expedition of Nakhla
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The expedition of Nakhla was a pivotal early Muslim raid against a Quraysh caravan near Mecca that intensified tensions and helped precipitate larger battles in the early Islamic period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| expedition of Nakhla canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6517583 — 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: expedition of Nakhla Context triple: [early Muslim–Quraysh wars, hasPart, expedition of Nakhla]
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Gaselee Expedition
The Gaselee Expedition was an international military relief force led by British General Sir Alfred Gaselee in 1900 to lift the siege of foreign legations in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion.
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B.
Granma expedition
The Granma expedition was the 1956 seaborne journey in which Fidel Castro and his followers sailed from Mexico to Cuba to launch the guerrilla war that ignited the Cuban Revolution.
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C.
Punt expedition
The Punt expedition was a significant trading voyage organized by the Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut to the fabled Land of Punt, renowned for bringing back luxury goods such as incense, myrrh trees, and exotic animals, and famously depicted on the walls of her mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri.
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D.
Nimrod Expedition
The Nimrod Expedition was Ernest Shackleton’s 1907–1909 British Antarctic expedition that made record-setting southern and polar achievements and significantly advanced scientific and geographic knowledge of Antarctica.
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E.
Pioneer Column expedition
The Pioneer Column expedition was an 1890 British colonial venture that led a force of settlers and police north from South Africa to occupy and establish white rule over what became Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
- 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: expedition of Nakhla Target entity description: The expedition of Nakhla was a pivotal early Muslim raid against a Quraysh caravan near Mecca that intensified tensions and helped precipitate larger battles in the early Islamic period.
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A.
Gaselee Expedition
The Gaselee Expedition was an international military relief force led by British General Sir Alfred Gaselee in 1900 to lift the siege of foreign legations in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion.
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B.
Granma expedition
The Granma expedition was the 1956 seaborne journey in which Fidel Castro and his followers sailed from Mexico to Cuba to launch the guerrilla war that ignited the Cuban Revolution.
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C.
Punt expedition
The Punt expedition was a significant trading voyage organized by the Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut to the fabled Land of Punt, renowned for bringing back luxury goods such as incense, myrrh trees, and exotic animals, and famously depicted on the walls of her mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri.
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D.
Nimrod Expedition
The Nimrod Expedition was Ernest Shackleton’s 1907–1909 British Antarctic expedition that made record-setting southern and polar achievements and significantly advanced scientific and geographic knowledge of Antarctica.
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E.
Pioneer Column expedition
The Pioneer Column expedition was an 1890 British colonial venture that led a force of settlers and police north from South Africa to occupy and establish white rule over what became Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military expedition
ⓘ
raid ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Quraysh of Mecca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early Muslims of Medina ⓘ |
| broaderConflict | Muslim–Quraysh wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext | early Medinan period of Muhammad’s prophethood ⓘ |
| conflictSide |
Meccan Quraysh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Muslim community of Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictType | ghazwa/sariyya (early Muslim raid) ⓘ |
| era | 7th century CE ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
helped precipitate larger battles in the early Islamic period
ⓘ
intensified tensions between Muslims and Quraysh ⓘ |
| location |
Nakhla valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near Mecca ⓘ |
| partOf | early Muslim–Quraysh conflict ⓘ |
| presentDayLocation | Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryOpponents | polytheist Quraysh leadership of Mecca ⓘ |
| region | Hejaz ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Battle of Badr
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early Muslim military campaigns ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Islam ⓘ |
| result | Muslim raid on Quraysh caravan ⓘ |
| strategicObjective | economic pressure on Quraysh through caravan raiding ⓘ |
| target | Quraysh caravan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: expedition of Nakhla Description of subject: The expedition of Nakhla was a pivotal early Muslim raid against a Quraysh caravan near Mecca that intensified tensions and helped precipitate larger battles in the early Islamic period.
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