Murrah ibn Ka‘b
E891583
Murrah ibn Ka‘b was an early ancestor in the Quraysh lineage of the Prophet Muhammad, linking the tribe’s genealogy back to Fihr ibn Malik.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Murrah ibn Ka‘b canonical | 7 |
| Murrah ibn Ka'b | 1 |
| Murrah ibn Kaʿb | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10705475 — 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: Murrah ibn Ka‘b Context triple: [Fihr ibn Malik, hasDescendant, Murrah ibn Ka‘b]
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A.
Ubayy ibn Ka'b
Ubayy ibn Ka'b was a prominent companion of the Prophet Muhammad renowned as one of the foremost experts in Qur'anic recitation and interpretation.
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B.
Ka‘b ibn Lu’ayy
Ka‘b ibn Lu’ayy was an important pre-Islamic ancestor in the Prophet Muhammad’s lineage and a notable forefather of the Quraysh tribe in Arabia.
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C.
Malik ibn al‑Nadr
Malik ibn al‑Nadr is an early ancestor in the lineage of the Prophet Muhammad and a forefather of the Quraysh tribe of Mecca.
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D.
Kaʿb ibn Asad
Kaʿb ibn Asad was a leading chief of the Jewish Banu Qurayza tribe in Medina during the time of the Prophet Muhammad, known for his role in their conflict with the early Muslim community.
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E.
Tulayb ibn Umayr
Tulayb ibn Umayr was an early companion of the Prophet Muhammad and a member of the Quraysh, known as the son of Arwā bint Abd al-Muttalib from the Prophet’s extended family.
- 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: Murrah ibn Ka‘b Target entity description: Murrah ibn Ka‘b was an early ancestor in the Quraysh lineage of the Prophet Muhammad, linking the tribe’s genealogy back to Fihr ibn Malik.
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A.
Ubayy ibn Ka'b
Ubayy ibn Ka'b was a prominent companion of the Prophet Muhammad renowned as one of the foremost experts in Qur'anic recitation and interpretation.
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B.
Ka‘b ibn Lu’ayy
Ka‘b ibn Lu’ayy was an important pre-Islamic ancestor in the Prophet Muhammad’s lineage and a notable forefather of the Quraysh tribe in Arabia.
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C.
Malik ibn al‑Nadr
Malik ibn al‑Nadr is an early ancestor in the lineage of the Prophet Muhammad and a forefather of the Quraysh tribe of Mecca.
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D.
Kaʿb ibn Asad
Kaʿb ibn Asad was a leading chief of the Jewish Banu Qurayza tribe in Medina during the time of the Prophet Muhammad, known for his role in their conflict with the early Muslim community.
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E.
Tulayb ibn Umayr
Tulayb ibn Umayr was an early companion of the Prophet Muhammad and a member of the Quraysh, known as the son of Arwā bint Abd al-Muttalib from the Prophet’s extended family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arab tribal ancestor
ⓘ
ancestor of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ person ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Banu Hashim
ⓘ
Banu Taym ⓘ Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to:
Muhammad
several Quraysh clans ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Mecca ⓘ |
| child |
Kilab ibn Murrah
ⓘ
Murrah ibn Ka‘b ⓘ Taym ibn Murrah ⓘ Yaqazah ibn Murrah ⓘ
linked to:
Makhzum ibn Yaqaza
|
| ethnicGroup |
Arab
ⓘ
linked to:
Arabs
|
| father |
Ka‘b ibn Lu’ayy
ⓘ
Murrah ibn Ka‘b ⓘ Murrah ibn Ka‘b ⓘ Murrah ibn Ka‘b ⓘ |
| genealogicalRole | unifying ancestor for multiple Quraysh branches ⓘ |
| givenName | Murrah ⓘ |
| inGenealogyBetween |
Fihr ibn Malik and Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
linked to:
Fihr ibn Malik
Ka‘b ibn Lu’ayy and Kilab ibn Murrah ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | traditional Islamic genealogical works ⓘ |
| name | Murrah ibn Ka‘b ⓘ |
| notableAs |
early ancestor in the Quraysh lineage
ⓘ
link between Prophet Muhammad’s lineage and Fihr ibn Malik ⓘ |
| region | Hejaz ⓘ |
| religion | pre-Islamic Arabian religion ⓘ |
| timePeriod | pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ |
| tribalAffiliation | 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: Murrah ibn Ka‘b Description of subject: Murrah ibn Ka‘b was an early ancestor in the Quraysh lineage of the Prophet Muhammad, linking the tribe’s genealogy back to Fihr ibn Malik.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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