Masud of Ghazni
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Masud of Ghazni was an 11th-century Ghaznavid sultan of the Islamic world, known as a patron of science and scholarship in whose honor al-Biruni dedicated his encyclopedic work "Kitab al-Qanun al-Masudi."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Masud of Ghazni canonical | 1 |
| Sultan Masud of Ghazni | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17387269 — 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: Masud of Ghazni Context triple: [Kitab al-Qanun al-Masudi, namedAfter, Masud of Ghazni]
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A.
Mawdud of Ghazni
Mawdud of Ghazni was an 11th-century ruler of the Ghaznavid Empire known for his efforts to maintain and defend the dynasty’s territories in the face of internal strife and external threats.
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B.
Ismail of Ghazni
Ismail of Ghazni was a short-reigning 10th-century ruler of the Ghaznavid dynasty who briefly succeeded his father before being deposed by his more famous brother Mahmud of Ghazni.
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C.
Mahmud of Ghazni
Mahmud of Ghazni was an 11th-century Turkic ruler and military conqueror who transformed Ghazni into a powerful Islamic empire and a major center of Persian culture.
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D.
Ibrahim of Ghazni
Ibrahim of Ghazni was an 11th-century sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire known for restoring its stability, promoting Islamic scholarship, and pursuing diplomatic and military campaigns in the Indian subcontinent.
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E.
Muhammad of Ghazni
Muhammad of Ghazni was an 11th-century Ghaznavid ruler who briefly held the sultanate during a turbulent succession struggle within the dynasty.
- 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: Masud of Ghazni Target entity description: Masud of Ghazni was an 11th-century Ghaznavid sultan of the Islamic world, known as a patron of science and scholarship in whose honor al-Biruni dedicated his encyclopedic work "Kitab al-Qanun al-Masudi."
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A.
Mawdud of Ghazni
Mawdud of Ghazni was an 11th-century ruler of the Ghaznavid Empire known for his efforts to maintain and defend the dynasty’s territories in the face of internal strife and external threats.
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B.
Ismail of Ghazni
Ismail of Ghazni was a short-reigning 10th-century ruler of the Ghaznavid dynasty who briefly succeeded his father before being deposed by his more famous brother Mahmud of Ghazni.
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C.
Mahmud of Ghazni
Mahmud of Ghazni was an 11th-century Turkic ruler and military conqueror who transformed Ghazni into a powerful Islamic empire and a major center of Persian culture.
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D.
Ibrahim of Ghazni
Ibrahim of Ghazni was an 11th-century sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire known for restoring its stability, promoting Islamic scholarship, and pursuing diplomatic and military campaigns in the Indian subcontinent.
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E.
Muhammad of Ghazni
Muhammad of Ghazni was an 11th-century Ghaznavid ruler who briefly held the sultanate during a turbulent succession struggle within the dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Masud of Ghazni