King of Syria
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The King of Syria was the short-lived monarch of the Arab Kingdom of Syria established after World War I, most notably held by Faisal I before the French mandate dissolved the kingdom in 1920.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Emir of the Kingdom of Syria | 1 |
| King of Syria canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4373416 — 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: King of Syria Context triple: [Faisal I of Iraq, positionHeld, King of Syria]
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A.
Sultan of Syria
The Sultan of Syria was the ruling Muslim monarch who governed the Syrian territories, notably held by Saladin during the late 12th century as part of his wider Ayyubid dominion.
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B.
Emir of Homs
The Emir of Homs was a medieval Muslim ruler of the Syrian city of Homs who originally established the fortress later known as Krak des Chevaliers.
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C.
Sultan al-Atrash
Sultan al-Atrash was a prominent 20th-century Druze leader and Syrian nationalist revolutionary best known for leading the Great Syrian Revolt against French colonial rule in the 1920s.
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D.
Marwan II
Marwan II was the final Umayyad caliph, whose defeat marked the end of Umayyad rule in the Middle East and the rise of the Abbasid Caliphate.
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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: King of Syria Target entity description: The King of Syria was the short-lived monarch of the Arab Kingdom of Syria established after World War I, most notably held by Faisal I before the French mandate dissolved the kingdom in 1920.
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A.
Sultan of Syria
The Sultan of Syria was the ruling Muslim monarch who governed the Syrian territories, notably held by Saladin during the late 12th century as part of his wider Ayyubid dominion.
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B.
Emir of Homs
The Emir of Homs was a medieval Muslim ruler of the Syrian city of Homs who originally established the fortress later known as Krak des Chevaliers.
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C.
Sultan al-Atrash
Sultan al-Atrash was a prominent 20th-century Druze leader and Syrian nationalist revolutionary best known for leading the Great Syrian Revolt against French colonial rule in the 1920s.
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D.
Marwan II
Marwan II was the final Umayyad caliph, whose defeat marked the end of Umayyad rule in the Middle East and the rise of the Abbasid Caliphate.
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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 (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
head of state role
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monarchical title ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Arab Kingdom of Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
Battle of Maysalun
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syrian National Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Former monarchies of Asia
ⓘ
History of Syria ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Arab Kingdom of Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1920 ⓘ |
| establishedAfter |
World War I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
dissolution of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| firstHolder | Faisal I of Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria ⓘ |
| governmentForm | constitutional monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post–World War I Middle East settlement ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Interwar period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holderDynasty | Hashemite dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holderLaterBecame | King of Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception |
1918
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1919 ⓘ 1920 ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt | Arabic ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Syrian National Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableHolder | Faisal I of Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notRecognizedBy |
France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| onlyHolder | Faisal I of Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Arab nationalist movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorPolity | Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForAbolition |
French military intervention in Syria
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establishment of the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Syrian National Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEndOfNotableHolder | 24 July 1920 ⓘ |
| reignStartOfNotableHolder | 8 March 1920 ⓘ |
| religionAssociated | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seat | Damascus Citadel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | King of Syria ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
French High Commissioner for the Levant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorPolity | French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleHolderStyle |
His Majesty
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Malik Suriyya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: King of Syria Description of subject: The King of Syria was the short-lived monarch of the Arab Kingdom of Syria established after World War I, most notably held by Faisal I before the French mandate dissolved the kingdom in 1920.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Emir of the Kingdom of Syria