Ali bin Muhammad, Sharif of Mecca
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Ali bin Muhammad, Sharif of Mecca, was a 19th-century Hashemite ruler of the holy city whose lineage formed part of the ancestral line of the later King Abdullah I of Jordan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ali bin Muhammad, Sharif of Mecca canonical | 1 |
| Ali ibn Husayn, Sharif of Mecca | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19608147 — 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: Ali bin Muhammad, Sharif of Mecca Context triple: [Abdullah bin al-Husayn, grandfather, Ali bin Muhammad, Sharif of Mecca]
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Husayn ibn Ali, Sharif of Mecca
Husayn ibn Ali, Sharif of Mecca, was the final ruling member of the Banu Qatadah dynasty that long governed the holy city of Mecca.
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Sharif of Mecca
The Sharif of Mecca was the hereditary ruler and guardian of Islam’s holiest city, traditionally drawn from the Hashemite lineage claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad.
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Husayn ibn Ali, King of Hejaz
Husayn ibn Ali, King of Hejaz, was an early 20th-century Arab leader who spearheaded the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire and briefly ruled the Hejaz before being deposed by Ibn Saud.
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Ali bin Hussein, King of Hejaz
Ali bin Hussein, King of Hejaz, was a Hashemite monarch and son of Sharif Hussein who briefly ruled the Hejaz after World War I and played a role in the Arab nationalist movement that emerged from the Arab Revolt.
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Sharif ibn Ali
Sharif ibn Ali was a 17th-century Alaouite ruler of Tafilalt in Morocco and the progenitor of the dynasty that produced several Moroccan sultans, including Moulay Ismail.
- 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: Ali bin Muhammad, Sharif of Mecca Target entity description: Ali bin Muhammad, Sharif of Mecca, was a 19th-century Hashemite ruler of the holy city whose lineage formed part of the ancestral line of the later King Abdullah I of Jordan.
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A.
Husayn ibn Ali, Sharif of Mecca
Husayn ibn Ali, Sharif of Mecca, was the final ruling member of the Banu Qatadah dynasty that long governed the holy city of Mecca.
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B.
Sharif of Mecca
The Sharif of Mecca was the hereditary ruler and guardian of Islam’s holiest city, traditionally drawn from the Hashemite lineage claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad.
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C.
Husayn ibn Ali, King of Hejaz
Husayn ibn Ali, King of Hejaz, was an early 20th-century Arab leader who spearheaded the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire and briefly ruled the Hejaz before being deposed by Ibn Saud.
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D.
Ali bin Hussein, King of Hejaz
Ali bin Hussein, King of Hejaz, was a Hashemite monarch and son of Sharif Hussein who briefly ruled the Hejaz after World War I and played a role in the Arab nationalist movement that emerged from the Arab Revolt.
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E.
Sharif ibn Ali
Sharif ibn Ali was a 17th-century Alaouite ruler of Tafilalt in Morocco and the progenitor of the dynasty that produced several Moroccan sultans, including Moulay Ismail.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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