Suleiman al-Halabi
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Suleiman al-Halabi was a Syrian theology student and political assassin known for killing the French general Jean-Baptiste Kléber in Cairo in 1800.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Suleiman al-Halabi canonical | 2 |
| al-Halabi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6258729 — 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: Suleiman al-Halabi Context triple: [Jean-Baptiste Kléber, killedBy, Suleiman al-Halabi]
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A.
Ahmad al-Khatib
Ahmad al-Khatib was a Syrian politician who briefly served as interim President of Syria following the 1970 Corrective Movement before being succeeded by Hafez al-Assad.
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B.
Abd al Kuri
Abd al Kuri is a remote, sparsely populated island in the Indian Ocean near the Horn of Africa, known for its unique biodiversity and association with the Socotra archipelago.
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C.
Khalil al-Wazir
Khalil al-Wazir, better known as Abu Jihad, was a founding leader and chief military strategist of the Palestinian Fatah movement and a key architect of the Palestinian armed struggle against Israel.
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D.
Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh
Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh was an Iraqi army officer and nationalist leader who played a key role in the pro-Axis coup and subsequent Anglo-Iraqi War of 1941.
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E.
Hassan Ali Effendi
Hassan Ali Effendi was a prominent 19th-century Muslim educationist and reformer from Sindh who played a key role in promoting modern education among Muslims in British India.
- 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: Suleiman al-Halabi Target entity description: Suleiman al-Halabi was a Syrian theology student and political assassin known for killing the French general Jean-Baptiste Kléber in Cairo in 1800.
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A.
Ahmad al-Khatib
Ahmad al-Khatib was a Syrian politician who briefly served as interim President of Syria following the 1970 Corrective Movement before being succeeded by Hafez al-Assad.
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B.
Abd al Kuri
Abd al Kuri is a remote, sparsely populated island in the Indian Ocean near the Horn of Africa, known for its unique biodiversity and association with the Socotra archipelago.
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C.
Khalil al-Wazir
Khalil al-Wazir, better known as Abu Jihad, was a founding leader and chief military strategist of the Palestinian Fatah movement and a key architect of the Palestinian armed struggle against Israel.
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D.
Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh
Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh was an Iraqi army officer and nationalist leader who played a key role in the pro-Axis coup and subsequent Anglo-Iraqi War of 1941.
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E.
Hassan Ali Effendi
Hassan Ali Effendi was a prominent 19th-century Muslim educationist and reformer from Sindh who played a key role in promoting modern education among Muslims in British India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Syrian theology student
ⓘ
person ⓘ political assassin ⓘ |
| bodyPartPreserved |
right arm
ⓘ
skull ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 18th century ⓘ |
| centuryOfDeath | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfAssassination | 14 June 1800 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1777 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1800 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Al-Azhar University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Syrian ⓘ |
| executionMethod |
burning of right hand
ⓘ
impalement ⓘ |
| familyName |
al-Halabi
ⓘ
linked to:
Suleiman al-Halabi
|
| fieldOfStudy | Islamic theology ⓘ |
| givenName |
Suleiman
ⓘ
linked to:
Süleyman
|
| hasLegacy | symbol of resistance to foreign occupation in Arab historiography ⓘ |
| hasSubject | anti-colonial resistance ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection | Musée de l’Homme ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | French campaign in Egypt and Syria ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalStatusAtDeath | condemned criminal ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | death by impalement ⓘ |
| movement | resistance to French occupation in Egypt ⓘ |
| name | Suleiman al-Halabi ⓘ |
| nationality | Syrian ⓘ |
| notableEvent | assassination of Jean-Baptiste Kléber ⓘ |
| notableFor | killing French general Jean-Baptiste Kléber in Cairo in 1800 ⓘ |
| notableWork | assassination of Jean-Baptiste Kléber ⓘ |
| occupation | student ⓘ |
| opponent |
French Army in Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Napoleon's Egyptian campaign
French First Republic ⓘ |
| placeOfAssassination | Cairo ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kukan village
ⓘ
near Aleppo ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Cairo ⓘ |
| politicalContext | French occupation of Egypt ⓘ |
| regionOfBirth | Aleppo Eyalet ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin |
Aleppo region
ⓘ
linked to:
Aleppo Governorate
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| usedWeapon | dagger ⓘ |
| victimOfAssassination | Jean-Baptiste Kléber ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Suleiman al-Halabi Description of subject: Suleiman al-Halabi was a Syrian theology student and political assassin known for killing the French general Jean-Baptiste Kléber in Cairo in 1800.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Suleiman al-Halabi