Ahmad Shah Durrani
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Ahmad Shah Durrani was the 18th-century Afghan military leader and founder of the modern state of Afghanistan, who established a vast empire in South and Central Asia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ahmad Shah Durrani canonical | 39 |
| Shah of Afghanistan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T582585 — 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: Ahmad Shah Durrani Context triple: [Durrani Empire, namedAfter, Ahmad Shah Durrani]
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A.
Nader Shah
Nader Shah was an 18th-century Persian ruler and military conqueror who founded the Afsharid dynasty and briefly restored Iran as a major regional power through his campaigns across the Middle East and India.
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B.
Wajid Ali Shah
Wajid Ali Shah was the last Nawab of Awadh (Oudh), known for his patronage of arts, music, and dance, and for his controversial deposition and exile by the British in 1856.
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C.
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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D.
Ibrahim Lodi
Ibrahim Lodi was the last Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate’s Lodi dynasty, whose defeat by Babur at the First Battle of Panipat in 1526 marked the beginning of Mughal rule in India.
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E.
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.
- 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: Ahmad Shah Durrani Target entity description: Ahmad Shah Durrani was the 18th-century Afghan military leader and founder of the modern state of Afghanistan, who established a vast empire in South and Central Asia.
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A.
Nader Shah
Nader Shah was an 18th-century Persian ruler and military conqueror who founded the Afsharid dynasty and briefly restored Iran as a major regional power through his campaigns across the Middle East and India.
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B.
Wajid Ali Shah
Wajid Ali Shah was the last Nawab of Awadh (Oudh), known for his patronage of arts, music, and dance, and for his controversial deposition and exile by the British in 1856.
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C.
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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D.
Ibrahim Lodi
Ibrahim Lodi was the last Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate’s Lodi dynasty, whose defeat by Babur at the First Battle of Panipat in 1526 marked the beginning of Mughal rule in India.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
founder of state
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ military leader ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Ahmad Shah Abdali
ⓘ
surface form:
Ahmad Khan Abdali
Ahmad Shah Abdali ⓘ Durr-i-Durrān ⓘ Pearl of Pearls ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Afghanistan
ⓘ
Herat ⓘ |
| birthYear | c. 1722 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Kandahar ⓘ |
| capitalEstablishedAt | Kandahar ⓘ |
| child | Timur Shah Durrani ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Ahmad Shah Durrani mausoleum in Kandahar
ⓘ
statues and monuments in Afghanistan ⓘ |
| deathDate | 16 October 1772 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Afghanistan
ⓘ
Kandahar Province ⓘ
surface form:
Kandahar region
Maruf ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Durrani Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Durrani dynasty
|
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Pashtuns
ⓘ
surface form:
Pashtun
|
| founded |
Durrani Empire
ⓘ
modern state of Afghanistan ⓘ |
| fullName | Ahmad Shah Durrani self-link ⓘ |
| house | Sadozai ⓘ |
| knownFor |
campaigns in India
ⓘ
defeating the Maratha Empire at Panipat ⓘ expansion into South Asia ⓘ founding modern Afghanistan ⓘ founding the Durrani Empire ⓘ |
| language |
Pashto language
ⓘ
surface form:
Pashto
Persian ⓘ |
| legacy | considered founder of the Afghan nation ⓘ |
| militaryRank | commander ⓘ |
| nationality | Afghan ⓘ |
| notableBattle | Third Battle of Panipat ⓘ |
| notableBattleYear | 1761 ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Nader Shah
ⓘ
surface form:
Nader Shah Afshar
|
| region |
Central Asia
ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1772 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1747 ⓘ |
| religion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Nader Shah
ⓘ
surface form:
Nader Shah Afshar
|
| spouse | Hazrat Begum ⓘ |
| successor | Timur Shah Durrani ⓘ |
| territorialExtent |
Afghanistan
ⓘ
Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
surface form:
Kashmir
Khorasan ⓘ Punjab ⓘ Sindh ⓘ parts of Central Asia ⓘ parts of Iran ⓘ parts of northern India ⓘ |
| title |
Shuja Shah Durrani
ⓘ
surface form:
Emir of the Afghans
Padishah ⓘ Ahmad Shah Durrani self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Shah of Afghanistan
|
| tribe |
Ahmad Shah Abdali
ⓘ
surface form:
Abdali
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ahmad Shah Durrani Description of subject: Ahmad Shah Durrani was the 18th-century Afghan military leader and founder of the modern state of Afghanistan, who established a vast empire in South and Central Asia.
Referenced by (40)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shah of Afghanistan