Banu Fihr
E511658
Banu Fihr was a prominent early Arab clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca, traditionally traced back to Fihr ibn Malik, regarded as an ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Banu Fihr canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5331756 — 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: Banu Fihr Context triple: [Uqba ibn Nafi, tribe, Banu Fihr]
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A.
Banu Ghatafan
Banu Ghatafan was a powerful tribal confederation of central Arabia that played a significant role in early Islamic-era conflicts and alliances.
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B.
Banu Aws
Banu Aws was one of the major Arab tribes of Medina (Yathrib) in early Islamic history, known for its role in supporting the Prophet Muhammad and being included among the groups addressed in the Constitution of Medina.
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C.
Banu Mustaliq
Banu Mustaliq was an Arab tribe of the larger Khuza‘a confederation known from early Islamic history, particularly through its association with Juwayriya bint al-Harith and its encounter with the Prophet Muhammad.
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D.
Banu Taym
Banu Taym was a prominent clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca, historically notable as the clan of the first caliph, Abu Bakr.
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E.
Banu Asad
Banu Asad is an Arab clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca historically known as the clan of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
- 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: Banu Fihr Target entity description: Banu Fihr was a prominent early Arab clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca, traditionally traced back to Fihr ibn Malik, regarded as an ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad.
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A.
Banu Ghatafan
Banu Ghatafan was a powerful tribal confederation of central Arabia that played a significant role in early Islamic-era conflicts and alliances.
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B.
Banu Aws
Banu Aws was one of the major Arab tribes of Medina (Yathrib) in early Islamic history, known for its role in supporting the Prophet Muhammad and being included among the groups addressed in the Constitution of Medina.
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C.
Banu Mustaliq
Banu Mustaliq was an Arab tribe of the larger Khuza‘a confederation known from early Islamic history, particularly through its association with Juwayriya bint al-Harith and its encounter with the Prophet Muhammad.
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D.
Banu Taym
Banu Taym was a prominent clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca, historically notable as the clan of the first caliph, Abu Bakr.
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E.
Banu Asad
Banu Asad is an Arab clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca historically known as the clan of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Arab clan ⓘ |
| ancestralLineage | Fihr ibn Malik → Ghalib → Lu’ayy → Ka‘b → Murrah → Kilab → Qusayy → Abd Manaf → Hashim → Abd al-Muttalib → Abdullah → Muhammad ⓘ |
| ancestralTerritory |
Mecca and its environs
ⓘ
linked to:
Mecca
|
| associatedWith |
Kaaba
ⓘ
Meccan society ⓘ lineage of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ |
| centeredIn | Mecca ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Hejaz in Late Antiquity
ⓘ
linked to:
Tribes of the Hejaz
|
| ethnicGroup | Arabs ⓘ |
| genealogicalPosition | ancestor-level clan within Quraysh ⓘ |
| genealogicalStatus | eponymous clan of Fihr ibn Malik ⓘ |
| hasAncestralFigure | Fihr ibn Malik ⓘ |
| historicalRelevance | early Arab tribal structure in Mecca ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mecca ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Fihr ibn Malik ⓘ |
| notableAncestor |
Fihr ibn Malik ibn al-Nadr
ⓘ
linked to:
Fihr ibn Malik
|
| partOf | Quraysh ⓘ |
| preIslamicReligion | Arab paganism ⓘ |
| region | Hejaz ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| socialRole | leading clan of Quraysh in early period ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early Islamic period
ⓘ
pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ |
| traditionalAncestorOf |
Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
linked to:
Muhammad
|
| transitionedTo | Islam ⓘ |
| tribalAffiliation | Quraysh ⓘ |
| tribalConfederation |
Quraysh al-Bitah
ⓘ
linked to:
Quraysh
|
| tribalSystem | Arab tribal lineage system ⓘ |
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: Banu Fihr Description of subject: Banu Fihr was a prominent early Arab clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca, traditionally traced back to Fihr ibn Malik, regarded as an ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.