Mahmud Hotak
E315831
Mahmud Hotak was an early 18th-century Afghan ruler who led the Hotak dynasty in overthrowing the Safavid Empire and briefly ruling Persia.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahmud Hotak canonical | 31 |
| Ashraf Hotak | 1 |
| Hussain Hotak | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2945011 — 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: Mahmud Hotak Context triple: [Hotak dynasty, notableRuler, Mahmud Hotak]
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A.
Nader Shah
Nader Shah was an 18th-century Persian ruler and military conqueror who founded the Afsharid dynasty and briefly restored Iran as a major regional power through his campaigns across the Middle East and India.
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B.
Timur Shah Durrani
Timur Shah Durrani was an 18th-century Afghan monarch who succeeded Ahmad Shah Durrani and presided over the Durrani Empire during a period of internal fragmentation and regional challenges.
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C.
Ahmad Shah Durrani
Ahmad Shah Durrani was the 18th-century Afghan military leader and founder of the modern state of Afghanistan, who established a vast empire in South and Central Asia.
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D.
Mirwais Hotak
Mirwais Hotak was an Afghan tribal leader and revolutionary who led a successful uprising against Safavid Persian rule and established an independent Afghan state in the early 18th century.
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E.
Mahmud Shah Durrani
Mahmud Shah Durrani was an 18th–19th century Afghan monarch of the Durrani dynasty who ruled parts of present-day Afghanistan during a period of internal strife and regional power struggles.
- 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: Mahmud Hotak Target entity description: Mahmud Hotak was an early 18th-century Afghan ruler who led the Hotak dynasty in overthrowing the Safavid Empire and briefly ruling Persia.
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A.
Nader Shah
Nader Shah was an 18th-century Persian ruler and military conqueror who founded the Afsharid dynasty and briefly restored Iran as a major regional power through his campaigns across the Middle East and India.
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B.
Timur Shah Durrani
Timur Shah Durrani was an 18th-century Afghan monarch who succeeded Ahmad Shah Durrani and presided over the Durrani Empire during a period of internal fragmentation and regional challenges.
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C.
Ahmad Shah Durrani
Ahmad Shah Durrani was the 18th-century Afghan military leader and founder of the modern state of Afghanistan, who established a vast empire in South and Central Asia.
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D.
Mirwais Hotak
Mirwais Hotak was an Afghan tribal leader and revolutionary who led a successful uprising against Safavid Persian rule and established an independent Afghan state in the early 18th century.
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E.
Mahmud Shah Durrani
Mahmud Shah Durrani was an 18th–19th century Afghan monarch of the Durrani dynasty who ruled parts of present-day Afghanistan during a period of internal strife and regional power struggles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Afghan ruler
ⓘ
Pashtun ⓘ monarch ⓘ person ⓘ |
| battle |
Siege of Isfahan
ⓘ
linked to:
Siege of Isfahan (1722)
|
| birthPlace | Kandahar ⓘ |
| capitalDuringReign | Isfahan ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 18th century ⓘ |
| conflict |
Afghan–Safavid War
ⓘ
linked to:
Hotak–Safavid conflict
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Afghanistan ⓘ |
| deathCause | assassination ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Isfahan ⓘ |
| dynasty | Hotak dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Ghilji Pashtuns
ⓘ
linked to:
Pashtuns
|
| familyName |
Hotak
ⓘ
linked to:
Hotaki
|
| father | Mirwais Hotak ⓘ |
| givenName | Mahmud ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
early modern period
ⓘ
linked to:
Early Modern period
|
| house |
Hotak
ⓘ
linked to:
Hotaki
|
| languageSpoken |
Pashto
ⓘ
linked to:
Pashto language
Persian ⓘ
linked to:
Persian language
|
| memberOf | Hotak dynasty ⓘ |
| notableEvent | collapse of Safavid control over much of Persia under his rule ⓘ |
| notableFor |
capturing Isfahan
ⓘ
leading Afghan forces against Safavid Iran ⓘ overthrowing the Safavid dynasty in Persia ⓘ |
| occupation |
military leader
ⓘ
ruler ⓘ |
| overthrew |
Safavid dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Safavid Empire
Sultan Husayn ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of Afghanistan
ⓘ
history of Iran ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Shah of Persia
ⓘ
linked to:
Shah
ruler of the Hotak dynasty ⓘ |
| predecessor | Sultan Husayn ⓘ |
| regionRuled |
Afghan territories
ⓘ
Persia ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1725 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1722 ⓘ |
| relative | Ashraf Hotak ⓘ |
| religion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| shortLivedRule | true ⓘ |
| style | Shah ⓘ |
| successor | Ashraf Hotak ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Mahmud Hotak Description of subject: Mahmud Hotak was an early 18th-century Afghan ruler who led the Hotak dynasty in overthrowing the Safavid Empire and briefly ruling Persia.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mahmud Hotak
linked to: Mahmud Hotak
subject linked to:
Sultan Husayn (as Safavid ruler and opponent)
subject linked to:
Sultan Husayn (as Safavid ruler and opponent)