Dinar
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The Dinar is a historic gold coin and monetary unit widely used across the Islamic world, originating as the standard currency of early Muslim empires.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| dinar | 7 |
| Dinar canonical | 3 |
| Islamic dinar | 2 |
| Abbasid dinar | 1 |
| Saadi dinar | 1 |
| dinar (historical currency unit) | 1 |
| gold dinar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T341465 — 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: Dinar Context triple: [Umayyad Caliphate, currency, Dinar]
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A.
Khorumi
Khorumi is a dynamic Georgian war dance characterized by powerful, martial movements and formations that depict battle scenes and military pride.
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B.
Tunisian dinar
The Tunisian dinar is the official monetary unit of Tunisia, subdivided into 1,000 millimes and used for all domestic financial transactions.
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C.
Iraqi dinar
The Iraqi dinar is the official fiat currency of Iraq, issued by the Central Bank of Iraq and subdivided into 1,000 fils.
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D.
Algerian dinar
The Algerian dinar is the official monetary unit of Algeria, issued and regulated by the Bank of Algeria.
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E.
Libyan dinar
The Libyan dinar is the official monetary unit of Libya, used for everyday transactions and economic activities throughout the country.
- 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: Dinar Target entity description: The Dinar is a historic gold coin and monetary unit widely used across the Islamic world, originating as the standard currency of early Muslim empires.
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A.
Khorumi
Khorumi is a dynamic Georgian war dance characterized by powerful, martial movements and formations that depict battle scenes and military pride.
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B.
Tunisian dinar
The Tunisian dinar is the official monetary unit of Tunisia, subdivided into 1,000 millimes and used for all domestic financial transactions.
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C.
Iraqi dinar
The Iraqi dinar is the official fiat currency of Iraq, issued by the Central Bank of Iraq and subdivided into 1,000 fils.
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D.
Algerian dinar
The Algerian dinar is the official monetary unit of Algeria, issued and regulated by the Bank of Algeria.
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E.
Libyan dinar
The Libyan dinar is the official monetary unit of Libya, used for everyday transactions and economic activities throughout the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic monetary unit
ⓘ
gold coin ⓘ historical currency ⓘ |
| authorityNamedOn | reigning caliph ⓘ |
| category |
Islamic numismatics
ⓘ
medieval currencies ⓘ |
| circulatedAlongside |
copper fals
ⓘ
silver dirham ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Dirham ⓘ |
| currencyOf | early Islamic state ⓘ |
| denominationOf | Islamic coinage ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Latin denarius ⓘ |
| function |
medium of exchange
ⓘ
store of value ⓘ unit of account ⓘ |
| historicalInfluenceOn |
later Islamic coinage
ⓘ
modern currencies named dinar ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | standard high-value coin in early Islamic economy ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Byzantine solidus ⓘ |
| introducedInCentury |
7th century
ⓘ
late 7th century ⓘ |
| languageOfLegends | Arabic ⓘ |
| material | gold ⓘ |
| metalComparedWith | silver dirham ⓘ |
| monetaryStandard | gold standard in early Islamic period ⓘ |
| region |
Iberian Peninsula under Islamic rule
ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ North Africa ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Islamic gold dinar
ⓘ
modern dinar currencies ⓘ |
| religiousInscription |
Islamic declarations of faith
ⓘ
Quranic verses ⓘ |
| scriptUsed | Arabic script ⓘ |
| shape | round coin ⓘ |
| standardizedUnder |
Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
ⓘ
linked to:
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
|
| subdivisionOf | Islamic monetary system ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfProminence | 7th to 13th centuries ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Islamic states
ⓘ
linked to:
Dar al-Islam
Muslim merchants ⓘ |
| usedFor |
long-distance trade
ⓘ
payment of soldiers ⓘ state revenues ⓘ tax payments ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Abbasid Caliphate
ⓘ
Islamic world ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ early Muslim empires ⓘ various Islamic caliphates ⓘ |
| weightStandard | approximately 4.25 grams of gold ⓘ |
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: Dinar Description of subject: The Dinar is a historic gold coin and monetary unit widely used across the Islamic world, originating as the standard currency of early Muslim empires.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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