Moulay al-Sharif
E409560
Moulay al-Sharif was a 17th-century Moroccan nobleman from Tafilalt who became the progenitor of the Alaouite line that still rules Morocco today.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moulay al-Sharif canonical | 2 |
| Mawlay al-Sharif | 1 |
| Moulay | 1 |
| Moulay Sharif ibn Ali | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3793435 — 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: Moulay al-Sharif Context triple: [Alaouite dynasty, founder, Moulay al-Sharif]
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A.
Moulay al-Rashid
Moulay al-Rashid was a 17th-century Moroccan sultan who founded the Alaouite rule over Morocco and helped unify the country under his authority.
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B.
Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah
Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah was an 18th-century Alaouite ruler of Morocco known for modernizing the country and promoting international trade and coastal development.
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C.
Idris II of Morocco
Idris II of Morocco was an early 9th-century Idrisid ruler who consolidated Islamic rule in northern Morocco and is traditionally credited with making Fez a major political and religious center.
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D.
Idris I of Morocco
Idris I of Morocco was the founder of the Idrisid dynasty and an early Islamic ruler who established one of the first independent Muslim states in the Maghreb.
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E.
Hassan I of Morocco
Hassan I of Morocco was a 19th-century sultan known for his efforts to modernize the country, strengthen central authority, and defend Moroccan sovereignty amid growing European influence.
- 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: Moulay al-Sharif Target entity description: Moulay al-Sharif was a 17th-century Moroccan nobleman from Tafilalt who became the progenitor of the Alaouite line that still rules Morocco today.
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A.
Moulay al-Rashid
Moulay al-Rashid was a 17th-century Moroccan sultan who founded the Alaouite rule over Morocco and helped unify the country under his authority.
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B.
Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah
Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah was an 18th-century Alaouite ruler of Morocco known for modernizing the country and promoting international trade and coastal development.
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C.
Idris II of Morocco
Idris II of Morocco was an early 9th-century Idrisid ruler who consolidated Islamic rule in northern Morocco and is traditionally credited with making Fez a major political and religious center.
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D.
Idris I of Morocco
Idris I of Morocco was the founder of the Idrisid dynasty and an early Islamic ruler who established one of the first independent Muslim states in the Maghreb.
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E.
Hassan I of Morocco
Hassan I of Morocco was a 19th-century sultan known for his efforts to modernize the country, strengthen central authority, and defend Moroccan sovereignty amid growing European influence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Moroccan nobleman
ⓘ
founder of a dynasty ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Moulay al-Sharif
ⓘ
surface form:
Mawlay al-Sharif
Moulay al-Sharif ⓘ
surface form:
Moulay Sharif ibn Ali
|
| associatedWith |
Sijilmasa
ⓘ
oasis politics in southeastern Morocco ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 17th century ⓘ |
| child |
Sultan Moulay Ismail
ⓘ
surface form:
Moulay Ismail
Moulay al-Rashid ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Morocco ⓘ |
| countryRuled |
Tafilalt region
ⓘ
surface form:
Tafilalt oasis region
|
| descendedFrom |
family claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
sharifian lineage ⓘ |
| dynastyFounded | Alaouite dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Arabs
ⓘ
surface form:
Arab
|
| historicalPeriod | early modern period ⓘ |
| house | Alaouite dynasty ⓘ |
| legacy |
consolidation of Alaouite authority in Tafilalt
ⓘ
established ruling dynasty of Morocco ⓘ |
| name | Moulay al-Sharif self-link ⓘ |
| notableDescendant |
Alaouite dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Alaouite sultans of Morocco
Sultan Moulay Ismail ⓘ
surface form:
Moulay Ismail
|
| notableFor | being progenitor of the Alaouite line that still rules Morocco ⓘ |
| notableRole | ancestor of modern Moroccan monarchy ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Tafilalt ⓘ |
| politicalContext | rise of regional powers in 17th-century Morocco ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
emir of Tafilalt
ⓘ
local ruler of Tafilalt ⓘ |
| progenitorOf |
Alaouite dynasty
ⓘ
Alaouite dynasty ⓘ
surface form:
Alaouite line of Moroccan sultans
|
| regionAssociatedWith |
Sijilmasa region
ⓘ
Tafilalt ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| sphereOfInfluence |
Sahara trade routes
ⓘ
southern Morocco ⓘ |
| successor | Moulay al-Rashid ⓘ |
| title |
Moulay al-Sharif
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Moulay
Sharif ⓘ |
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: Moulay al-Sharif Description of subject: Moulay al-Sharif was a 17th-century Moroccan nobleman from Tafilalt who became the progenitor of the Alaouite line that still rules Morocco today.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mawlay al-Sharif
this entity surface form:
Moulay Sharif ibn Ali
this entity surface form:
Moulay