Timur
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Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a 14th-century Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in Central Asia and became one of history’s most formidable military leaders.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Timur canonical | 75 |
| Tamerlane | 15 |
| Amir Timur | 4 |
| Timur (Tamerlane) | 2 |
| Timur the Lame | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T531440 — 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.
Target entity: Timur Context triple: [Timurid dynasty, namedAfter, Timur]
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Babur
Babur was a Central Asian conqueror and the first Mughal emperor, who established Mughal rule in the Indian subcontinent in the early 16th century.
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Humayun
Humayun was the second emperor of the Mughal Empire, known for temporarily losing his kingdom to Afghan rivals before regaining it and paving the way for the expansive rule of his son Akbar.
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C.
Kublai Khan
Kublai Khan was the 13th-century Mongol emperor who founded China’s Yuan dynasty and presided over one of the largest empires in history.
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D.
Dalbandin
Dalbandin is a small town in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, known as an important stop along the Quetta–Taftan highway and for its proximity to the Chagai nuclear testing sites.
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E.
Bayezid I
Bayezid I was a late 14th-century Ottoman sultan known for rapidly expanding the empire into the Balkans and Anatolia before his defeat and capture by Timur at the Battle of Ankara.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Timur Target entity description: Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a 14th-century Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in Central Asia and became one of history’s most formidable military leaders.
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A.
Babur
Babur was a Central Asian conqueror and the first Mughal emperor, who established Mughal rule in the Indian subcontinent in the early 16th century.
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B.
Humayun
Humayun was the second emperor of the Mughal Empire, known for temporarily losing his kingdom to Afghan rivals before regaining it and paving the way for the expansive rule of his son Akbar.
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C.
Kublai Khan
Kublai Khan was the 13th-century Mongol emperor who founded China’s Yuan dynasty and presided over one of the largest empires in history.
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D.
Dalbandin
Dalbandin is a small town in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, known as an important stop along the Quetta–Taftan highway and for its proximity to the Chagai nuclear testing sites.
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E.
Bayezid I
Bayezid I was a late 14th-century Ottoman sultan known for rapidly expanding the empire into the Balkans and Anatolia before his defeat and capture by Timur at the Battle of Ankara.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Turco-Mongol
ⓘ
conqueror ⓘ emperor ⓘ founder of state ⓘ historical figure ⓘ military leader ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Timur
ⓘ
surface form:
Tamerlane
Timur ⓘ
surface form:
Timur the Lame
|
| birthDate | 1336-04-09 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Chagatai Khanate
ⓘ
Kesh ⓘ Transoxiana ⓘ near Samarkand ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1336 ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Gur-e-Amir
ⓘ
Samarkand ⓘ |
| capitalOfRealm | Samarkand ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness during campaign against Ming China ⓘ |
| child |
Jahangir Mirza
ⓘ
Miranshah ⓘ Shahrukh Mirza ⓘ Umar Shaikh Mirza I ⓘ |
| claimedTitle |
Amir
ⓘ
Gurkani ⓘ Sword of Islam ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1405-02-18 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Otrar
ⓘ
near Shymkent ⓘ present-day Kazakhstan ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1405 ⓘ |
| defeated |
Bayezid I
ⓘ
Delhi Sultanate ⓘ Tokhtamysh ⓘ |
| era |
14th century
ⓘ
early 15th century ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Turco-Mongol ⓘ |
| founded |
Timurid dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Timurid Empire
Timurid dynasty ⓘ |
| grandchild |
Babur
ⓘ
surface form:
Babur (through Timurid line as ancestor)
Ulugh Beg ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | one of history’s most formidable military leaders ⓘ |
| influenced |
Timurid miniature painting
ⓘ
surface form:
Timurid Renaissance in arts and science
|
| knownFor |
brutal massacres
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large-scale conquests ⓘ military strategy ⓘ patronage of arts and architecture ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt | Chagatai Turkic ⓘ |
| legacy | precursor of Mughal Empire through Babur ⓘ |
| legitimizedRuleBy | marriage into Genghisid line ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Ankara
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Battle of Delhi (1398 sack of Delhi) ⓘ Battle of the Terek River ⓘ campaign against Tokhtamysh ⓘ |
| patronage |
Islamic scholarship
ⓘ
Samarkand architecture ⓘ |
| plannedCampaignAgainst | Ming dynasty ⓘ |
| predecessorState | Chagatai Khanate ⓘ |
| religion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| ruledRegion |
Central Asia
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Iran ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ parts of Anatolia ⓘ parts of the Caucasus ⓘ parts of the Golden Horde territories ⓘ parts of the Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| spouse |
Saray Mulk Khanum
ⓘ
Saray Mulk Khanum ⓘ
surface form:
Tukal Khanum
|
| usedTitle | Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Timur Description of subject: Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a 14th-century Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in Central Asia and became one of history’s most formidable military leaders.
Referenced by (98)
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