Fatimid caliph
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A Fatimid caliph was the supreme religious and political leader of the Isma'ili Shi'a Fatimid Caliphate, ruling a vast medieval empire centered in North Africa and Egypt.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate | 2 |
| Fatimid caliph canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12208455 — 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: Fatimid caliph Context triple: [The Ruler by God’s Command, denotes, Fatimid caliph]
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A.
Caliph Ibrahim
Caliph Ibrahim is the self-proclaimed title used by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the former leader of the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist organization.
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B.
Caliph
The Caliph is the supreme religious and political leader in Islam, regarded as the successor to the Prophet Muhammad in guiding the Muslim community.
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C.
Caliph al-Mu'tamid
Caliph al-Mu'tamid was an Abbasid caliph (r. 870–892) whose reign marked a period of political fragmentation and increasing autonomy of regional dynasties within the Islamic empire.
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D.
Muizz al-Dawla
Muizz al-Dawla was a 10th-century Buyid ruler who established Buyid control over Baghdad and became the de facto power behind the Abbasid caliphate in Iraq.
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E.
Abu Iqal al-Aghlab
Abu Iqal al-Aghlab was a ruler of the Aghlabid dynasty, which governed Ifriqiya (roughly modern Tunisia and eastern Algeria) as semi-autonomous emirs under the Abbasid Caliphate during the early medieval Islamic period.
- 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: Fatimid caliph Target entity description: A Fatimid caliph was the supreme religious and political leader of the Isma'ili Shi'a Fatimid Caliphate, ruling a vast medieval empire centered in North Africa and Egypt.
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A.
Caliph Ibrahim
Caliph Ibrahim is the self-proclaimed title used by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the former leader of the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist organization.
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B.
Caliph
The Caliph is the supreme religious and political leader in Islam, regarded as the successor to the Prophet Muhammad in guiding the Muslim community.
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C.
Caliph al-Mu'tamid
Caliph al-Mu'tamid was an Abbasid caliph (r. 870–892) whose reign marked a period of political fragmentation and increasing autonomy of regional dynasties within the Islamic empire.
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D.
Muizz al-Dawla
Muizz al-Dawla was a 10th-century Buyid ruler who established Buyid control over Baghdad and became the de facto power behind the Abbasid caliphate in Iraq.
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E.
Abu Iqal al-Aghlab
Abu Iqal al-Aghlab was a ruler of the Aghlabid dynasty, which governed Ifriqiya (roughly modern Tunisia and eastern Algeria) as semi-autonomous emirs under the Abbasid Caliphate during the early medieval Islamic period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate
this entity surface form:
Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate