets ⓘ scholars ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | de facto ruler of the Abbasid Caliphate in Iraq ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 983 ⓘ |
| reignOver |
Fars Province
ⓘ
surface form:
Fars
Iraq ⓘ Jibal ⓘ Ray ⓘ Shiraz, Iran ⓘ
surface form:
Shiraz
|
| reignStart | 949 ⓘ |
| relationshipToCaliph | nominally recognized Abbasid caliphs ⓘ |
| religion | Shia Islam ⓘ |
| successor | Samsam al-Dawla ⓘ |
| title |
Adud al-Dawla
self-link
ⓘ
Amir al-Umara ⓘ
surface form:
Amir al-umara
King of Kings ⓘ |
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: Adud al-Dawla Description of subject: Adud al-Dawla was a powerful 10th-century Buyid ruler renowned for consolidating control over much of Iran and Iraq and for his extensive building and patronage of culture in Baghdad and Shiraz.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Imad al-Dawla
this entity surface form:
Abu Shujaʿ Fannā Khusraw Adud al-Dawla