Shaista Khan
E573575
Shaista Khan was a powerful Mughal general and statesman who served as the Subahdar (governor) of Bengal under Emperor Aurangzeb in the 17th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shaista Khan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6163862 — 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: Shaista Khan Context triple: [Lalbagh Fort, governorInChargeDuringConstruction, Shaista Khan]
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A.
Subhan Quli Khan
Subhan Quli Khan was a 17th-century ruler of the Khanate of Bukhara from the Ashtarkhanid (Janid) dynasty, known for his efforts to consolidate power and maintain stability in Central Asia.
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B.
Nizam Khan
Nizam Khan, better known by his regnal name Sikandar Lodi, was a Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate’s Lodi dynasty who ruled in the late 15th and early 16th centuries and is noted for administrative reforms and the expansion of his kingdom.
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C.
Azim-ud-Daula
Azim-ud-Daula was an Indian Muslim prince of the 19th century who ruled the Carnatic region under British suzerainty as one of its last Nawabs.
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D.
Afzal Khan
Afzal Khan was a 17th-century general of the Bijapur Sultanate, best known for his fatal encounter with the Maratha leader Shivaji during a pivotal clash in the Deccan.
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E.
Mughal Subahdar Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan
Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan was a prominent Mughal noble, statesman, military commander, and celebrated poet who served under Emperor Akbar.
- 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: Shaista Khan Target entity description: Shaista Khan was a powerful Mughal general and statesman who served as the Subahdar (governor) of Bengal under Emperor Aurangzeb in the 17th century.
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A.
Subhan Quli Khan
Subhan Quli Khan was a 17th-century ruler of the Khanate of Bukhara from the Ashtarkhanid (Janid) dynasty, known for his efforts to consolidate power and maintain stability in Central Asia.
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B.
Nizam Khan
Nizam Khan, better known by his regnal name Sikandar Lodi, was a Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate’s Lodi dynasty who ruled in the late 15th and early 16th centuries and is noted for administrative reforms and the expansion of his kingdom.
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C.
Azim-ud-Daula
Azim-ud-Daula was an Indian Muslim prince of the 19th century who ruled the Carnatic region under British suzerainty as one of its last Nawabs.
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D.
Afzal Khan
Afzal Khan was a 17th-century general of the Bijapur Sultanate, best known for his fatal encounter with the Maratha leader Shivaji during a pivotal clash in the Deccan.
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E.
Mughal Subahdar Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan
Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan was a prominent Mughal noble, statesman, military commander, and celebrated poet who served under Emperor Akbar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mughal general
ⓘ
Mughal noble ⓘ Subahdar of Bengal ⓘ historical figure ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| allegiance | Mughal Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Shaista Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Aurangzeb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Bengal Subah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Deccan NERFINISHED ⓘ Dhaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Pune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brotherInLaw | Shah Jahan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalAsGovernor | Dhaka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandedIn |
Deccan campaigns
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
operations against the Marathas ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Mughal Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Mughal Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Asaf Khan III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Mirza Abu Talib NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedTerritory |
Bengal Subah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Deccan Subah NERFINISHED ⓘ Gujarat Subah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impact | contributed to prosperity of Mughal Bengal ⓘ |
| knownFor |
administration of Bengal
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conflict with Maratha ruler Shivaji ⓘ military campaigns in the Deccan ⓘ |
| lostBodyPart | fingers of one hand in Shivaji’s night raid ⓘ |
| memberOf | Timurid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| monarchDuringTenure | Aurangzeb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Mughal imperial family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | attack by Shivaji at Pune in 1663 ⓘ |
| officeEnd | Subahdar of Bengal, 1688 ⓘ |
| officeStart | Subahdar of Bengal, 1664 ⓘ |
| policy |
encouraged trade in Bengal
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reduced customs duties in Bengal ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Mughal general
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Subahdar of Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ Subahdar of Deccan NERFINISHED ⓘ Subahdar of Gujarat NERFINISHED ⓘ governor ⓘ |
| precededBy | Mir Jumla II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Aurangzeb
NERFINISHED
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Shah Jahan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sister | Mumtaz Mahal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Prince Azim-us-Shan 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: Shaista Khan Description of subject: Shaista Khan was a powerful Mughal general and statesman who served as the Subahdar (governor) of Bengal under Emperor Aurangzeb in the 17th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.