Uhud
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Uhud is a historically significant mountain and battlefield near Medina in present-day Saudi Arabia, known especially for the Battle of Uhud in early Islamic history.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6692033 — 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: Uhud Context triple: [Musab ibn Umayr, burialPlace, Uhud]
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Battle of Uhud
The Battle of Uhud was a major early military engagement between the nascent Muslim community of Medina and the Quraysh of Mecca in 625 CE, notable for its initial Muslim success followed by a reversal that offered key lessons in leadership and obedience.
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Battle of Khaybar
The Battle of Khaybar was a 628 CE military campaign in which the Prophet Muhammad and his followers defeated the Jewish tribes of the Khaybar oasis in northwestern Arabia, leading to Muslim control of the region and significant political and economic gains for the early Islamic community.
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Battle of the Trench
The Battle of the Trench was a pivotal 627 CE conflict near Medina in which early Muslims, under Muhammad’s leadership, successfully defended the city against a large Meccan coalition by using an innovative trench fortification.
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Battle of Badr
The Battle of Badr was a pivotal 624 CE military confrontation near Medina in which the early Muslim community achieved a decisive victory that significantly strengthened Islam’s political and religious position in Arabia.
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Battle of Hunayn
The Battle of Hunayn was a significant early Islamic military engagement in 630 CE in which the Prophet Muhammad’s forces defeated the Hawazin and Thaqif tribes shortly after the conquest of Mecca, consolidating Muslim control over the Arabian Peninsula.
- 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: Uhud Target entity description: Uhud is a historically significant mountain and battlefield near Medina in present-day Saudi Arabia, known especially for the Battle of Uhud in early Islamic history.
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A.
Battle of Uhud
The Battle of Uhud was a major early military engagement between the nascent Muslim community of Medina and the Quraysh of Mecca in 625 CE, notable for its initial Muslim success followed by a reversal that offered key lessons in leadership and obedience.
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B.
Battle of Khaybar
The Battle of Khaybar was a 628 CE military campaign in which the Prophet Muhammad and his followers defeated the Jewish tribes of the Khaybar oasis in northwestern Arabia, leading to Muslim control of the region and significant political and economic gains for the early Islamic community.
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C.
Battle of the Trench
The Battle of the Trench was a pivotal 627 CE conflict near Medina in which early Muslims, under Muhammad’s leadership, successfully defended the city against a large Meccan coalition by using an innovative trench fortification.
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D.
Battle of Badr
The Battle of Badr was a pivotal 624 CE military confrontation near Medina in which the early Muslim community achieved a decisive victory that significantly strengthened Islam’s political and religious position in Arabia.
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E.
Battle of Hunayn
The Battle of Hunayn was a significant early Islamic military engagement in 630 CE in which the Prophet Muhammad’s forces defeated the Hawazin and Thaqif tribes shortly after the conquest of Mecca, consolidating Muslim control over the Arabian Peninsula.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical battlefield
ⓘ
mountain ⓘ |
| access | reachable by road from central Medina ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Battlefield of early Muslims and Quraysh
ⓘ
Companions of the Prophet ⓘ Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to:
Muhammad
|
| battleDate | Battle of Uhud occurred in 625 CE ⓘ |
| battleDateHijri | 3 AH ⓘ |
| battleOpponents |
Muslims of Medina
ⓘ
linked to:
Muslim community in Medina
Quraysh of Mecca ⓘ
linked to:
Quraysh
|
| battleOutcome | partial defeat for Muslims ⓘ |
| climate | arid desert climate ⓘ |
| country | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | site of martyrdom of many early Muslims ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 1,077 meters ⓘ |
| geologicalType | rocky mountain ⓘ |
| hasArabicName | جبل أحد ⓘ |
| hasCemetery | Graves of Uhud martyrs ⓘ |
| hasEvent | Battle of Uhud ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
archaeological remains of battlefield
ⓘ
memorial markers for martyrs ⓘ |
| hasReligiousStatus | venerated site in Islam ⓘ |
| hasType |
religious heritage site
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| hasView | overlooks parts of Medina ⓘ |
| knownFor | Battle of Uhud ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Al Madinah Region
ⓘ
linked to:
Al Madinah Province
Medina ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Hadith collections
ⓘ
Islamic historical sources ⓘ Sira literature ⓘ |
| name | Mount Uhud ⓘ |
| near | Medina ⓘ |
| partOf | Hejaz ⓘ |
| pilgrimagePractice | visited during religious tours of Medina ⓘ |
| proximityTo |
Masjid an-Nabawi
ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi
|
| region |
western Saudi Arabia
ⓘ
linked to:
Western Saudi Arabia
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| significanceIn | early Islamic history ⓘ |
| strategicFeature | archers’ hill near the mountain ⓘ |
| terrain | mountainous ⓘ |
| timeZone | Arabia Standard Time ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Muslim pilgrims
ⓘ
tourists ⓘ |
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: Uhud Description of subject: Uhud is a historically significant mountain and battlefield near Medina in present-day Saudi Arabia, known especially for the Battle of Uhud in early Islamic history.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Uhud