Awwam ibn Khuwaylid
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Awwam ibn Khuwaylid was a member of the Quraysh tribe in pre-Islamic Mecca, known primarily as a relative of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Awwam ibn Khuwaylid canonical | 3 |
| al-Awwam ibn Khuwaylid | 3 |
| Hizam ibn Khuwaylid | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7194611 — 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: Awwam ibn Khuwaylid Context triple: [Khuwaylid ibn Asad, son, Awwam ibn Khuwaylid]
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A.
Ubayy ibn Ka'b
Ubayy ibn Ka'b was a prominent companion of the Prophet Muhammad renowned as one of the foremost experts in Qur'anic recitation and interpretation.
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B.
Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas
Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas was a prominent companion of the Prophet Muhammad and a leading early Muslim general, renowned for commanding the Muslim forces at the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah and helping establish Islamic rule in Iraq.
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C.
Khuwaylid ibn Asad
Khuwaylid ibn Asad was a respected Meccan nobleman of the Quraysh tribe and the father of Khadijah, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
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D.
Abu Sufyan ibn Harb
Abu Sufyan ibn Harb was a prominent Meccan leader of the Quraysh tribe who initially opposed the Prophet Muhammad before later converting to Islam and becoming a companion.
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E.
Wahshi ibn Harb
Wahshi ibn Harb was an Ethiopian slave and skilled spear-thrower in early Islamic history, known for killing Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib at the Battle of Uhud before later converting to Islam.
- 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: Awwam ibn Khuwaylid Target entity description: Awwam ibn Khuwaylid was a member of the Quraysh tribe in pre-Islamic Mecca, known primarily as a relative of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
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A.
Ubayy ibn Ka'b
Ubayy ibn Ka'b was a prominent companion of the Prophet Muhammad renowned as one of the foremost experts in Qur'anic recitation and interpretation.
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B.
Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas
Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas was a prominent companion of the Prophet Muhammad and a leading early Muslim general, renowned for commanding the Muslim forces at the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah and helping establish Islamic rule in Iraq.
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C.
Khuwaylid ibn Asad
Khuwaylid ibn Asad was a respected Meccan nobleman of the Quraysh tribe and the father of Khadijah, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
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D.
Abu Sufyan ibn Harb
Abu Sufyan ibn Harb was a prominent Meccan leader of the Quraysh tribe who initially opposed the Prophet Muhammad before later converting to Islam and becoming a companion.
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E.
Wahshi ibn Harb
Wahshi ibn Harb was an Ethiopian slave and skilled spear-thrower in early Islamic history, known for killing Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib at the Battle of Uhud before later converting to Islam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| culture | pre-Islamic Meccan society ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Arab
ⓘ
linked to:
Arabs
|
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| memberOf | Quraysh ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a member of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca
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kinship ties to Khadijah bint Khuwaylid ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Mecca ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence | Mecca ⓘ |
| relativeOf |
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
ⓘ
Muhammad ⓘ |
| religion | pre-Islamic Arabian polytheism ⓘ |
| timePeriod | pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ |
| tribe | Quraysh ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Awwam ibn Khuwaylid Description of subject: Awwam ibn Khuwaylid was a member of the Quraysh tribe in pre-Islamic Mecca, known primarily as a relative of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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