Qutham ibn Abbas
E268612
Qutham ibn Abbas was a companion and cousin of the Prophet Muhammad who served as a governor in early Islamic history.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Qutham ibn Abbas canonical | 8 |
| Kusam ibn Abbas | 1 |
| Tamam ibn Abbas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2186443 — 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: Qutham ibn Abbas Context triple: [al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, child, Qutham ibn Abbas]
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A.
Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas
Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas was a prominent companion of the Prophet Muhammad and a leading early Muslim general, renowned for commanding the Muslim forces at the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah and helping establish Islamic rule in Iraq.
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B.
Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi
Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi was a Meccan merchant and early associate of the Prophet Muhammad, best known as the husband of the Prophet’s eldest daughter Zaynab and for his eventual conversion to Islam.
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C.
Khuwaylid ibn Asad
Khuwaylid ibn Asad was a respected Meccan nobleman of the Quraysh tribe and the father of Khadijah, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
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D.
Salama ibn Abi Salama
Salama ibn Abi Salama was a son of the Prophet Muhammad’s companion Abu Salama and his wife Umm Salama, who later became one of the Prophet’s wives.
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E.
Fihr ibn Malik
Fihr ibn Malik is traditionally regarded as a prominent forefather of the Quraysh tribe and an early ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad in Arab genealogical tradition.
- 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: Qutham ibn Abbas Target entity description: Qutham ibn Abbas was a companion and cousin of the Prophet Muhammad who served as a governor in early Islamic history.
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A.
Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas
Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas was a prominent companion of the Prophet Muhammad and a leading early Muslim general, renowned for commanding the Muslim forces at the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah and helping establish Islamic rule in Iraq.
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B.
Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi
Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi was a Meccan merchant and early associate of the Prophet Muhammad, best known as the husband of the Prophet’s eldest daughter Zaynab and for his eventual conversion to Islam.
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C.
Khuwaylid ibn Asad
Khuwaylid ibn Asad was a respected Meccan nobleman of the Quraysh tribe and the father of Khadijah, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
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D.
Salama ibn Abi Salama
Salama ibn Abi Salama was a son of the Prophet Muhammad’s companion Abu Salama and his wife Umm Salama, who later became one of the Prophet’s wives.
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E.
Fihr ibn Malik
Fihr ibn Malik is traditionally regarded as a prominent forefather of the Quraysh tribe and an early ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad in Arab genealogical tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Companion of Muhammad
ⓘ
Governor ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
City of Samarqand
ⓘ
linked to:
Samarkand
Early Islamic conquests in Transoxiana ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Samarqand
ⓘ
linked to:
Samarkand
|
| burialSite |
Qutham ibn Abbas Mausoleum
ⓘ
Shah-i-Zinda necropolis ⓘ |
| century | 7th century ⓘ |
| countryOfBurial | Uzbekistan ⓘ |
| cousinOf | Muhammad ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Samarqand
ⓘ
linked to:
Samarkand
|
| era | Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Arab
ⓘ
linked to:
Arabs
|
| familyName | ibn Abbas ⓘ |
| father |
Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
ⓘ
linked to:
al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
|
| givenName | Qutham ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Cousin of the Prophet
ⓘ
Sahabi ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Arabic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Being buried at Shah-i-Zinda in Samarqand
ⓘ
Serving as a governor in early Islamic history ⓘ |
| notableRole | Companion of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of Makkah
ⓘ
Governor of Samarqand ⓘ |
| relative |
Abdullah ibn Abbas
ⓘ
linked to:
Abd Allah ibn Abbas
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| tribe | Banu Hashim ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
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: Qutham ibn Abbas Description of subject: Qutham ibn Abbas was a companion and cousin of the Prophet Muhammad who served as a governor in early Islamic history.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Qutham ibn Abbas
subject linked to:
Maymuna bint al-Harith’s half-sister Umm al-Fadl
subject linked to:
Maymuna bint al-Harith’s half-sister Umm al-Fadl
linked to: Qutham ibn Abbas