Sulayman ibn Surad al-Khuza‘i
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Sulayman ibn Surad al-Khuza‘i was an early Kufan companion of the Prophet Muhammad and a leading figure of the pro-Alid “Penitents” (Tawwabun) movement who sought to avenge Husayn ibn Ali’s death.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sulayman ibn Surad al-Khuza‘i canonical | 5 |
| سليمان بن صرد الخزاعي | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9552322 — 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: Sulayman ibn Surad al-Khuza‘i Context triple: [Battle of Ayn al-Warda (685), commandedBy, Sulayman ibn Surad al-Khuza‘i]
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Nasr ibn Sayyar
Nasr ibn Sayyar was an 8th-century Arab general and the last Umayyad governor of Khorasan, known for his efforts to maintain Umayyad control during the turbulent period leading up to the Abbasid Revolution.
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B.
Hishām ibn al-Mughīrah
Hishām ibn al-Mughīrah was a prominent Meccan leader of the Quraysh tribe and a chief of the Banu Makhzum clan in the pre-Islamic period.
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C.
Sulayman
Sulayman is the Islamic name for King Solomon, a prophet and wise monarch revered in Abrahamic traditions for his justice, wisdom, and leadership.
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Asad ibn Khuzayma
Asad ibn Khuzayma was an early Arab ancestor and tribal patriarch regarded as the eponymous forefather of the Banu Asad ibn Khuzayma clan.
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E.
Sa'id ibn Uthman
Sa'id ibn Uthman was a 7th-century Umayyad prince and early Islamic military commander, known as a son of the third caliph Uthman ibn Affan and for his role in the expansion of the Umayyad Caliphate.
- 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: Sulayman ibn Surad al-Khuza‘i Target entity description: Sulayman ibn Surad al-Khuza‘i was an early Kufan companion of the Prophet Muhammad and a leading figure of the pro-Alid “Penitents” (Tawwabun) movement who sought to avenge Husayn ibn Ali’s death.
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A.
Nasr ibn Sayyar
Nasr ibn Sayyar was an 8th-century Arab general and the last Umayyad governor of Khorasan, known for his efforts to maintain Umayyad control during the turbulent period leading up to the Abbasid Revolution.
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B.
Hishām ibn al-Mughīrah
Hishām ibn al-Mughīrah was a prominent Meccan leader of the Quraysh tribe and a chief of the Banu Makhzum clan in the pre-Islamic period.
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C.
Sulayman
Sulayman is the Islamic name for King Solomon, a prophet and wise monarch revered in Abrahamic traditions for his justice, wisdom, and leadership.
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D.
Asad ibn Khuzayma
Asad ibn Khuzayma was an early Arab ancestor and tribal patriarch regarded as the eponymous forefather of the Banu Asad ibn Khuzayma clan.
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E.
Sa'id ibn Uthman
Sa'id ibn Uthman was a 7th-century Umayyad prince and early Islamic military commander, known as a son of the third caliph Uthman ibn Affan and for his role in the expansion of the Umayyad Caliphate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kufan notable
ⓘ
Tawwabun leader ⓘ companion of Muhammad ⓘ early Muslim figure ⓘ pro-Alid leader ⓘ |
| aimOfMovementLed | avenging Husayn ibn Ali’s death at Karbala ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Sulayman ibn Surad al-Khuza‘i ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | Battle of Karbala ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Shi‘i memory of Karbala
ⓘ
Umayyad–Alid conflict ⓘ |
| cityAssociatedWith | Kufa ⓘ |
| culturalSphere | early Arab-Muslim society ⓘ |
| deathContext | killed in fighting against Umayyad forces ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalCategory |
Kufan pro-Alid activist
ⓘ
early Islamic history figure ⓘ |
| ideology | loyalty to the family of Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ |
| languageContext | Arabic-speaking milieu ⓘ |
| leadershipStyle | religiously motivated rebellion ⓘ |
| legacy | symbol of repentance and loyalty to Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ |
| motive | penitence for failing to support Husayn ibn Ali in time ⓘ |
| movement |
Tawwabun
ⓘ
linked to:
Tawwabin
|
| nameInArabic |
سليمان بن صرد الخزاعي
ⓘ
linked to:
Sulayman ibn Surad al-Khuza‘i
|
| notableFor |
leading the Tawwabun (Penitents) movement in Kufa
ⓘ
seeking to avenge the killing of Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ |
| opposed | Umayyad rule ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | pro-Alid ⓘ |
| region | Iraq ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| residence | Kufa ⓘ |
| roleInKufa | leading pro-Alid notable ⓘ |
| roleInTawwabun |
chief organizer
ⓘ
military leader ⓘ |
| sourceType | early Islamic historiography ⓘ |
| supported | Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 7th century ⓘ |
| tribe | Banu Khuza‘a ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Sulayman ibn Surad al-Khuza‘i Description of subject: Sulayman ibn Surad al-Khuza‘i was an early Kufan companion of the Prophet Muhammad and a leading figure of the pro-Alid “Penitents” (Tawwabun) movement who sought to avenge Husayn ibn Ali’s death.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sulayman ibn Surad al-Khuza‘i