Qaysi tribal coalition
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The Qaysi tribal coalition was an alliance of northern Arab tribes that played a major military and political role in early Islamic power struggles, particularly during the Second Fitna.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Qaysi tribal coalition canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9518015 — 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: Qaysi tribal coalition Context triple: [Battle of Marj Rahit (684), belligerent, Qaysi tribal coalition]
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A.
Kwararafa confederacy
The Kwararafa confederacy was a powerful precolonial multi-ethnic state in the central Nigerian Middle Belt, historically dominated by the Jukun people and known for its military campaigns against major West African kingdoms.
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B.
Tripartite Alliance
The Tripartite Alliance is a long-standing political coalition in South Africa that unites the African National Congress with major labor and communist partners to shape the country’s post-apartheid governance and policy.
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C.
Theban-led coalition
The Theban-led coalition was an alliance of Greek city-states headed by Thebes that opposed Phocis and its allies during the Third Sacred War in the 4th century BCE.
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D.
Burebasaga Confederacy
The Burebasaga Confederacy is one of Fiji’s three major traditional chiefly confederacies, encompassing a number of provinces and chiefly clans in the country’s central and southern regions.
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E.
Mahan confederacy
The Mahan confederacy was an ancient loose alliance of chiefdoms in the southwestern Korean Peninsula that preceded and helped give rise to the Baekje kingdom.
- 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: Qaysi tribal coalition Target entity description: The Qaysi tribal coalition was an alliance of northern Arab tribes that played a major military and political role in early Islamic power struggles, particularly during the Second Fitna.
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A.
Kwararafa confederacy
The Kwararafa confederacy was a powerful precolonial multi-ethnic state in the central Nigerian Middle Belt, historically dominated by the Jukun people and known for its military campaigns against major West African kingdoms.
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B.
Tripartite Alliance
The Tripartite Alliance is a long-standing political coalition in South Africa that unites the African National Congress with major labor and communist partners to shape the country’s post-apartheid governance and policy.
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C.
Theban-led coalition
The Theban-led coalition was an alliance of Greek city-states headed by Thebes that opposed Phocis and its allies during the Third Sacred War in the 4th century BCE.
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D.
Burebasaga Confederacy
The Burebasaga Confederacy is one of Fiji’s three major traditional chiefly confederacies, encompassing a number of provinces and chiefly clans in the country’s central and southern regions.
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E.
Mahan confederacy
The Mahan confederacy was an ancient loose alliance of chiefdoms in the southwestern Korean Peninsula that preceded and helped give rise to the Baekje kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arab tribal alliance
ⓘ
tribal confederation ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Qays
ⓘ
Qays ʿAylān ⓘ |
| basedOn | kinship ties among northern Arab tribes ⓘ |
| composedOf |
Banu Abs
ⓘ
Banu Amir ibn Saʿsaʿa ⓘ
linked to:
Banu Amir
Banu Dhubyan ⓘ Banu Fazara ⓘ Banu Ghatafan ⓘ Banu Kilab ⓘ Banu Murra ⓘ Banu Numayr ⓘ Banu Sulaym ⓘ Banu Uqayl ⓘ |
| conflictType | engaged in intertribal feuds with Yamani coalitions ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Arabs ⓘ |
| geopoliticalImportance |
significant influence in Syrian steppe zones
ⓘ
strong presence in the Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia) ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early Islamic period ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legacy | contributed to long-term Qays–Yaman factionalism in the Islamic world ⓘ |
| militaryFunction | provided cavalry and tribal levies to competing caliphal claimants ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Khazir
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Battle of Marj Rahit ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Second Fitna ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Kalb tribal coalition
ⓘ
Yamani (southern Arab) tribal bloc ⓘ
linked to:
Yaman tribal confederation
|
| origin | northern Arab tribal groupings traced to Qays ʿAylān ancestry ⓘ |
| partOf | Qays–Yaman tribal dichotomy ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
anti-Umayyad (early phase of the Second Fitna)
ⓘ
pro-Umayyad (later reconciled under Marwanid Umayyads) ⓘ |
| politicalInfluence | influenced succession struggles in the Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ |
| politicalRole | acted as a power broker between rival caliphal factions ⓘ |
| region |
Syria
ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ northern Arabia ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Arabia
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| roleInEvent |
major military role in the Second Fitna
ⓘ
major political role in the Second Fitna ⓘ |
| sideInBattle | opposed the Kalb and pro-Umayyad forces at Marj Rahit ⓘ |
| socialStructure | segmentary lineage organization ⓘ |
| timeframe |
7th century
ⓘ
Umayyad period ⓘ
linked to:
Umayyad Caliphate
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| typeOfAlliance | tribal-military alliance ⓘ |
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