Bilquis Hyder
E161913
Bilquis Hyder is a central female character in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Shame," embodying themes of power, tradition, and the complexities of Pakistani society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bilquis Hyder canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1392282 — 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: Bilquis Hyder Context triple: [Shame, hasCharacter, Bilquis Hyder]
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A.
Dildar Begum
Dildar Begum was a consort of the Mughal emperor Babur and the mother of his son Hindal Mirza.
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B.
Sufiya Zinobia
Sufiya Zinobia is a central character in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Shame," symbolizing purity, repression, and the violent consequences of societal and familial pressures in a fictionalized Pakistan.
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C.
Lutfunnisa Begum
Lutfunnisa Begum was a consort of Siraj ud-Daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal in the mid-18th century.
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D.
Zulaikha Begum
Zulaikha Begum was the mother of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the prominent Indian freedom fighter, Islamic scholar, and first Minister of Education of independent India.
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E.
Haji Begum
Haji Begum was a Mughal empress and chief consort of Emperor Humayun, best known for overseeing the construction of his grand mausoleum in Delhi.
- 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: Bilquis Hyder Target entity description: Bilquis Hyder is a central female character in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Shame," embodying themes of power, tradition, and the complexities of Pakistani society.
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A.
Dildar Begum
Dildar Begum was a consort of the Mughal emperor Babur and the mother of his son Hindal Mirza.
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B.
Sufiya Zinobia
Sufiya Zinobia is a central character in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Shame," symbolizing purity, repression, and the violent consequences of societal and familial pressures in a fictionalized Pakistan.
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C.
Lutfunnisa Begum
Lutfunnisa Begum was a consort of Siraj ud-Daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal in the mid-18th century.
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D.
Zulaikha Begum
Zulaikha Begum was the mother of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the prominent Indian freedom fighter, Islamic scholar, and first Minister of Education of independent India.
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E.
Haji Begum
Haji Begum was a Mughal empress and chief consort of Emperor Humayun, best known for overseeing the construction of his grand mausoleum in Delhi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
female character
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Shame ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
Pakistani society
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family dynamics ⓘ gender roles ⓘ honor and shame ⓘ patriarchy ⓘ power ⓘ social class ⓘ tradition ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalContext | Pakistan ⓘ |
| creator | Salman Rushdie ⓘ |
| fictionalEthnoCulturalContext | Pakistani ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Shame ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryFunction |
embodies tensions between tradition and modernity
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reflects social and political instability in Pakistan ⓘ symbolizes complexities of female agency in Pakistan ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central character ⓘ |
| partOf | Pakistani literature in English (contextually) ⓘ |
| workAuthorNationalityContext | British-Indian ⓘ |
| workGenre |
magic realism
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political novel ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1983 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bilquis Hyder Description of subject: Bilquis Hyder is a central female character in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Shame," embodying themes of power, tradition, and the complexities of Pakistani society.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.