Ahmad ibn Musa
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Ahmad ibn Musa was a revered 9th-century Shia Muslim figure and son of Imam Musa al-Kadhim, honored as a saint in Iran.
All labels observed (1)
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| Ahmad ibn Musa canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12673237 — 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: Ahmad ibn Musa Context triple: [Shah Cheragh Shrine, burialPlaceOf, Ahmad ibn Musa]
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Ali ibn Musa
Ali ibn Musa, better known as Ali al-Ridha, was the eighth Shia Imam and a prominent Islamic scholar revered for his piety, knowledge, and leadership.
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Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Hasib
Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Hasib was a medieval Islamic architect and engineer best known for designing the Roda Nilometer, an important structure used to measure the Nile’s flood levels in Cairo.
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Al-Samaw'al
Al-Samaw'al was a 12th-century Muslim mathematician best known for his early work on algebraic symbolism and the systematic use of negative numbers.
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Ibn al-Sitri
Ibn al-Sitri, also known as Ali ibn Hilal, was a renowned medieval Islamic calligrapher celebrated for refining and popularizing the naskh script.
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Qustā ibn Lūqā al-Baʿlabakkī
Qustā ibn Lūqā al-Baʿlabakkī was a 9th-century Syrian Melkite Christian physician, philosopher, and translator who played a key role in transmitting Greek scientific and philosophical works into Arabic.
- 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: Ahmad ibn Musa Target entity description: Ahmad ibn Musa was a revered 9th-century Shia Muslim figure and son of Imam Musa al-Kadhim, honored as a saint in Iran.
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A.
Ali ibn Musa
Ali ibn Musa, better known as Ali al-Ridha, was the eighth Shia Imam and a prominent Islamic scholar revered for his piety, knowledge, and leadership.
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B.
Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Hasib
Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Hasib was a medieval Islamic architect and engineer best known for designing the Roda Nilometer, an important structure used to measure the Nile’s flood levels in Cairo.
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C.
Al-Samaw'al
Al-Samaw'al was a 12th-century Muslim mathematician best known for his early work on algebraic symbolism and the systematic use of negative numbers.
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D.
Ibn al-Sitri
Ibn al-Sitri, also known as Ali ibn Hilal, was a renowned medieval Islamic calligrapher celebrated for refining and popularizing the naskh script.
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E.
Qustā ibn Lūqā al-Baʿlabakkī
Qustā ibn Lūqā al-Baʿlabakkī was a 9th-century Syrian Melkite Christian physician, philosopher, and translator who played a key role in transmitting Greek scientific and philosophical works into Arabic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.