Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan
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Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan was an Afghan statesman and military leader who abolished the monarchy in a 1973 coup and served as the country’s first president until his assassination in 1978.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mohammad Daoud Khan | 2 |
| Mohammed Daoud Khan | 2 |
| Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7838506 — 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: Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan Context triple: [President of Afghanistan, firstHolder, Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan]
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A.
Mohammad Najibullah
Mohammad Najibullah was the last Soviet-backed president of Afghanistan, known for leading the communist government in Kabul during the final years of the Afghan civil conflict before the Taliban takeover.
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B.
Babrak Karmal
Babrak Karmal was a Soviet-backed Afghan communist politician who served as President of Afghanistan and General Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party during the early years of the Soviet–Afghan War.
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C.
Hafizullah Amin
Hafizullah Amin was an Afghan communist politician and military leader who briefly served as President of Afghanistan in 1979 before being overthrown and killed during the Soviet invasion.
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D.
Mohammad Zahirullah
Mohammad Zahirullah, better known as Zahir Raihan, was a prominent Bangladeshi novelist and pioneering filmmaker renowned for his politically charged cinema and his disappearance during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
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E.
Sibghatullah Mojaddedi
Sibghatullah Mojaddedi was an Afghan mujahideen leader and politician who briefly served as the first interim president of Afghanistan after the fall of the communist regime in 1992.
- 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: Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan Target entity description: Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan was an Afghan statesman and military leader who abolished the monarchy in a 1973 coup and served as the country’s first president until his assassination in 1978.
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A.
Mohammad Najibullah
Mohammad Najibullah was the last Soviet-backed president of Afghanistan, known for leading the communist government in Kabul during the final years of the Afghan civil conflict before the Taliban takeover.
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B.
Babrak Karmal
Babrak Karmal was a Soviet-backed Afghan communist politician who served as President of Afghanistan and General Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party during the early years of the Soviet–Afghan War.
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C.
Hafizullah Amin
Hafizullah Amin was an Afghan communist politician and military leader who briefly served as President of Afghanistan in 1979 before being overthrown and killed during the Soviet invasion.
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D.
Mohammad Zahirullah
Mohammad Zahirullah, better known as Zahir Raihan, was a prominent Bangladeshi novelist and pioneering filmmaker renowned for his politically charged cinema and his disappearance during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
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E.
Sibghatullah Mojaddedi
Sibghatullah Mojaddedi was an Afghan mujahideen leader and politician who briefly served as the first interim president of Afghanistan after the fall of the communist regime in 1992.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
head of state
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human ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| abolished | Afghan monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| allegiance | Royal Afghan Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Emirate of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 18 July 1909 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Kabul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coupLeaderIn | 1973 Afghan coup d'état NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCountry | Democratic Republic of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 28 April 1978 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Kabul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | Military College in Kabul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| established | Republic of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Pashtun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Daoud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Mohammad Aziz Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foreignPolicyFocus |
closer ties with the Soviet Union (1950s–early 1960s)
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non-alignment ⓘ |
| foreignPolicyShift | sought reduced dependence on the Soviet Union in the 1970s ⓘ |
| givenName | Mohammad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentOf | Republic of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killedDuring | Saur Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
overthrowing the Afghan monarchy in 1973
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serving as the first President of Afghanistan ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in coup ⓘ |
| memberOf | Barakzai dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Lieutenant General ⓘ |
| mother | Zainab Begum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Pashto ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 7 ⓘ |
| officeEnd |
President of Afghanistan: 28 April 1978
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Prime Minister of Afghanistan: 10 March 1963 ⓘ |
| officeStart |
President of Afghanistan: 17 July 1973
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Prime Minister of Afghanistan: 7 September 1953 ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | Pashtun nationalism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Minister of Defense of Afghanistan
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Minister of Interior of Afghanistan ⓘ President of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Prime Minister of Afghanistan ⓘ |
| precededBy | Mohammad Zahir Shah as head of state ⓘ |
| relative |
Mohammad Nadir Shah
NERFINISHED
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Mohammad Zahir Shah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| spouse | Zamina Begum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Nur Muhammad Taraki as head of state ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan Description of subject: Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan was an Afghan statesman and military leader who abolished the monarchy in a 1973 coup and served as the country’s first president until his assassination in 1978.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mohammed Daoud Khan
this entity surface form:
Mohammad Daoud Khan
this entity surface form:
Mohammed Daoud Khan
this entity surface form:
Mohammad Daoud Khan