Battle of Ksar el Kebir
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The Battle of Ksar el Kebir was a decisive 1578 conflict in northern Morocco in which the Portuguese king Sebastian I was killed, leading to a dynastic crisis and the eventual Iberian Union under Spanish rule.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of El-Ksar el Kebir | 1 |
| Battle of Ksar el Kebir canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15028191 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Ksar el Kebir Context triple: [Battle of Alcácer Quibir, hasAlias, Battle of Ksar el Kebir]
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Battle of Medjez-el-Bab
The Battle of Medjez-el-Bab was a significant World War II engagement in Tunisia in 1942–1943, where Allied forces fought Axis troops during the North African campaign.
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Battle of Wadi Akarit
The Battle of Wadi Akarit was a World War II engagement in April 1943 in Tunisia, where Allied forces broke through Axis defensive positions as part of the North African campaign.
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C.
Battle of Maaten al-Sarra
The Battle of Maaten al-Sarra was a decisive 1987 Chadian offensive against a key Libyan airbase in southern Libya that helped bring the Chadian–Libyan conflict to an end.
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Battle of El Guettar
The Battle of El Guettar was a key World War II engagement in Tunisia where U.S. forces, under General Patton, successfully halted and repelled German armored attacks, marking an important step in the Allies’ North African campaign.
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Battle of Merdjayoun
The Battle of Merdjayoun was a World War II engagement in June 1941 in which Allied forces, including Australian troops, fought Vichy French forces for control of the strategic town of Merdjayoun in Lebanon.
- 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: Battle of Ksar el Kebir Target entity description: The Battle of Ksar el Kebir was a decisive 1578 conflict in northern Morocco in which the Portuguese king Sebastian I was killed, leading to a dynastic crisis and the eventual Iberian Union under Spanish rule.
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A.
Battle of Medjez-el-Bab
The Battle of Medjez-el-Bab was a significant World War II engagement in Tunisia in 1942–1943, where Allied forces fought Axis troops during the North African campaign.
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B.
Battle of Wadi Akarit
The Battle of Wadi Akarit was a World War II engagement in April 1943 in Tunisia, where Allied forces broke through Axis defensive positions as part of the North African campaign.
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C.
Battle of Maaten al-Sarra
The Battle of Maaten al-Sarra was a decisive 1987 Chadian offensive against a key Libyan airbase in southern Libya that helped bring the Chadian–Libyan conflict to an end.
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D.
Battle of El Guettar
The Battle of El Guettar was a key World War II engagement in Tunisia where U.S. forces, under General Patton, successfully halted and repelled German armored attacks, marking an important step in the Allies’ North African campaign.
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E.
Battle of Merdjayoun
The Battle of Merdjayoun was a World War II engagement in June 1941 in which Allied forces, including Australian troops, fought Vichy French forces for control of the strategic town of Merdjayoun in Lebanon.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Battle of Ksar el Kebir