ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ ibn Wāʾil
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ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ ibn Wāʾil was a prominent 7th-century Arab military commander and statesman, best known for leading the Muslim conquest of Egypt and serving as its first Islamic governor.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ | 2 |
| ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ ibn Wāʾil canonical | 1 |
| عمرو بن العاص بن وائل | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9480511 — 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: ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ ibn Wāʾil Context triple: [ʿAmr, hasNotableBearer, ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ ibn Wāʾil]
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A.
ʿAmr ibn ʿAbasa
ʿAmr ibn ʿAbasa was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad known for his early conversion to Islam and transmission of several hadiths.
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B.
ʿAmr ibn Hishām
ʿAmr ibn Hishām, better known by his epithet Abu Jahl, was a prominent Meccan leader and staunch opponent of the Prophet Muhammad and early Islam.
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C.
Amr ibn Uthman
Amr ibn Uthman was a member of the early Islamic Umayyad aristocracy, known primarily as a descendant of the third caliph, Uthman ibn Affan.
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D.
ʿAmr ibn ʿUthmān ibn Qanbar
ʿAmr ibn ʿUthmān ibn Qanbar, better known as Sibawayh, was an 8th-century Persian grammarian whose seminal work on Arabic grammar became the foundational reference for the field.
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E.
ʿAmr
ʿAmr is an Arabic male given name of historical and religious significance, borne by several notable figures in early Islamic and pre-Islamic history.
- 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: ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ ibn Wāʾil Target entity description: ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ ibn Wāʾil was a prominent 7th-century Arab military commander and statesman, best known for leading the Muslim conquest of Egypt and serving as its first Islamic governor.
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A.
ʿAmr ibn ʿAbasa
ʿAmr ibn ʿAbasa was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad known for his early conversion to Islam and transmission of several hadiths.
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B.
ʿAmr ibn Hishām
ʿAmr ibn Hishām, better known by his epithet Abu Jahl, was a prominent Meccan leader and staunch opponent of the Prophet Muhammad and early Islam.
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C.
Amr ibn Uthman
Amr ibn Uthman was a member of the early Islamic Umayyad aristocracy, known primarily as a descendant of the third caliph, Uthman ibn Affan.
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D.
ʿAmr ibn ʿUthmān ibn Qanbar
ʿAmr ibn ʿUthmān ibn Qanbar, better known as Sibawayh, was an 8th-century Persian grammarian whose seminal work on Arabic grammar became the foundational reference for the field.
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E.
ʿAmr
ʿAmr is an Arabic male given name of historical and religious significance, borne by several notable figures in early Islamic and pre-Islamic history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arab military commander
ⓘ
Companion of the Prophet ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Muʿāwiya ibn Abī Sufyān ⓘ |
| approximateBirthCentury | 6th century ⓘ |
| approximateDeathYear | 664 ⓘ |
| built |
Mosque of ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ
ⓘ
linked to:
Amr ibn al-As Mosque
|
| clan | Banu Sahm ⓘ |
| conversionPeriod | shortly before the conquest of Mecca ⓘ |
| convertedTo | Islam ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Egypt ⓘ |
| era |
Rashidun Caliphate
ⓘ
early Islamic period ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Arab ⓘ |
| father |
al-ʿĀṣ ibn Wāʾil
ⓘ
linked to:
al-As ibn Wa’il
|
| founded | Fustat ⓘ |
| givenName | ʿAmr ⓘ |
| governed |
Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Tulunid Egypt
|
| knownFor |
diplomatic skills
ⓘ
military strategy ⓘ political acumen ⓘ role in the arbitration after the Battle of Ṣiffīn ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mosqueNamedAfter |
Mosque of ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ
ⓘ
linked to:
Amr ibn al-As Mosque
|
| nameInArabic |
عمرو بن العاص بن وائل
ⓘ
linked to:
ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ ibn Wāʾil
|
| notableFor | Muslim conquest of Egypt ⓘ |
| participatedIn | First Fitna ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
first Islamic governor of Egypt
ⓘ
governor of Egypt ⓘ |
| preIslamicOccupation | merchant ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Arabian Peninsula
ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ Levant ⓘ
linked to:
Levant region
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| role | commander of the Muslim conquest of Egypt ⓘ |
| roleInFirstFitna | supporter of Muʿāwiya against ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Caliph ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb
ⓘ
linked to:
Umar ibn al-Khattab
Caliph ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān ⓘ
linked to:
Caliph Uthman ibn Affan
Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to:
Muhammad
|
| tookPartIn |
Battle of Yarmouk
ⓘ
Muslim conquest of Egypt ⓘ Muslim conquest of Palestine ⓘ
linked to:
Muslim conquest of the Levant
conquest of Mecca ⓘ
linked to:
Conquest of Mecca
early Muslim conquests in Syria ⓘ |
| tribe | Quraysh ⓘ |
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: ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ ibn Wāʾil Description of subject: ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ ibn Wāʾil was a prominent 7th-century Arab military commander and statesman, best known for leading the Muslim conquest of Egypt and serving as its first Islamic governor.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ ibn Wāʾil
linked to: ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ ibn Wāʾil
linked to: ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ ibn Wāʾil