King of Oudh
E279557
Wajid Ali Shah was the last Nawab of Awadh (Oudh), known for his patronage of arts and culture and for being deposed by the British East India Company in 1856.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King of Oudh canonical | 6 |
| King of Awadh | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2585382 — 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: King of Oudh Context triple: [Wajid Ali Shah, title, King of Oudh]
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A.
Maharaja
Maharaja is a royal title historically used by sovereign Hindu and Sikh rulers in the Indian subcontinent, denoting a "great king" or high-ranking monarch.
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B.
Raza Sahib
Raza Sahib was an 18th-century military leader in southern India who commanded forces during the Siege of Arcot in the Carnatic Wars.
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C.
Nawab of Bihar
The Nawab of Bihar was a hereditary Mughal-era noble title denoting the semi-autonomous ruler of the Bihar region in eastern India.
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D.
Nawab of Orissa
The Nawab of Orissa was a Mughal-era noble title denoting the semi-autonomous Muslim ruler governing the Orissa region in eastern India.
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E.
Gaekwad of Baroda
Gaekwad of Baroda refers to the prominent Maratha royal dynasty that ruled the princely state of Baroda (now Vadodara) in western India, known for its influential governance and patronage of social and educational reforms.
- 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: King of Oudh Target entity description: Wajid Ali Shah was the last Nawab of Awadh (Oudh), known for his patronage of arts and culture and for being deposed by the British East India Company in 1856.
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A.
Maharaja
Maharaja is a royal title historically used by sovereign Hindu and Sikh rulers in the Indian subcontinent, denoting a "great king" or high-ranking monarch.
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B.
Raza Sahib
Raza Sahib was an 18th-century military leader in southern India who commanded forces during the Siege of Arcot in the Carnatic Wars.
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C.
Nawab of Bihar
The Nawab of Bihar was a hereditary Mughal-era noble title denoting the semi-autonomous ruler of the Bihar region in eastern India.
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D.
Nawab of Orissa
The Nawab of Orissa was a Mughal-era noble title denoting the semi-autonomous Muslim ruler governing the Orissa region in eastern India.
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E.
Gaekwad of Baroda
Gaekwad of Baroda refers to the prominent Maratha royal dynasty that ruled the princely state of Baroda (now Vadodara) in western India, known for its influential governance and patronage of social and educational reforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Oudh
ⓘ
Nawab of Awadh ⓘ monarch ⓘ patron of the arts ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lucknow
ⓘ
Metiabruz ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1822-07-30 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Lucknow ⓘ |
| causeOfDeposition | annexation of Awadh under Doctrine of Lapse and misgovernment pretext ⓘ |
| child | Birjis Qadr ⓘ |
| country |
Awadh
ⓘ
linked to:
Oudh
|
| culturalContribution |
development of Lucknow gharana of Kathak
ⓘ
popularization of thumri as a musical form ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1887-09-01 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Calcutta ⓘ |
| deposedBy | British East India Company ⓘ |
| depositionYear | 1856 ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Oudh dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Awadh dynasty
|
| ethnicity |
Mughal
ⓘ
linked to:
Mughal dynasty
|
| father | Nawab Amjad Ali Shah ⓘ |
| fullName |
Abu’l Mansur Mirza Muhammad Wajid Ali Shah
ⓘ
linked to:
Wajid Ali Shah
|
| historicalEra | 19th century ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the last Nawab of Awadh
ⓘ
composition of thumri ⓘ deposition by the British East India Company ⓘ extravagant court culture in Lucknow ⓘ patronage of arts and culture ⓘ promotion of Kathak dance ⓘ |
| language |
Persian
ⓘ
linked to:
Persian language
Urdu ⓘ
linked to:
Urdu language
|
| laterResidence |
Metiabruz, Calcutta
ⓘ
linked to:
Garden Reach, Calcutta
|
| mother | Malka Kishwar ⓘ |
| patronized |
Kathak dancers
ⓘ
architecture in Lucknow ⓘ musicians ⓘ poets ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| predecessor | Muhammad Ali Shah ⓘ |
| region |
North India
ⓘ
linked to:
northern India
|
| reignEnd | 1856 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1847 ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| residence | Qaiserbagh Palace, Lucknow ⓘ |
| spouse | Begum Hazrat Mahal ⓘ |
| successor |
British annexation of Awadh
ⓘ
linked to:
British administration in Awadh
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| title |
King of Oudh
ⓘ
Nawab of Awadh ⓘ
linked to:
Nawab Wazir of Awadh
Padshah-e Awadh ⓘ
linked to:
Wajid Ali Shah
|
| wroteUnderPenName | Akhtarpiya ⓘ |
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: King of Oudh Description of subject: Wajid Ali Shah was the last Nawab of Awadh (Oudh), known for his patronage of arts and culture and for being deposed by the British East India Company in 1856.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.