Khazraj
E214759
Khazraj was one of the two major Arab tribes of Medina that played a central role in supporting Prophet Muhammad and the early Muslim community after the Hijrah.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Khazraj canonical | 15 |
| Khazraj tribe | 2 |
| Khazraj (in pre-Islamic tribal conflicts) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1917779 — 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: Khazraj Context triple: [Hijrah of Prophet Muhammad, associatedTribe, Khazraj]
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A.
Banu Hilal
Banu Hilal was a large and influential Arab tribal confederation from the Arabian Peninsula, historically significant for its role in the 11th-century migrations into North Africa that reshaped the region’s demographic and cultural landscape.
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B.
Banu Ghatafan
Banu Ghatafan was a powerful tribal confederation of central Arabia that played a significant role in early Islamic-era conflicts and alliances.
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C.
Quraysh
Quraysh was the powerful Arab tribe of Mecca that controlled the Kaaba and into which the Prophet Muhammad was born.
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D.
Banu Mustaliq
Banu Mustaliq was an Arab tribe of the larger Khuza‘a confederation known from early Islamic history, particularly through its association with Juwayriya bint al-Harith and its encounter with the Prophet Muhammad.
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E.
Banu Asad
Banu Asad is an Arab clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca historically known as the clan of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
- 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: Khazraj Target entity description: Khazraj was one of the two major Arab tribes of Medina that played a central role in supporting Prophet Muhammad and the early Muslim community after the Hijrah.
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A.
Banu Hilal
Banu Hilal was a large and influential Arab tribal confederation from the Arabian Peninsula, historically significant for its role in the 11th-century migrations into North Africa that reshaped the region’s demographic and cultural landscape.
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B.
Banu Ghatafan
Banu Ghatafan was a powerful tribal confederation of central Arabia that played a significant role in early Islamic-era conflicts and alliances.
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C.
Quraysh
Quraysh was the powerful Arab tribe of Mecca that controlled the Kaaba and into which the Prophet Muhammad was born.
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D.
Banu Mustaliq
Banu Mustaliq was an Arab tribe of the larger Khuza‘a confederation known from early Islamic history, particularly through its association with Juwayriya bint al-Harith and its encounter with the Prophet Muhammad.
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E.
Banu Asad
Banu Asad is an Arab clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca historically known as the clan of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arab tribe
ⓘ
Medinan tribe ⓘ |
| collectiveTitleAfterIslam |
al-Ansar
ⓘ
linked to:
Ansar
|
| country |
Arabia
ⓘ
linked to:
Arabian Peninsula
|
| ethnicGroup | Arabs ⓘ |
| genealogicalOrigin |
South Arabian Arabs
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Arabia
|
| hadConflictWith |
Aws
ⓘ
Jewish tribes of Medina ⓘ
linked to:
Banu Nadir
|
| historicalPeriod | 7th century CE ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the two major tribes of Medina
ⓘ
early support for the Muslim community ⓘ forming the core of the Ansar ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legacy | symbol of support and hospitality to early Muslims ⓘ |
| locationDuringProphetLifetime | Medina ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | early Islamic historical sources ⓘ |
| migratedFrom | Yemen ⓘ |
| notableClan |
Banu Harithah
ⓘ
linked to:
Banu Salama
Banu Najjar ⓘ Banu Salama ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Abu Ayyub al-Ansari
ⓘ
Hassan ibn Thabit ⓘ Sa'd ibn Mu'adh ⓘ
linked to:
Sa‘d ibn Mu‘adh
Sa'd ibn Ubadah ⓘ Ubayy ibn Ka'b ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Badr
ⓘ
Battle of Uhud ⓘ Battle of the Trench ⓘ Pledge of al-Aqabah ⓘ
linked to:
pledges of Aqaba
|
| politicalRoleInMedina | part of the governing community under the Constitution of Medina ⓘ |
| politicalStatusPreIslam | ruling tribe in Yathrib ⓘ |
| preIslamicReligion | Arab paganism ⓘ |
| region |
Medina
ⓘ
Yathrib ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | companions of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ |
| roleInIslamicHistory |
helpers of the Muhajirun
ⓘ
participants in the Hijrah settlement in Medina ⓘ supporters of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ |
| settledIn |
Yathrib
ⓘ
oasis of Medina ⓘ |
| siblingTribe | Aws ⓘ |
| socialStructure | tribal clans ⓘ |
| supported |
Muhajirun from Mecca
ⓘ
linked to:
Sahaba
Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to:
Muhammad
|
| tribalAncestor | Khazraj ibn Haritha ⓘ |
| tribalConfederation | Ansar ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Khazraj Description of subject: Khazraj was one of the two major Arab tribes of Medina that played a central role in supporting Prophet Muhammad and the early Muslim community after the Hijrah.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Khazraj
linked to: Khazraj
subject linked to:
Azd (in Arab genealogical tradition)
subject linked to:
Azd (in Arab genealogical tradition)
linked to: Khazraj