Bahíyyih Khánum

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Baháʼí religious figure Iranian daughter religious leader

Bahíyyih Khánum was a prominent early Bahá'í leader revered for her steadfastness, administrative service, and role in guiding the Bahá'í community during critical transitional periods.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bahíyyih Khánum canonical	10
Bahíyyih Khánum-i-Núrí	1
Bahíyyih Núrí	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9159411 — 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: Bahíyyih Khánum
Context triple: [Bahá'u'lláh, child, Bahíyyih Khánum]

A. Sayyidat Nisa al-Alamin
Sayyidat Nisa al-Alamin is an honorific Islamic title for Mary (Maryam), recognizing her as the foremost and most virtuous woman among all the women of the worlds.
B. Sayyidat Nisa al-Jannah
Sayyidat Nisa al-Jannah is an honorific title in Islam meaning "Leader of the Women of Paradise," traditionally associated with Khadijah bint Khuwaylid.
C. Fáṭimih Khánum
Fáṭimih Khánum was the first wife of Bahá'u'lláh and the mother of several of his children, including `Abdu'l‑Bahá.
D. Hamida Khatun
Hamida Khatun was a respected early Islamic woman known primarily as the mother of Musa al-Kadhim, the seventh Shia Imam.
E. Fakr-un-Nisa
Fakr-un-Nisa was a member of Tipu Sultan’s family whose tomb lies within the historic Gumbaz mausoleum complex at Srirangapatna in Karnataka, India.
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: Bahíyyih Khánum
Target entity description: Bahíyyih Khánum was a prominent early Bahá'í leader revered for her steadfastness, administrative service, and role in guiding the Bahá'í community during critical transitional periods.

A. Sayyidat Nisa al-Alamin
Sayyidat Nisa al-Alamin is an honorific Islamic title for Mary (Maryam), recognizing her as the foremost and most virtuous woman among all the women of the worlds.
B. Sayyidat Nisa al-Jannah
Sayyidat Nisa al-Jannah is an honorific title in Islam meaning "Leader of the Women of Paradise," traditionally associated with Khadijah bint Khuwaylid.
C. Fáṭimih Khánum
Fáṭimih Khánum was the first wife of Bahá'u'lláh and the mother of several of his children, including `Abdu'l‑Bahá.
D. Hamida Khatun
Hamida Khatun was a respected early Islamic woman known primarily as the mother of Musa al-Kadhim, the seventh Shia Imam.
E. Fakr-un-Nisa
Fakr-un-Nisa was a member of Tipu Sultan’s family whose tomb lies within the historic Gumbaz mausoleum complex at Srirangapatna in Karnataka, India.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baháʼí religious figure ⓘ Iranian ⓘ daughter ⓘ religious leader ⓘ
activeYears	c. 1863–1932 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bahíyyih Khánum-i-Núrí ⓘ linked to: Bahíyyih Khánum The Greatest Holy Leaf ⓘ al-Waraqatu’l-‘Ulyá ⓘ
birthName	Bahíyyih Núrí ⓘ linked to: Bahíyyih Khánum
burialPlace	Mount Carmel, Haifa ⓘ
children	0 ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Baháʼí Holy Day of the Ascension of the Greatest Holy Leaf ⓘ linked to: Bahá'í holy days
countryOfCitizenship	Qajar Iran ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1846-07-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1932-07-15 ⓘ
era	early Baháʼí period ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Persian ⓘ
father	Baháʼuʼlláh ⓘ linked to: Bahá'u'lláh
gender	female ⓘ
knownFor	correspondence with Baháʼís worldwide ⓘ self-sacrifice and simplicity of life ⓘ supporting pilgrims and early believers ⓘ
languageSpoken	Arabic ⓘ Persian ⓘ
mother	Ásíyih Khánum ⓘ
name	Bahíyyih Khánum ⓘ
neverMarried	true ⓘ
notableFor	administrative service to the Baháʼí community ⓘ leadership during transitional periods in Baháʼí history ⓘ steadfastness in the Baháʼí Faith ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Tehran, Iran ⓘ linked to: Tehran
placeOfDeath	Haifa, Palestine ⓘ linked to: Haifa
placeOfExile	Adrianople, Ottoman Empire ⓘ Baghdad, Ottoman Empire ⓘ linked to: Baghdad ʻAkká, Ottoman Syria ⓘ linked to: ʿAkka
religion	Baháʼí Faith ⓘ linked to: Baha'i Faith
residence	Haifa, Palestine ⓘ linked to: Haifa ʻAkká, Ottoman Syria ⓘ linked to: ʿAkka
role	acting head of the Baháʼí community after the passing of ʻAbduʼl‑Bahá ⓘ head of the Baháʼí Faith in ʻAbduʼl‑Bahá’s absence ⓘ
servedUnder	Baháʼuʼlláh ⓘ linked to: Bahá'u'lláh Shoghi Effendi ⓘ ʻAbduʼl‑Bahá ⓘ linked to: ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá
sibling	Mírzá Mihdí ⓘ ʻAbduʼl‑Bahá ⓘ linked to: ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá
spiritualStatusInBahaiWritings	exalted ⓘ
supported	development of the Baháʼí World Centre in Haifa and ʻAkká ⓘ establishment of the Baháʼí administrative order ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bahá'u'lláh → child → Bahíyyih Khánum ⓘ

Mírzá Ḥusayn-`Alí Núrí → child → Bahíyyih Khánum ⓘ

Ásíyih Khánum → child → Bahíyyih Khánum ⓘ

Ásíyih Khánum → motherOf → Bahíyyih Khánum ⓘ

Fáṭimih Khánum → motherOf → Bahíyyih Khánum ⓘ

Fáṭimih Khánum → hasChild → Bahíyyih Khánum ⓘ

The Master → sibling → Bahíyyih Khánum ⓘ

Akká period of Bahá'u'lláh's ministry → hasKeyFigure → Bahíyyih Khánum ⓘ

Mírzá Mihdí → sibling → Bahíyyih Khánum ⓘ

Bahíyyih Khánum → name → Bahíyyih Khánum ⓘ

Bahíyyih Khánum → alsoKnownAs → Bahíyyih Khánum-i-Núrí ⓘ

linked to: Bahíyyih Khánum

Bahíyyih Khánum → birthName → Bahíyyih Núrí ⓘ