Shah Alam I
E465411
Shah Alam I was the Mughal emperor of India from 1707 to 1712, known for his short and turbulent reign following the death of Aurangzeb.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shah Alam I canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4733725 — 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: Shah Alam I Context triple: [Bahadur Shah I, title, Shah Alam I]
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A.
Shah Alam II
Shah Alam II was an 18th-century Mughal emperor of India whose weakened reign saw the empire’s authority erode and British power expand following conflicts such as the Battle of Buxar.
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B.
Raden Patah
Raden Patah was a Javanese Muslim ruler traditionally regarded as the founder of the first major Islamic kingdom in Java and a key figure in the early spread of Islam in Indonesia.
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C.
Sultan of Pahang
The Sultan of Pahang is the hereditary Malay monarch who serves as the constitutional ruler and ceremonial head of the Malaysian state of Pahang.
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D.
Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah
Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah is the reigning Sultan of the Malaysian state of Selangor, known for his active role in state affairs and promotion of cultural and religious harmony.
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E.
Sultan Muhammad bin Miran Shah
Sultan Muhammad bin Miran Shah was a Timurid prince, the son of Miran Shah and a grandson of the empire’s founder Timur, who played a role in the internal dynastic struggles of the Timurid realm.
- 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: Shah Alam I Target entity description: Shah Alam I was the Mughal emperor of India from 1707 to 1712, known for his short and turbulent reign following the death of Aurangzeb.
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A.
Shah Alam II
Shah Alam II was an 18th-century Mughal emperor of India whose weakened reign saw the empire’s authority erode and British power expand following conflicts such as the Battle of Buxar.
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B.
Raden Patah
Raden Patah was a Javanese Muslim ruler traditionally regarded as the founder of the first major Islamic kingdom in Java and a key figure in the early spread of Islam in Indonesia.
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C.
Sultan of Pahang
The Sultan of Pahang is the hereditary Malay monarch who serves as the constitutional ruler and ceremonial head of the Malaysian state of Pahang.
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D.
Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah
Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah is the reigning Sultan of the Malaysian state of Selangor, known for his active role in state affairs and promotion of cultural and religious harmony.
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E.
Sultan Muhammad bin Miran Shah
Sultan Muhammad bin Miran Shah was a Timurid prince, the son of Miran Shah and a grandson of the empire’s founder Timur, who played a role in the internal dynastic struggles of the Timurid realm.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mughal emperor
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bahadur Shah I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Muazzam Shah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1643 ⓘ |
| birthName | Mirza Mu'azzam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Burhanpur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Moti Masjid, Mehrauli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalDuringReign | Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| child |
Azim-ush-Shan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jafar Shah NERFINISHED ⓘ Jahandar Shah NERFINISHED ⓘ Rafi-ush-Shan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | war of succession after Aurangzeb ⓘ |
| countryRuled |
India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mughal Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1712 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Lahore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | Mughal dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | late Mughal period ⓘ |
| father | Aurangzeb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Muazzam Shah Alam I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedAsPrince |
governor of Deccan
ⓘ
governor of Kabul ⓘ governor of Lahore ⓘ |
| house | Timurid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryCampaign | campaigns in the Deccan ⓘ |
| mother | Dilras Banu Begum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
short and turbulent reign
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succession struggles after Aurangzeb ⓘ |
| policy |
attempted accommodation with Marathas
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attempted conciliation with Rajputs ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Emperor of the Mughal Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Aurangzeb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regnalName | Shah Alam I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1712 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1707 ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousBranch | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance | first Mughal emperor after Aurangzeb ⓘ |
| spouse |
Nur-un-Nisa Begum
NERFINISHED
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Zinat-un-Nisa Begum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | His Majesty ⓘ |
| successor | Jahandar Shah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Alamgir II’s predecessor as Mughal emperor
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Padishah 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: Shah Alam I Description of subject: Shah Alam I was the Mughal emperor of India from 1707 to 1712, known for his short and turbulent reign following the death of Aurangzeb.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.