The Aga Khan
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The Aga Khan is the hereditary imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims and a prominent philanthropist known for his global work in development, culture, and architecture.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aga Khan IV | 17 |
| Aga Khan | 9 |
| Aga Khan III | 6 |
| Aga Khan family | 5 |
| Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan III | 3 |
| His Highness the Aga Khan | 1 |
| Kareem Aga Khan IV | 1 |
| Prince Rahim Aga Khan | 1 |
| Sultan Muhammed Shah Aga Khan III | 1 |
| The Aga Khan canonical | 1 |
| The Aga Khans | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T363485 — 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: The Aga Khan Context triple: [Honor Award of the National Building Museum, hasRecipient, The Aga Khan]
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A.
Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Mustafa Abdul Jalil is a Libyan politician and former justice minister who became a leading figure of the opposition and head of the National Transitional Council during the 2011 uprising against Muammar Gaddafi.
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B.
Asser Malik
Asser Malik is a Pakistani cricket executive and sports entrepreneur best known as the husband of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai.
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C.
Achmed Abdullah
Achmed Abdullah was a Russian-born American writer and screenwriter known for his exotic adventure tales and contributions to early Hollywood cinema.
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D.
Dara Khosrowshahi
Dara Khosrowshahi is an Iranian-American business executive best known as the CEO of Uber and former CEO of Expedia Group.
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E.
Prince Faisal bin Hussein
Prince Faisal bin Hussein is a Jordanian royal and military officer, known as the brother of King Abdullah II and a senior figure in Jordan’s armed forces and public life.
- 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: The Aga Khan Target entity description: The Aga Khan is the hereditary imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims and a prominent philanthropist known for his global work in development, culture, and architecture.
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A.
Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Mustafa Abdul Jalil is a Libyan politician and former justice minister who became a leading figure of the opposition and head of the National Transitional Council during the 2011 uprising against Muammar Gaddafi.
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B.
Asser Malik
Asser Malik is a Pakistani cricket executive and sports entrepreneur best known as the husband of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai.
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C.
Achmed Abdullah
Achmed Abdullah was a Russian-born American writer and screenwriter known for his exotic adventure tales and contributions to early Hollywood cinema.
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D.
Dara Khosrowshahi
Dara Khosrowshahi is an Iranian-American business executive best known as the CEO of Uber and former CEO of Expedia Group.
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E.
Prince Faisal bin Hussein
Prince Faisal bin Hussein is a Jordanian royal and military officer, known as the brother of King Abdullah II and a senior figure in Jordan’s armed forces and public life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British peer
ⓘ
businessman ⓘ hereditary imam ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ racehorse owner ⓘ religious leader ⓘ |
| advocates |
education for girls and women
ⓘ
ethical use of wealth ⓘ interfaith dialogue ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1936-12-13 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Geneva
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surface form:
Geneva, Switzerland
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| chairmanOf | Aga Khan Development Network ⓘ |
| child |
Prince Aly Muhammad Aga Khan
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Prince Hussain Aga Khan ⓘ The Aga Khan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Prince Rahim Aga Khan
Princess Zahra Aga Khan ⓘ |
| citizenship |
France
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Portugal ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| degree | BA in Islamic history ⓘ |
| denomination |
Ismaili Shia
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surface form:
Nizari Ismaili Shia Islam
|
| dynasty |
Ismaili Shia
ⓘ
surface form:
Nizari Ismaili Imamate
|
| education |
Harvard University
ⓘ
Institut Le Rosey ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Persian ⓘ |
| father | Prince Aly Khan ⓘ |
| fieldOfActivity |
architecture
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culture ⓘ education ⓘ healthcare ⓘ heritage conservation ⓘ international development ⓘ microfinance ⓘ philanthropy ⓘ rural development ⓘ |
| founded |
Aga Khan Award for Architecture
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Aga Khan Development Network ⓘ Aga Khan Foundation ⓘ Aga Khan Trust for Culture ⓘ Aga Khan University ⓘ University of Central Asia ⓘ |
| fullName | Shah Karim al-Husayni ⓘ |
| grandfather |
The Aga Khan
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Aga Khan III
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| holdsTitle |
The Aga Khan
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
His Highness the Aga Khan
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| knownFor |
development initiatives in Asia and Africa
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global philanthropic work ⓘ promotion of pluralism ⓘ support for Islamic art and architecture ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ Persian ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ
surface form:
Urdu
|
| marriedTo |
Gabriele zu Leiningen
ⓘ
Princess Salimah Aga Khan ⓘ |
| mother | Joan Yarde-Buller ⓘ |
| notableAward |
Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
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surface form:
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George
Order of Canada ⓘ Order of Merit of the Italian Republic ⓘ |
| notableProject |
Al-Azhar Park restoration in Cairo
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Serena Hotels development in Asia and Africa ⓘ restoration of Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi ⓘ |
| predecessor |
The Aga Khan
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Aga Khan III
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| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousLeadershipStart | 1957 ⓘ |
| religiousTitle |
49th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims
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Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims ⓘ |
| residence |
Gouvieux, France
ⓘ
Lisbon ⓘ
surface form:
Lisbon, Portugal
|
| succeededAsImamAtAge | 20 ⓘ |
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: The Aga Khan Description of subject: The Aga Khan is the hereditary imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims and a prominent philanthropist known for his global work in development, culture, and architecture.
Referenced by (46)
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Aga Khan III
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Aga Khan
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Aga Khan IV
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Aga Khan IV
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His Highness the Aga Khan
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Aga Khan IV
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Aga Khan III
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Aga Khan IV
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Aga Khan III
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Aga Khan IV
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Prince Rahim Aga Khan
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Sultan Muhammed Shah Aga Khan III
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Aga Khan IV
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Aga Khan
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Aga Khan IV
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Aga Khan IV
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Aga Khan IV
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Aga Khan
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Aga Khan IV
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Aga Khan
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The Aga Khans
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Aga Khan IV
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Aga Khan
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Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan III
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Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan III
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Aga Khan
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Aga Khan III
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Kareem Aga Khan IV
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Aga Khan family
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Aga Khan IV
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Aga Khan III
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Aga Khan family
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Aga Khan IV
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Aga Khan IV
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Aga Khan family
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Gouvieux
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Aga Khan IV
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Gouvieux
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Aga Khan IV
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Aga Khan IV
this entity surface form:
Aga Khan IV
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Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan III
this entity surface form:
Aga Khan family
this entity surface form:
Aga Khan IV
this entity surface form:
Aga Khan
this entity surface form:
Aga Khan IV
this entity surface form:
Aga Khan
this entity surface form:
Aga Khan family
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Aga Khan IV
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Aga Khan III
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Aga Khan