Banu Abd al-Dar
E624734
Banu Abd al-Dar was a prominent clan of the Quraysh tribe in pre-Islamic and early Islamic Mecca, historically known for holding key custodial and ceremonial responsibilities related to the Kaaba.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Banu Abd al-Dar canonical | 3 |
| Banu Rabi‘a ibn Abd Shams | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6692034 — 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: Banu Abd al-Dar Context triple: [Musab ibn Umayr, familyBackground, Banu Abd al-Dar]
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A.
Banu Abd Shams
Banu Abd Shams was a prominent clan of the Quraysh tribe in pre-Islamic and early Islamic Mecca, known for its influential leaders and political power.
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B.
Banu Asad
Banu Asad is an Arab clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca historically known as the clan of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
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C.
Banu Qatadah
Banu Qatadah was a prominent Sharifian dynasty that provided hereditary rulers of Mecca for several centuries, claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad through his grandson Hasan.
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D.
Banu Fihr
Banu Fihr was a prominent early Arab clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca, traditionally traced back to Fihr ibn Malik, regarded as an ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad.
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E.
Banu Aws
Banu Aws was one of the major Arab tribes of Medina (Yathrib) in early Islamic history, known for its role in supporting the Prophet Muhammad and being included among the groups addressed in the Constitution of Medina.
- 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: Banu Abd al-Dar Target entity description: Banu Abd al-Dar was a prominent clan of the Quraysh tribe in pre-Islamic and early Islamic Mecca, historically known for holding key custodial and ceremonial responsibilities related to the Kaaba.
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A.
Banu Abd Shams
Banu Abd Shams was a prominent clan of the Quraysh tribe in pre-Islamic and early Islamic Mecca, known for its influential leaders and political power.
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B.
Banu Asad
Banu Asad is an Arab clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca historically known as the clan of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
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C.
Banu Qatadah
Banu Qatadah was a prominent Sharifian dynasty that provided hereditary rulers of Mecca for several centuries, claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad through his grandson Hasan.
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D.
Banu Fihr
Banu Fihr was a prominent early Arab clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca, traditionally traced back to Fihr ibn Malik, regarded as an ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad.
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E.
Banu Aws
Banu Aws was one of the major Arab tribes of Medina (Yathrib) in early Islamic history, known for its role in supporting the Prophet Muhammad and being included among the groups addressed in the Constitution of Medina.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arab tribal clan
ⓘ
Quraysh clan ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kaaba
ⓘ
Masjid al-Haram ⓘ |
| basedIn | Mecca ⓘ |
| country | Hejaz ⓘ |
| descendedFrom |
Qusayy ibn Kilab (through Abd al-Dar)
ⓘ
linked to:
Qusayy ibn Kilab
|
| ethnicGroup | Arabs ⓘ |
| function | management of certain pilgrimage-related ceremonies ⓘ |
| heldOffice |
assembly convening authority (nadwah)
ⓘ
custody of the Kaaba (hijabah) ⓘ guardianship of the Kaaba door ⓘ standard-bearing in war (liwa’) ⓘ supervision of Meccan public ceremonies ⓘ |
| heldPrivilege | keys of the Kaaba (in pre-Islamic period, later shared/contested) ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic Arabia)
ⓘ
linked to:
Pre-Islamic Arabia
|
| involvedIn | internal Quraysh rivalries over Kaaba-related offices ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mecca ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ceremonial responsibilities related to the Kaaba
ⓘ
custodial responsibilities related to the Kaaba ⓘ holding hereditary offices among Quraysh ⓘ |
| partOf | Quraysh ⓘ |
| politicalRole |
elite clan within Quraysh aristocracy
ⓘ
holders of key ritual authority in Mecca ⓘ |
| preIslamicStatus | leading custodial family of the Kaaba ⓘ |
| region | Tihamah ⓘ |
| religion |
Islam (after conversions in early Islamic period)
ⓘ
linked to:
Muslims
Paganism (pre-Islamic period) ⓘ |
| siblingClanOf | Banu Abd Manaf ⓘ |
| socialStatus | nobility of Quraysh ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early Islamic period
ⓘ
pre-Islamic Mecca ⓘ |
| tribalAncestor |
Abd al-Dar ibn Qusayy
ⓘ
linked to:
Abd ad-Dar ibn Qusayy
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| tribalConfederation |
Quraysh al-Bitah (central Meccan Quraysh)
ⓘ
linked to:
Quraysh
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: Banu Abd al-Dar Description of subject: Banu Abd al-Dar was a prominent clan of the Quraysh tribe in pre-Islamic and early Islamic Mecca, historically known for holding key custodial and ceremonial responsibilities related to the Kaaba.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Banu Abd al-Dar