Nasir Khan in The Night Of
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Nasir Khan in *The Night Of* is the shy, Pakistani-American college student whose arrest for a young woman's murder drives the HBO crime drama's exploration of the U.S. criminal justice system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nasir Khan in The Night Of canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Nasir Khan in The Night Of Context triple: [Riz Ahmed, role, Nasir Khan in The Night Of]
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A.
Addh Chanani Raat
Addh Chanani Raat is a celebrated Punjabi novel by Gurdial Singh that portrays the struggles and social realities of rural life in Punjab.
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B.
Maqbool
Maqbool is a critically acclaimed 2003 Indian crime drama film directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, which adapts Shakespeare’s Macbeth into the Mumbai underworld and features Irrfan Khan in a powerful lead role.
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C.
Nayak Raj
Nayak Raj is the honorific title meaning "King of Heroes," popularly bestowed on the legendary Bangladeshi film actor Razzak for his iconic contributions to cinema.
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D.
Alim Khan
Alim Khan was a prominent early 19th-century khan of the Kokand Khanate in Central Asia, known for expanding its territory and consolidating its political power.
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E.
Nagin
Nagin is a surname most notably associated with Ray Nagin, the former mayor of New Orleans.
- 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: Nasir Khan in The Night Of Target entity description: Nasir Khan in *The Night Of* is the shy, Pakistani-American college student whose arrest for a young woman's murder drives the HBO crime drama's exploration of the U.S. criminal justice system.
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A.
Addh Chanani Raat
Addh Chanani Raat is a celebrated Punjabi novel by Gurdial Singh that portrays the struggles and social realities of rural life in Punjab.
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B.
Maqbool
Maqbool is a critically acclaimed 2003 Indian crime drama film directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, which adapts Shakespeare’s Macbeth into the Mumbai underworld and features Irrfan Khan in a powerful lead role.
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C.
Nayak Raj
Nayak Raj is the honorific title meaning "King of Heroes," popularly bestowed on the legendary Bangladeshi film actor Razzak for his iconic contributions to cinema.
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D.
Alim Khan
Alim Khan was a prominent early 19th-century khan of the Kokand Khanate in Central Asia, known for expanding its territory and consolidating its political power.
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E.
Nagin
Nagin is a surname most notably associated with Ray Nagin, the former mayor of New Orleans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| accusationType | homicide ⓘ |
| age | college-aged young adult ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Naz ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
HBO miniseries The Night Of
ⓘ
linked to:
The Night Of
The Night Of ⓘ |
| arrestedFor | murder of Andrea Cornish ⓘ |
| basedOn | Nazir Khan from Criminal Justice (loosely) ⓘ |
| centralTo | plot of The Night Of ⓘ |
| characterArcIncludes |
exposure to prison culture
ⓘ
loss of innocence ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| cityOfResidence | New York City ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy |
Richard Price
ⓘ
Steven Zaillian ⓘ |
| educationStatus | undergraduate student ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Pakistani-American ⓘ |
| familyName | Khan ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Night Of, episode "The Beach" ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreContext | crime drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Nasir ⓘ |
| hasParent |
Safar Khan
ⓘ
Salim Khan ⓘ |
| incarceratedAt |
Rikers Island (fictional depiction)
ⓘ
linked to:
Rikers Island
|
| legalRepresentationBy |
Chandra Kapoor
ⓘ
John Stone ⓘ |
| majorThemeConnection |
U.S. criminal justice system
ⓘ
mass incarceration ⓘ presumption of innocence ⓘ prison radicalization ⓘ racial profiling ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
accused murderer
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| network | HBO ⓘ |
| occupation | college student ⓘ |
| parentOf | no known children ⓘ |
| personalityTrait | shy ⓘ |
| plotCatalystEvent | night out with Andrea Cornish ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Riz Ahmed ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| religion | Muslim ⓘ |
| residence |
Queens, New York City
ⓘ
linked to:
Queens
|
| secondaryLanguage | Urdu ⓘ |
| setting | New York City criminal justice system ⓘ |
| vehicleDriven | his father’s taxi ⓘ |
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Subject: Nasir Khan in The Night Of Description of subject: Nasir Khan in *The Night Of* is the shy, Pakistani-American college student whose arrest for a young woman's murder drives the HBO crime drama's exploration of the U.S. criminal justice system.
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