Musaylima
E903885
Musaylima was a 7th-century Arabian religious leader who claimed prophethood during the rise of Islam and was later labeled a false prophet by Muslim tradition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Musaylima canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11083006 — 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: Musaylima Context triple: [Al-Yamama, earlyIslamicLeaderAssociated, Musaylima]
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A.
Soliman
Soliman is a coastal town and commune in northeastern Tunisia, known for its beaches and agricultural surroundings within the Nabeul region.
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B.
Beni Ensar
Beni Ensar is a coastal town in northeastern Morocco known for its port and proximity to the Spanish enclave of Melilla.
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C.
Sama-Banguingui
Sama-Banguingui is an Austronesian language spoken by the Sama-Banguingui people of the Sulu Archipelago in the southern Philippines.
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D.
Sufetula
Sufetula was an important ancient Roman city in the province of Byzacena, located in present-day Tunisia and noted for its well-preserved ruins.
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E.
Moro
Moro is a local government area in Kwara State, Nigeria, known for its predominantly rural communities and agricultural activities.
- 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: Musaylima Target entity description: Musaylima was a 7th-century Arabian religious leader who claimed prophethood during the rise of Islam and was later labeled a false prophet by Muslim tradition.
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A.
Soliman
Soliman is a coastal town and commune in northeastern Tunisia, known for its beaches and agricultural surroundings within the Nabeul region.
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B.
Beni Ensar
Beni Ensar is a coastal town in northeastern Morocco known for its port and proximity to the Spanish enclave of Melilla.
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C.
Sama-Banguingui
Sama-Banguingui is an Austronesian language spoken by the Sama-Banguingui people of the Sulu Archipelago in the southern Philippines.
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D.
Sufetula
Sufetula was an important ancient Roman city in the province of Byzacena, located in present-day Tunisia and noted for its well-preserved ruins.
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E.
Moro
Moro is a local government area in Kwara State, Nigeria, known for its predominantly rural communities and agricultural activities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
7th-century person
ⓘ
Arab ⓘ historical figure ⓘ religious leader ⓘ |
| activeDuring | rise of Islam ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 7th century ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Musaylima al-Kadhdhāb
ⓘ
linked to:
Musaylima al-Kadhdhab
Musaylima the Liar ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | apostasy movements after Muhammad's death ⓘ |
| battleOpponent |
Rashidun Caliphate forces
ⓘ
linked to:
Rashidun forces of Medina
|
| birthPlace | Yamama ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in battle ⓘ |
| claimedRevelationsLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| claimedRole | prophet ⓘ |
| conflict |
Ridda wars
ⓘ
linked to:
Ridda Wars
|
| contemporaryOf |
Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
linked to:
Muhammad
|
| deathPlace |
Yamama
ⓘ
al-Yamama battlefield ⓘ |
| deathYear | 632 ⓘ |
| describedAs | false prophet ⓘ |
| describedAsBy | Muslim tradition ⓘ |
| diedIn | Battle of Yamama ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Arab
ⓘ
linked to:
Arabs
|
| followersFrom | Banu Hanifa ⓘ |
| formedAllianceWith | Sajah bint al-Harith ⓘ |
| fullName | Musaylima ibn Ḥabīb ⓘ |
| geopoliticalContext | pre-Islamic and early Islamic Arabia ⓘ |
| hadFollowersIn | Yamama ⓘ |
| historicalSource | Islamic historiographical tradition ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being labeled a false prophet in Islamic historiography
ⓘ
claiming prophethood ⓘ leading opposition to the early Muslim state ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| leadershipArea | Yamama region ⓘ |
| legacy | example of false prophecy in Islamic discourse ⓘ |
| marriedTo | Sajah bint al-Harith ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | early Islamic historical works ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Abu Bakr
ⓘ
linked to:
Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
Khalid ibn al-Walid ⓘ |
| politicalRole | local chieftain ⓘ |
| region |
Yamama
ⓘ
central Arabia ⓘ
linked to:
Central Arabia
|
| religion | Arabian polytheism ⓘ |
| roleInHistory | opponent in the Ridda wars ⓘ |
| timeOfDeath | shortly after Muhammad's death ⓘ |
| tribalAffiliation | Banu Hanifa ⓘ |
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: Musaylima Description of subject: Musaylima was a 7th-century Arabian religious leader who claimed prophethood during the rise of Islam and was later labeled a false prophet by Muslim tradition.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.