Sakhr ibn Harb ibn Umayya
E675810
Sakhr ibn Harb ibn Umayya, better known as Abu Sufyan, was a prominent Meccan leader of the Quraysh tribe and an early opponent of the Prophet Muhammad who later embraced Islam.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sakhr ibn Harb ibn Umayya canonical | 1 |
| أبو سفيان صخر بن حرب | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7202512 — 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: Sakhr ibn Harb ibn Umayya Context triple: [Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, fullName, Sakhr ibn Harb ibn Umayya]
-
A.
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.
-
B.
Umayya ibn Abd Shams
Umayya ibn Abd Shams was an early Quraysh leader regarded as the progenitor of the powerful Umayyad clan that later founded the Umayyad Caliphate.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
al-Mundhir ibn al-Zubayr
Al-Mundhir ibn al-Zubayr was an early Islamic-era noble and governor from the influential Zubayrid family, active in the political struggles that followed the first generations of the Muslim community.
-
E.
Nawfal ibn Khuwaylid
Nawfal ibn Khuwaylid was a member of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca and a son of Khuwaylid ibn Asad, making him part of the extended family circle associated with the Prophet Muhammad’s first wife, Khadijah.
- 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: Sakhr ibn Harb ibn Umayya Target entity description: Sakhr ibn Harb ibn Umayya, better known as Abu Sufyan, was a prominent Meccan leader of the Quraysh tribe and an early opponent of the Prophet Muhammad who later embraced Islam.
-
A.
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.
-
B.
Umayya ibn Abd Shams
Umayya ibn Abd Shams was an early Quraysh leader regarded as the progenitor of the powerful Umayyad clan that later founded the Umayyad Caliphate.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
al-Mundhir ibn al-Zubayr
Al-Mundhir ibn al-Zubayr was an early Islamic-era noble and governor from the influential Zubayrid family, active in the political struggles that followed the first generations of the Muslim community.
-
E.
Nawfal ibn Khuwaylid
Nawfal ibn Khuwaylid was a member of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca and a son of Khuwaylid ibn Asad, making him part of the extended family circle associated with the Prophet Muhammad’s first wife, Khadijah.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Meccan leader
ⓘ
companion of Muhammad ⓘ person ⓘ |
| alliance | confederates in Battle of the Trench ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Quraysh aristocracy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Umayyad dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Mecca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Muawiya I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ramla bint Abi Sufyan NERFINISHED ⓘ Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clan | Banu Umayya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convertedToIslam | after conquest of Mecca ⓘ |
| convertedUnder | Prophet Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| daughter | Ramla bint Abi Sufyan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 7th century ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Arab ⓘ |
| father | Harb ibn Umayya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerReligion | Arab paganism ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandfather | Umayya ibn Abd Shams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownAs |
Abu Sufyan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Abu Sufyan ibn Harb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kunya | Abu Sufyan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| laterAllegiance | Muslim community ⓘ |
| notableFor |
initial resistance to Islam
ⓘ
subsequent acceptance of Islam ⓘ |
| notableRole |
chief of Banu Umayya
ⓘ
leader of Quraysh in Mecca ⓘ opponent of Muhammad before conversion ⓘ |
| position |
commander of Meccan forces at Battle of Uhud
ⓘ
leader of Quraysh opposition at Battle of Badr ⓘ participant in Battle of the Trench ⓘ |
| region | Hejaz ⓘ |
| relative | Uthman ibn Affan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| son |
Muawiya I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Hind bint Utbah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | Umayyad family interests ⓘ |
| 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: Sakhr ibn Harb ibn Umayya Description of subject: Sakhr ibn Harb ibn Umayya, better known as Abu Sufyan, was a prominent Meccan leader of the Quraysh tribe and an early opponent of the Prophet Muhammad who later embraced Islam.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
أبو سفيان صخر بن حرب