Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz
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Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz was a prominent 20th-century Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar and Grand Mufti known for his influential conservative religious rulings and leadership in the kingdom’s religious establishment.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz canonical | 2 |
| Abd al-Aziz ibn Abdullah ibn Baz | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8642437 — 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: Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz Context triple: [House of Al ash-Sheikh, notableMember, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz]
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A.
Nassar Al-Dosari
Nassar Al-Dosari is a notable individual who bears the Arabic given name Nassar, recognized enough to be specifically cited as an example of this name.
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B.
Wahab Sheikh
Wahab Sheikh is an actor known for his role in the Indian film "Trance."
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C.
Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Ghani
Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Ghani was a prominent Yemeni politician who served in top leadership roles during the late 20th century, including heading the government in the period leading up to Yemen’s unification.
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D.
Khalid al-Qasri
Khalid al-Qasri was an influential 8th-century Umayyad governor of Iraq and the eastern provinces, known for his administrative reforms, wealth, and controversial role in early Islamic political conflicts.
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E.
Musa bint Ahmad al-Sudairi
Musa bint Ahmad al-Sudairi was a Saudi woman from the influential Al Sudairi family who became one of the wives of King Abdullah I of Jordan.
- 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: Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz Target entity description: Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz was a prominent 20th-century Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar and Grand Mufti known for his influential conservative religious rulings and leadership in the kingdom’s religious establishment.
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A.
Nassar Al-Dosari
Nassar Al-Dosari is a notable individual who bears the Arabic given name Nassar, recognized enough to be specifically cited as an example of this name.
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B.
Wahab Sheikh
Wahab Sheikh is an actor known for his role in the Indian film "Trance."
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C.
Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Ghani
Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Ghani was a prominent Yemeni politician who served in top leadership roles during the late 20th century, including heading the government in the period leading up to Yemen’s unification.
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D.
Khalid al-Qasri
Khalid al-Qasri was an influential 8th-century Umayyad governor of Iraq and the eastern provinces, known for his administrative reforms, wealth, and controversial role in early Islamic political conflicts.
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E.
Musa bint Ahmad al-Sudairi
Musa bint Ahmad al-Sudairi was a Saudi woman from the influential Al Sudairi family who became one of the wives of King Abdullah I of Jordan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic scholar
ⓘ
Salafi scholar ⓘ Sunni scholar ⓘ person ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1910-11-21 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Emirate of Nejd and Hasa
ⓘ
linked to:
Sultanate of Nejd
Riyadh ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Al-Adl Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart disease ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1999-05-13 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Scholars of Riyadh ⓘ |
| endTime | 1999 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Arab
ⓘ
linked to:
Arabs
|
| familyName | Ibn Baz ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Hadith studies
ⓘ
Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ Islamic preaching ⓘ Islamic theology ⓘ |
| fullName |
Abd al-Aziz ibn Abdullah ibn Baz
ⓘ
linked to:
Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName |
Abd al-Aziz
ⓘ
linked to:
ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz
|
| ideology | Wahhabism ⓘ |
| influenced |
Saudi religious policy
ⓘ
contemporary Salafi movements ⓘ |
| knownFor |
conservative religious rulings
ⓘ
influential fatwas in Saudi Arabia ⓘ leadership in the Saudi religious establishment ⓘ support for Salafi doctrine ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| memberOf | Council of Senior Scholars of Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Fatawa Ibn Baz
ⓘ
Majmu‘ Fatawa wa Maqalat Mutanawwi‘ah ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
jurist ⓘ mufti ⓘ university rector ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Mecca ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Deputy President of the Islamic University of Medina
ⓘ
Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
linked to:
Grand Mufti
Judge in the Saudi judiciary ⓘ President of the Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Ifta ⓘ President of the Presidency of Scholarly Research and Ifta ⓘ Rector of the Islamic University of Medina ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| religiousMovement |
Salafism
ⓘ
linked to:
Salafi theology
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| startTime | 1993 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz Description of subject: Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz was a prominent 20th-century Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar and Grand Mufti known for his influential conservative religious rulings and leadership in the kingdom’s religious establishment.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz