Sharif Abd al-Muttalib
E465039
Sharif Abd al-Muttalib was a historical ruler of Mecca who held the hereditary title of Sharif, serving as the city’s political and religious leader.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abd al-Muttalib ibn Ghalib | 1 |
| Sharif Abd al-Muttalib canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4589312 — 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: Sharif Abd al-Muttalib Context triple: [Sharifate of Mecca, officeHolder, Sharif Abd al-Muttalib]
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A.
Abd al-Muttalib
Abd al-Muttalib was a prominent leader of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca and the paternal grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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B.
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib was a prominent early Muslim and renowned warrior, honored with the title "Lion of God" for his bravery and martyrdom in the Battle of Uhud.
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C.
Al-Ḥijāl ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Al-Ḥijāl ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was one of the sons of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, making him an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad in the early Quraysh clan of Mecca.
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D.
Dirār ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Dirār ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was one of the uncles of the Prophet Muhammad, a lesser-known son of the Quraysh leader ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib in pre-Islamic Mecca.
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E.
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib was a Meccan merchant from the Quraysh tribe best known as the father of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
- 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: Sharif Abd al-Muttalib Target entity description: Sharif Abd al-Muttalib was a historical ruler of Mecca who held the hereditary title of Sharif, serving as the city’s political and religious leader.
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A.
Abd al-Muttalib
Abd al-Muttalib was a prominent leader of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca and the paternal grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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B.
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib was a prominent early Muslim and renowned warrior, honored with the title "Lion of God" for his bravery and martyrdom in the Battle of Uhud.
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C.
Al-Ḥijāl ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Al-Ḥijāl ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was one of the sons of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, making him an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad in the early Quraysh clan of Mecca.
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D.
Dirār ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Dirār ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was one of the uncles of the Prophet Muhammad, a lesser-known son of the Quraysh leader ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib in pre-Islamic Mecca.
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E.
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib was a Meccan merchant from the Quraysh tribe best known as the father of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sharif of Mecca
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historical figure ⓘ ruler ⓘ |
| country | Hejaz ⓘ |
| heritaryTitle | Sharif of Mecca ⓘ |
| notableFor |
combining political and religious authority in Mecca
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ruling Mecca as Sharif ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Sharif of Mecca
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political leader of Mecca ⓘ religious leader of Mecca ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| seatOfPower | Mecca ⓘ |
| title | Sharif ⓘ |
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: Sharif Abd al-Muttalib Description of subject: Sharif Abd al-Muttalib was a historical ruler of Mecca who held the hereditary title of Sharif, serving as the city’s political and religious leader.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sharif Abd al-Muttalib