Muʿāwiya ibn Hishām
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Muʿāwiya ibn Hishām was an Umayyad prince of the Marwanid line, known primarily as the progenitor of Abd al-Rahman I, founder of the Emirate of Córdoba in al-Andalus.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Muʿāwiya ibn Hishām canonical | 1 |
| Mu‘awiya ibn Hisham | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8955704 — 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: Muʿāwiya ibn Hishām Context triple: [Abd al-Rahman I, father, Muʿāwiya ibn Hishām]
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A.
معاوية بن أبي سفيان
معاوية بن أبي سفيان هو أول خلفاء الدولة الأموية ومؤسسها في دمشق وأحد أبرز الشخصيات السياسية في التاريخ الإسلامي المبكر.
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B.
al-Walid ibn Uqba
Al-Walid ibn Uqba was a 7th-century Umayyad governor and companion of the Prophet Muhammad, known for his role in early Islamic administration and for a controversial incident referenced in the Qur’an.
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C.
Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan
Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan was an early Islamic military commander of the Umayyad clan who played a key role in the Muslim conquests of Syria under the Rashidun Caliphate.
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D.
Muawiya I
Muawiya I was the founder of the Umayyad Caliphate and a powerful early Islamic ruler who transformed the caliphate into a hereditary monarchy centered in Damascus.
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E.
Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan
Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan was an Umayyad prince and long-serving governor of Egypt in the late 7th and early 8th centuries, known for his administrative skill and role in consolidating Umayyad rule.
- 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: Muʿāwiya ibn Hishām Target entity description: Muʿāwiya ibn Hishām was an Umayyad prince of the Marwanid line, known primarily as the progenitor of Abd al-Rahman I, founder of the Emirate of Córdoba in al-Andalus.
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A.
معاوية بن أبي سفيان
معاوية بن أبي سفيان هو أول خلفاء الدولة الأموية ومؤسسها في دمشق وأحد أبرز الشخصيات السياسية في التاريخ الإسلامي المبكر.
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B.
al-Walid ibn Uqba
Al-Walid ibn Uqba was a 7th-century Umayyad governor and companion of the Prophet Muhammad, known for his role in early Islamic administration and for a controversial incident referenced in the Qur’an.
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C.
Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan
Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan was an early Islamic military commander of the Umayyad clan who played a key role in the Muslim conquests of Syria under the Rashidun Caliphate.
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D.
Muawiya I
Muawiya I was the founder of the Umayyad Caliphate and a powerful early Islamic ruler who transformed the caliphate into a hereditary monarchy centered in Damascus.
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E.
Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan
Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan was an Umayyad prince and long-serving governor of Egypt in the late 7th and early 8th centuries, known for his administrative skill and role in consolidating Umayyad rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Umayyad prince
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historical person ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEntity | Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Bilād al-Shām (Greater Syria) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | ʿAbd al-Raḥmān I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Arab ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Arab ⓘ |
| father |
sons and daughters of the Umayyad house (names mostly unknown)
ⓘ
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floruitCentury | 8th century ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandfather | Hishām I of Córdoba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
Hishām I of Córdoba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Umayyad emirs of Córdoba NERFINISHED ⓘ ʿAbd al-Raḥmān I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being ancestor of the Umayyad rulers of al-Andalus
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connection to the founding of the Emirate of Córdoba ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| memberOfDynasty |
Marwanid line
NERFINISHED
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Umayyad dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAs | progenitor of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān I of Córdoba ⓘ |
| relativeOf |
Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik
NERFINISHED
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ʿAbd al-Raḥmān I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
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: Muʿāwiya ibn Hishām Description of subject: Muʿāwiya ibn Hishām was an Umayyad prince of the Marwanid line, known primarily as the progenitor of Abd al-Rahman I, founder of the Emirate of Córdoba in al-Andalus.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mu‘awiya ibn Hisham