Salma bint Amr
E227439
Salma bint Amr was an Arab woman of the Banu Najjar clan in Yathrib (Medina) known primarily as the mother of Abd al-Muttalib, the grandfather of the Prophet Muhammad.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Salma bint Amr canonical | 2 |
| سلمى بنت عمرو الخزرجية | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1378794 — 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: Salma bint Amr Context triple: [Abd al-Muttalib, mother, Salma bint Amr]
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A.
Ramla bint Abi Sufyan
Ramla bint Abi Sufyan, better known as Umm Habiba, was a wife of the Prophet Muhammad and thus one of the Mothers of the Believers in early Islamic history.
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B.
Juwayriya bint al-Harith
Juwayriya bint al-Harith was a 7th-century Arab woman from the Banu Mustaliq tribe who became one of the Prophet Muhammad’s wives and is regarded as a Mother of the Believers in Islamic tradition.
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C.
Asma bint Umais
Asma bint Umais was a notable early Muslim woman and Companion of the Prophet Muhammad, known for her piety, multiple marriages to prominent companions, and participation in the early migrations of Islam.
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D.
Safiyya bint Huyayy
Safiyya bint Huyayy was a Jewish-born noblewoman from the Banu Nadir tribe who became one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad and is regarded as a Mother of the Believers in Islam.
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E.
Aminah bint Wahb
Aminah bint Wahb was the mother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a member of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca.
- 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: Salma bint Amr Target entity description: Salma bint Amr was an Arab woman of the Banu Najjar clan in Yathrib (Medina) known primarily as the mother of Abd al-Muttalib, the grandfather of the Prophet Muhammad.
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A.
Ramla bint Abi Sufyan
Ramla bint Abi Sufyan, better known as Umm Habiba, was a wife of the Prophet Muhammad and thus one of the Mothers of the Believers in early Islamic history.
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B.
Juwayriya bint al-Harith
Juwayriya bint al-Harith was a 7th-century Arab woman from the Banu Mustaliq tribe who became one of the Prophet Muhammad’s wives and is regarded as a Mother of the Believers in Islamic tradition.
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C.
Asma bint Umais
Asma bint Umais was a notable early Muslim woman and Companion of the Prophet Muhammad, known for her piety, multiple marriages to prominent companions, and participation in the early migrations of Islam.
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D.
Safiyya bint Huyayy
Safiyya bint Huyayy was a Jewish-born noblewoman from the Banu Nadir tribe who became one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad and is regarded as a Mother of the Believers in Islam.
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E.
Aminah bint Wahb
Aminah bint Wahb was the mother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a member of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arab woman
ⓘ
historical person ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Medina’s early Arab clans ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Yathrib ⓘ |
| clan | Banu Najjar ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Yathrib ⓘ |
| era | 6th century CE (approximate) ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Arab ⓘ |
| family |
Banu Najjar of the Ansar
ⓘ
linked to:
Banu Najjar
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| grandmotherOf |
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib
ⓘ
Aminah bint Wahb’s husband Abdullah ⓘ
linked to:
Wahb ibn Abd Manaf
|
| greatGrandmotherOf |
Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
linked to:
Muhammad
|
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| marriageLocation | Yathrib ⓘ |
| motherOf | Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being an ancestor of Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
being the mother of Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ |
| placeInGenealogy | maternal link between Banu Najjar and Prophet Muhammad’s lineage ⓘ |
| religion | paganism ⓘ |
| residence |
Medina
ⓘ
Yathrib ⓘ |
| spouse | Hashim ibn Abd Manaf ⓘ |
| timePeriod | pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ |
| tribe | Khazraj ⓘ |
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: Salma bint Amr Description of subject: Salma bint Amr was an Arab woman of the Banu Najjar clan in Yathrib (Medina) known primarily as the mother of Abd al-Muttalib, the grandfather of the Prophet Muhammad.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Salma bint Amr