Saraya al-Salam (Peace Companies)
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Saraya al-Salam (Peace Companies) is an Iraqi Shia militia and political-military organization loyal to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, active in both security operations and the country’s sectarian and political conflicts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saraya al-Salam (Peace Companies) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12923247 — 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: Saraya al-Salam (Peace Companies) Context triple: [Mahdi Army, successorOrganization, Saraya al-Salam (Peace Companies)]
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A.
Ittefaq Group
Ittefaq Group is a major Pakistani industrial conglomerate, best known for its steel and engineering businesses and its association with the Sharif family.
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B.
Talaat Moustafa Group
Talaat Moustafa Group is a leading Egyptian real estate development company known for building large-scale residential and mixed-use communities.
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C.
Olayan Group
Olayan Group is a Saudi-based multinational conglomerate with diversified investments across sectors such as finance, real estate, and consumer goods, with significant holdings in both the Middle East and international markets.
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D.
Al Faisaliah Group
Al Faisaliah Group is a major Saudi Arabian conglomerate with diversified interests across sectors such as retail, food, healthcare, and technology.
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E.
Al-Shoula consortium
Al-Shoula consortium is a multinational group of Spanish and Saudi companies responsible for building and operating Saudi Arabia’s Haramain high-speed railway between Mecca and Medina.
- 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: Saraya al-Salam (Peace Companies) Target entity description: Saraya al-Salam (Peace Companies) is an Iraqi Shia militia and political-military organization loyal to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, active in both security operations and the country’s sectarian and political conflicts.
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A.
Ittefaq Group
Ittefaq Group is a major Pakistani industrial conglomerate, best known for its steel and engineering businesses and its association with the Sharif family.
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B.
Talaat Moustafa Group
Talaat Moustafa Group is a leading Egyptian real estate development company known for building large-scale residential and mixed-use communities.
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C.
Olayan Group
Olayan Group is a Saudi-based multinational conglomerate with diversified investments across sectors such as finance, real estate, and consumer goods, with significant holdings in both the Middle East and international markets.
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D.
Al Faisaliah Group
Al Faisaliah Group is a major Saudi Arabian conglomerate with diversified interests across sectors such as retail, food, healthcare, and technology.
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E.
Al-Shoula consortium
Al-Shoula consortium is a multinational group of Spanish and Saudi companies responsible for building and operating Saudi Arabia’s Haramain high-speed railway between Mecca and Medina.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iraqi paramilitary organization
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Shia militia ⓘ armed group ⓘ non-state armed actor ⓘ |
| activeInConflict |
Iraqi Civil War (post-2014)
ⓘ
linked to:
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
War against the Islamic State in Iraq ⓘ
linked to:
Operation Inherent Resolve
|
| alternateName | Peace Brigades ⓘ |
| armedCapabilities |
irregular infantry forces
ⓘ
light and medium weapons ⓘ |
| armedWingOf |
Sadrist movement
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linked to:
Sadrist Movement
|
| associatedWith |
Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces
ⓘ
linked to:
Popular Mobilization Forces
Sadrist political blocs in Iraq ⓘ |
| baseOfSupport | urban Shia communities in Iraq ⓘ |
| commandStructure | loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr’s directives ⓘ |
| componentOf |
Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) (at times and in some areas)
ⓘ
linked to:
Popular Mobilization Forces
|
| country | Iraq ⓘ |
| formationPurpose |
combat Islamic State (ISIL) in Iraq
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protect Shia holy sites ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Muqtada al-Sadr ⓘ |
| ideology |
Sadrist movement
ⓘ
linked to:
Sadrist Movement
|
| involvedIn |
Iraqi sectarian violence (post-2003)
ⓘ
local security control in Sadrist strongholds ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Arabic ⓘ |
| leader | Muqtada al-Sadr ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Muqtada al-Sadr ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Peace Companies ⓘ |
| notableActivity |
deployment to defend Samarra shrines
ⓘ
participation in operations against ISIL in central Iraq ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Baghdad Governorate
ⓘ
Basra Governorate ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Najaf Governorate ⓘ Sadr City ⓘ Salah al-Din Governorate ⓘ
linked to:
Salah ad Din Governorate
Samarra ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
ⓘ
linked to:
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
U.S. military presence in Iraq (politically and historically via Sadrist movement) ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sadrist movement
ⓘ
linked to:
Sadrist Movement
|
| politicalAlignment | Sadrist current ⓘ |
| politicalRole | influences Iraqi parliamentary politics through Sadrist allies ⓘ |
| predecessor | Mahdi Army ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Twelver Shia Islam
ⓘ
linked to:
Twelver Shia
|
| religiousLeadership |
Shia clerical authority of Muqtada al-Sadr
ⓘ
linked to:
Muqtada al-Sadr
|
| religiousOrientation | Shia Islam ⓘ |
| role |
political conflict participation
ⓘ
sectarian conflict participation ⓘ security operations ⓘ |
| status | non-state militia ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | political-military organization ⓘ |
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: Saraya al-Salam (Peace Companies) Description of subject: Saraya al-Salam (Peace Companies) is an Iraqi Shia militia and political-military organization loyal to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, active in both security operations and the country’s sectarian and political conflicts.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.