Eagle of Saladin
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The Eagle of Saladin is a heraldic symbol widely used in the Arab world, representing Arab nationalism and historical legacy, and appearing on several national coats of arms and flags.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eagle of Saladin canonical | 11 |
| golden Eagle of Saladin | 3 |
| eagle of Saladin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T336478 — 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: Eagle of Saladin Context triple: [Emblem of Palestine, depicts, Eagle of Saladin]
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A.
The Zahir
The Zahir is a philosophical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores themes of obsession, love, and spiritual self-discovery through the story of a writer searching for his missing wife.
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B.
The Eagle
The Eagle is a 1925 silent adventure film starring Rudolph Valentino as a dashing Russian outlaw hero.
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C.
Kingdom of Heaven
The Kingdom of Heaven is a central biblical concept referring to God's sovereign, redemptive rule over creation, especially as proclaimed and inaugurated by Jesus in the New Testament.
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D.
Books of Kings
The Books of Kings are historical and theological narratives in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that recount the reigns of Israel’s and Judah’s monarchs, the role of prophets, and the spiritual decline leading to exile.
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E.
Flight into Egypt
The Flight into Egypt is a biblical event in which Joseph, Mary, and the infant Jesus flee to Egypt to escape King Herod’s massacre, a scene frequently depicted in Christian art and 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: Eagle of Saladin Target entity description: The Eagle of Saladin is a heraldic symbol widely used in the Arab world, representing Arab nationalism and historical legacy, and appearing on several national coats of arms and flags.
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A.
The Zahir
The Zahir is a philosophical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores themes of obsession, love, and spiritual self-discovery through the story of a writer searching for his missing wife.
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B.
The Eagle
The Eagle is a 1925 silent adventure film starring Rudolph Valentino as a dashing Russian outlaw hero.
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C.
Kingdom of Heaven
The Kingdom of Heaven is a central biblical concept referring to God's sovereign, redemptive rule over creation, especially as proclaimed and inaugurated by Jesus in the New Testament.
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D.
Books of Kings
The Books of Kings are historical and theological narratives in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that recount the reigns of Israel’s and Judah’s monarchs, the role of prophets, and the spiritual decline leading to exile.
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E.
Flight into Egypt
The Flight into Egypt is a biblical event in which Joseph, Mary, and the infant Jesus flee to Egypt to escape King Herod’s massacre, a scene frequently depicted in Christian art and tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heraldic symbol
ⓘ
national emblem ⓘ symbol of Arab nationalism ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Arab nationalism
ⓘ
Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ Pan-Arabism ⓘ
linked to:
Arab nationalism
Saladin ⓘ |
| category |
heraldic eagles
ⓘ
national symbols of Arab countries ⓘ |
| color |
black (in some versions)
ⓘ
gold ⓘ |
| continentOfUse |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ |
| depicts | eagle ⓘ |
| feature |
scroll bearing the state name
ⓘ
shield on its chest ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin | medieval Islamic heraldry ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Saladin’s reputed personal standard ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Saladin ⓘ |
| orientation | displayed affronté (facing forward) ⓘ |
| regionOfUse | Arab world ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Arab heritage
ⓘ
Arab nationalism ⓘ Arab unity ⓘ historical legacy of Saladin ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfProminence |
20th century
ⓘ
21st century ⓘ |
| usedAs |
national coat of arms element
ⓘ
state emblem ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Arab states
ⓘ
linked to:
Arab world
Egypt ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Palestine ⓘ
linked to:
State of Palestine
Yemen ⓘ |
| usedIn |
coat of arms of Egypt
ⓘ
coat of arms of Iraq ⓘ
linked to:
Coat of arms of Iraq
coat of arms of Palestine ⓘ
linked to:
Emblem of Palestine
coat of arms of Yemen ⓘ
linked to:
Coat of arms of Yemen
coat of arms of the State of Palestine ⓘ
linked to:
Emblem of Palestine
emblem of Yemen ⓘ emblem of the Arab Republic of Egypt ⓘ emblem of the State of Palestine ⓘ
linked to:
Emblem of Palestine
emblem of the United Arab Republic ⓘ flag of Egypt ⓘ flag of Iraq (historical variants) ⓘ flag of the United Arab Republic ⓘ
linked to:
flag of Egypt
|
| writingSystemOnScroll | Arabic script ⓘ |
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: Eagle of Saladin Description of subject: The Eagle of Saladin is a heraldic symbol widely used in the Arab world, representing Arab nationalism and historical legacy, and appearing on several national coats of arms and flags.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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