al-Walid ibn Uqba
E563280
Al-Walid ibn Uqba was a 7th-century Umayyad governor and companion of the Prophet Muhammad, known for his role in early Islamic administration and for a controversial incident referenced in the Qur’an.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| al-Walid ibn Uqba canonical | 1 |
| al-Walid ibn Uqba ibn Abi Muʿayt | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5629169 — 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: al-Walid ibn Uqba Context triple: [Umayyad relatives, hasNotableMember, al-Walid ibn Uqba]
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A.
al-Walid ibn Utba
Al-Walid ibn Utba was an early Umayyad figure and governor of Medina under the caliphate of Uthman ibn Affan.
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B.
Umar II
Umar II was an Umayyad caliph renowned for his piety, administrative reforms, and efforts to govern according to Islamic principles.
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C.
Umar ibn Saʿd
Umar ibn Saʿd was an Umayyad military leader best known for leading the forces that killed Husayn ibn Ali at the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE.
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D.
Khuwaylid ibn Asad
Khuwaylid ibn Asad was a respected Meccan nobleman of the Quraysh tribe and the father of Khadijah, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
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E.
al-Abbas ibn al-Walid
Al-Abbas ibn al-Walid was an Umayyad prince and military commander known for his role in the early Islamic conquests and internal power struggles of the Umayyad Caliphate.
- 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: al-Walid ibn Uqba Target entity description: Al-Walid ibn Uqba was a 7th-century Umayyad governor and companion of the Prophet Muhammad, known for his role in early Islamic administration and for a controversial incident referenced in the Qur’an.
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A.
al-Walid ibn Utba
Al-Walid ibn Utba was an early Umayyad figure and governor of Medina under the caliphate of Uthman ibn Affan.
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B.
Umar II
Umar II was an Umayyad caliph renowned for his piety, administrative reforms, and efforts to govern according to Islamic principles.
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C.
Umar ibn Saʿd
Umar ibn Saʿd was an Umayyad military leader best known for leading the forces that killed Husayn ibn Ali at the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE.
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D.
Khuwaylid ibn Asad
Khuwaylid ibn Asad was a respected Meccan nobleman of the Quraysh tribe and the father of Khadijah, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
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E.
al-Abbas ibn al-Walid
Al-Abbas ibn al-Walid was an Umayyad prince and military commander known for his role in the early Islamic conquests and internal power struggles of the Umayyad Caliphate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
7th-century Arab politician
ⓘ
Companion of Muhammad ⓘ Umayyad governor ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Caliph Uthman ibn Affan ⓘ |
| associatedQuranVerse | Qurʾan 49:6 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Umayyad clan
ⓘ
linked to:
Banu Umayyah
|
| category |
7th-century Arab people
ⓘ
Companions of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to:
Companions of the Prophet
Umayyad governors ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 7th century ⓘ |
| dynastyServed |
Umayyad
ⓘ
linked to:
Umayyad Caliphate
|
| era | Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Arab
ⓘ
linked to:
Arabs
|
| father |
Uqba ibn Abi Muʿayt
ⓘ
linked to:
Uqba ibn Abi Muayt
|
| fullName |
al-Walid ibn Uqba ibn Abi Muʿayt
ⓘ
linked to:
al-Walid ibn Uqba
|
| governorOf | Kufa ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | controversial figure among early Muslims ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being referenced in connection with Qurʾan 49:6 according to many early commentators
ⓘ
controversial governorship of Kufa ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Kufa
ⓘ
Medina ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
Umayyad
ⓘ
linked to:
Umayyad Caliphate
|
| relationshipToUthman | half-brother ⓘ |
| relative |
Uthman ibn Affan
ⓘ
linked to:
Caliph Uthman ibn Affan
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| roleInIslamicHistory | early Islamic administrator ⓘ |
| servedUnderCaliph |
Uthman ibn Affan
ⓘ
linked to:
Caliph Uthman ibn Affan
|
| timeOfGovernorship | reign of Uthman ibn Affan ⓘ |
| tribalConfederation | Quraysh ⓘ |
| tribe |
Banu Umayya
ⓘ
linked to:
Banu Umayyah
|
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: al-Walid ibn Uqba Description of subject: Al-Walid ibn Uqba was a 7th-century Umayyad governor and companion of the Prophet Muhammad, known for his role in early Islamic administration and for a controversial incident referenced in the Qur’an.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: al-Walid ibn Uqba