Ala ad-Din Tekish
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Ala ad-Din Tekish was a 12th-century Khwarazmian shah who significantly expanded his realm in Central Asia and laid foundations for the later power of the Khwarazmian Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ala ad-Din Tekish canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10791603 — 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: Ala ad-Din Tekish Context triple: [Khwarazmian Empire, ruler, Ala ad-Din Tekish]
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Ala al-Din
Ala al-Din is the given name of the medieval Arab physician and polymath Ibn al-Nafis, renowned for his early description of pulmonary circulation.
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B.
Bairam Beg
Bairam Beg, better known as Bairam Khan, was a prominent 16th-century Turkic military commander and statesman who served as regent and chief advisor to the Mughal emperor Akbar.
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C.
Muhammad Shaybani
Muhammad Shaybani was a prominent Uzbek military leader and khan who unified various Uzbek tribes and founded a powerful dynasty in Central Asia in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
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D.
Qutlugh Khwaja
Qutlugh Khwaja was a Mongol military leader of the Chagatai Khanate known for leading major incursions into northern India in the late 13th century.
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E.
Husayn Bayqara
Husayn Bayqara was a late 15th-century Timurid ruler of Herat renowned for presiding over a flourishing court of Persian literature, art, and scholarship.
- 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: Ala ad-Din Tekish Target entity description: Ala ad-Din Tekish was a 12th-century Khwarazmian shah who significantly expanded his realm in Central Asia and laid foundations for the later power of the Khwarazmian Empire.
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A.
Ala al-Din
Ala al-Din is the given name of the medieval Arab physician and polymath Ibn al-Nafis, renowned for his early description of pulmonary circulation.
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B.
Bairam Beg
Bairam Beg, better known as Bairam Khan, was a prominent 16th-century Turkic military commander and statesman who served as regent and chief advisor to the Mughal emperor Akbar.
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C.
Muhammad Shaybani
Muhammad Shaybani was a prominent Uzbek military leader and khan who unified various Uzbek tribes and founded a powerful dynasty in Central Asia in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
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D.
Qutlugh Khwaja
Qutlugh Khwaja was a Mongol military leader of the Chagatai Khanate known for leading major incursions into northern India in the late 13th century.
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E.
Husayn Bayqara
Husayn Bayqara was a late 15th-century Timurid ruler of Herat renowned for presiding over a flourishing court of Persian literature, art, and scholarship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Khwarazmian ruler
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Muslim ⓘ monarch ⓘ shah ⓘ |
| birthName | Tekish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Gurganj NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Gurganj NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfConflict | Succession dispute in Khwarazm ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 12th century ⓘ |
| child | Ala ad-Din Muhammad II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Civil war with his brother Sultan Shah
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Conflict with the Seljuks of Kerman ⓘ Wars against the Ghurid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Wars against the Qara Khitai ⓘ |
| countryRuled |
Khwarazm
NERFINISHED
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Khwarazmian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1200 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Gurganj NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | Anushtegin dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Turkic ⓘ |
| expandedTerritoryIn | Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Il-Arslan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | Predecessor of the Khwarazmian Empire destroyed by the Mongols ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Ala ad-Din NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | House of Anushtegin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt | Persian ⓘ |
| mother | Terken Khatun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
Laid foundations for later Khwarazmian imperial power
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Significant expansion of Khwarazmian territory ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Shah of Khwarazm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Il-Arslan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realm |
Khorasan
NERFINISHED
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Khwarazm NERFINISHED ⓘ Transoxiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionRuled |
Khurasan
NERFINISHED
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Khwarazm NERFINISHED ⓘ Transoxiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1200 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1172 ⓘ |
| religion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| sibling | Sultan Shah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Ala ad-Din Muhammad II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleGrantedBy | Abbasid Caliph al-Nasir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedTitle |
Shah
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Sultan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ala ad-Din Tekish Description of subject: Ala ad-Din Tekish was a 12th-century Khwarazmian shah who significantly expanded his realm in Central Asia and laid foundations for the later power of the Khwarazmian Empire.
Referenced by (2)
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