The Prophet's Hair
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"The Prophet's Hair" is a magical realist short story by Salman Rushdie that blends satire, religion, and politics in a tale about a stolen religious relic and the chaos it brings to a Kashmiri family.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Prophet's Hair canonical | 1 |
| The Prophet’s Hair | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6919844 — 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: The Prophet's Hair Context triple: [Salman Rushdie bibliography, includesWork, The Prophet's Hair]
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A.
The Prophet
The Prophet was the religious name of Tenskwatawa, a Shawnee spiritual leader who preached Native American cultural revival and resistance to U.S. expansion in the early 19th century.
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B.
The Prophet
The Prophet is a 2014 animated film adaptation of Kahlil Gibran’s classic philosophical book, featuring a score composed by Gabriel Yared.
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C.
Companions of the Prophet
The Companions of the Prophet are the men and women who personally met and followed the Islamic prophet Muhammad, forming the earliest Muslim community and transmitting his teachings.
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D.
Prophets in the drum of the dome
Prophets in the drum of the dome is a celebrated Byzantine mosaic cycle depicting Old Testament prophets arranged around the base of the central dome.
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E.
Badhl al-Majhud
Badhl al-Majhud is a renowned multi-volume scholarly commentary on the hadith collection Sunan Abu Dawud, widely used in advanced Islamic studies.
- 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: The Prophet's Hair Target entity description: "The Prophet's Hair" is a magical realist short story by Salman Rushdie that blends satire, religion, and politics in a tale about a stolen religious relic and the chaos it brings to a Kashmiri family.
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A.
The Prophet
The Prophet was the religious name of Tenskwatawa, a Shawnee spiritual leader who preached Native American cultural revival and resistance to U.S. expansion in the early 19th century.
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B.
The Prophet
The Prophet is a 2014 animated film adaptation of Kahlil Gibran’s classic philosophical book, featuring a score composed by Gabriel Yared.
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C.
Companions of the Prophet
The Companions of the Prophet are the men and women who personally met and followed the Islamic prophet Muhammad, forming the earliest Muslim community and transmitting his teachings.
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D.
Prophets in the drum of the dome
Prophets in the drum of the dome is a celebrated Byzantine mosaic cycle depicting Old Testament prophets arranged around the base of the central dome.
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E.
Badhl al-Majhud
Badhl al-Majhud is a renowned multi-volume scholarly commentary on the hadith collection Sunan Abu Dawud, widely used in advanced Islamic studies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional work
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short story ⓘ work of magical realism ⓘ |
| author | Salman Rushdie ⓘ |
| character |
Atta
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Hashim ⓘ Huma ⓘ Sheikh Sin ⓘ |
| collectionType | short story collection contribution ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
Kashmiri society
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religious hypocrisy ⓘ social inequality ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | short story ⓘ |
| genre |
magical realism
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political fiction ⓘ religious fiction ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasFictionalStatus | non-historical narrative ⓘ |
| hasMoral | unrestrained zeal leads to destruction ⓘ |
| hasReligiousElement | Islamic relic ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
magical realism
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satirical tone ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
corruption
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faith and superstition ⓘ fanaticism ⓘ greed ⓘ politics ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeElement |
hair of the Prophet Muhammad as a relic
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stolen religious relic ⓘ |
| plotFocus | chaos caused by a stolen relic ⓘ |
| protagonist | Hashim ⓘ |
| settingCountry | India ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Kashmir ⓘ |
| symbolism |
intersection of faith and politics
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power of religious objects ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| tone |
critical of religious extremism
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ironic ⓘ |
| workIn | East, West ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Prophet's Hair Description of subject: "The Prophet's Hair" is a magical realist short story by Salman Rushdie that blends satire, religion, and politics in a tale about a stolen religious relic and the chaos it brings to a Kashmiri family.
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