al-Mahdi Billah
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al-Mahdi Billah was the first Fatimid caliph and imam, who founded the Fatimid Caliphate in North Africa in the early 10th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| al-Mahdi Billah canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15708913 — 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: al-Mahdi Billah Context triple: [al-Qadi al-Nu'man, servedUnder, al-Mahdi Billah]
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al-Mahdi
Al-Mahdi was the third Abbasid caliph, known for consolidating the dynasty’s power and overseeing a period of political stability and cultural flourishing in the Islamic Golden Age.
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B.
al-Mahdi
al-Mahdi was the religious and political leader who led a late 19th-century Islamic revival and anti-colonial uprising in Sudan, founding the Mahdist state.
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C.
al-Mahdi
al-Mahdi is the messianic title adopted by the Berber religious reformer Ibn Tumart, founder of the Almohad movement in the Maghreb and al-Andalus.
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Muhammad al-Mahdi
Muhammad al-Mahdi is the twelfth and final Imam in Twelver Shia Islam, believed to be in occultation and destined to reappear as the divinely guided savior.
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Al-Siddiq al-Mahdi
Al-Siddiq al-Mahdi was a prominent Sudanese religious and political figure from the influential al-Mahdi family, known for his role in the Ansar movement and as the father of former Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi.
- 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: al-Mahdi Billah Target entity description: al-Mahdi Billah was the first Fatimid caliph and imam, who founded the Fatimid Caliphate in North Africa in the early 10th century.
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A.
al-Mahdi
Al-Mahdi was the third Abbasid caliph, known for consolidating the dynasty’s power and overseeing a period of political stability and cultural flourishing in the Islamic Golden Age.
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B.
al-Mahdi
al-Mahdi was the religious and political leader who led a late 19th-century Islamic revival and anti-colonial uprising in Sudan, founding the Mahdist state.
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C.
al-Mahdi
al-Mahdi is the messianic title adopted by the Berber religious reformer Ibn Tumart, founder of the Almohad movement in the Maghreb and al-Andalus.
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D.
Muhammad al-Mahdi
Muhammad al-Mahdi is the twelfth and final Imam in Twelver Shia Islam, believed to be in occultation and destined to reappear as the divinely guided savior.
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E.
Al-Siddiq al-Mahdi
Al-Siddiq al-Mahdi was a prominent Sudanese religious and political figure from the influential al-Mahdi family, known for his role in the Ansar movement and as the father of former Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.