Shabuhr
E551052
Shabuhr is the Middle Persian form of the name of Shapur I, a prominent Sasanian king of the 3rd century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shabuhr canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5857326 — 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: Shabuhr Context triple: [Shapur I, nameInMiddlePersian, Shabuhr]
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A.
Shabuhragan
Shabuhragan is a foundational Manichaean scripture, traditionally attributed to the prophet Mani, that outlines the religion’s dualistic cosmology and teachings.
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B.
Atikaya
Atikaya is a powerful warrior and son of the demon king Ravana in the Hindu epic Ramayana, known for his strength and valor in battle against Rama’s forces.
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C.
Sahnun
Sahnun was a prominent 9th-century Islamic jurist from North Africa whose compilation of legal opinions, the Mudawwana, became a foundational text of the Maliki school of Sunni jurisprudence.
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D.
Sogdianus
Sogdianus was a short-reigning Achaemenid Persian king who briefly held the throne amid dynastic struggles following the death of Artaxerxes I.
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E.
Aram
Aram is a common Armenian given name with deep historical and cultural significance in Armenian heritage.
- 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: Shabuhr Target entity description: Shabuhr is the Middle Persian form of the name of Shapur I, a prominent Sasanian king of the 3rd century.
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A.
Shabuhragan
Shabuhragan is a foundational Manichaean scripture, traditionally attributed to the prophet Mani, that outlines the religion’s dualistic cosmology and teachings.
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B.
Atikaya
Atikaya is a powerful warrior and son of the demon king Ravana in the Hindu epic Ramayana, known for his strength and valor in battle against Rama’s forces.
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C.
Sahnun
Sahnun was a prominent 9th-century Islamic jurist from North Africa whose compilation of legal opinions, the Mudawwana, became a foundational text of the Maliki school of Sunni jurisprudence.
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D.
Sogdianus
Sogdianus was a short-reigning Achaemenid Persian king who briefly held the throne amid dynastic struggles following the death of Artaxerxes I.
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E.
Aram
Aram is a common Armenian given name with deep historical and cultural significance in Armenian heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle Persian name
ⓘ
personal name ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty |
Sasanian dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Sasanian Empire
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| category | Iranian onomastics ⓘ |
| cognateWith | New Persian name Shapur ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Zoroastrian Iranian culture ⓘ |
| etymologyRelatedTo | Old Persian name Xšayaθiya.puθra (Shapur) ⓘ |
| gender | masculine given name ⓘ |
| historicalAttestation |
Middle Persian texts
ⓘ
Sasanian royal inscriptions ⓘ
linked to:
Ka'ba-ye Zartosht trilingual inscription
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| historicalPeriod | 3rd century ⓘ |
| language |
Middle Persian
ⓘ
linked to:
Middle Persian language
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| meaningApproximate | son of the king ⓘ |
| nameElement |
contains element "puhr" (son) in etymological origin
ⓘ
contains element "shah" (king) in etymological origin ⓘ |
| nameOf | Shapur I ⓘ |
| notableBearer |
Shapur I, King of Kings of Iran and non-Iran
ⓘ
linked to:
Shapur I
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| refersTo | Shapur I ⓘ |
| regionOfUse | Iran ⓘ |
| romanizationOf | Šābuhr ⓘ |
| script | Pahlavi script ⓘ |
| timeOfProminentUse | 3rd century CE ⓘ |
| transliteratedAs | Šābuhr in scholarly literature ⓘ |
| usedFor | royal names ⓘ |
| usedIn | Sasanian Empire ⓘ |
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: Shabuhr Description of subject: Shabuhr is the Middle Persian form of the name of Shapur I, a prominent Sasanian king of the 3rd century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.