al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib

E49162

Arab nobleman Banu Hashim member Companion of Muhammad

Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib was an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad and a prominent early supporter of Islam whose descendants founded the Abbasid dynasty.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib	21
al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib	12
al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib canonical	10
Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib	6
Abbas ibn Abd al‑Muttalib	2
Al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib	2
al-‘Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib	1
ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib	1
العباس بن عبد المطلب	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T389534 — 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: al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Context triple: [Abbasid Caliphate, namedAfter, al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib]

A. 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.
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.
C. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib was a prominent Meccan leader of the Banu Hashim clan who served as the guardian and protector of the Prophet Muhammad during his early life and mission.
D. 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.
E. Muhammad
Muhammad is the 7th-century Arab religious, political, and social leader regarded by Muslims as the final prophet and messenger of God in Islam.
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: al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Target entity description: Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib was an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad and a prominent early supporter of Islam whose descendants founded the Abbasid dynasty.

A. 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.
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.
C. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib was a prominent Meccan leader of the Banu Hashim clan who served as the guardian and protector of the Prophet Muhammad during his early life and mission.
D. 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.
E. Muhammad
Muhammad is the 7th-century Arab religious, political, and social leader regarded by Muslims as the final prophet and messenger of God in Islam.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arab nobleman ⓘ Banu Hashim member ⓘ Companion of Muhammad ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	early Islamic expansion ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Hejaz ⓘ
birthPlace	Mecca ⓘ
burialPlace	Al-Baqi Cemetery ⓘ linked to: Jannat al-Baqi cemetery
child	Abd Allah ibn Abbas ⓘ Abd al-Rahman ibn Abbas ⓘ Kathir ibn Abbas ⓘ Ma'bad ibn Abbas ⓘ Qutham ibn Abbas ⓘ Tamam ibn Abbas ⓘ linked to: Qutham ibn Abbas Ubayd Allah ibn Abbas ⓘ al-Fadl ibn Abbas ⓘ
clan	Banu Hashim ⓘ
convertedToIslam	before the Hijra according to some reports ⓘ publicly after the Battle of Badr according to some reports ⓘ
deathPlace	Medina ⓘ
dynasticRole	eponymous ancestor of the Abbasid dynasty ⓘ
ethnicity	Arab ⓘ
father	Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim ⓘ linked to: Abd al-Muttalib
fullName	al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ⓘ linked to: al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
givenName	al-ʿAbbās ⓘ
hasHonorific	al-ʿAbbās ⓘ
historicalPeriod	7th century ⓘ
house	House of Hashim ⓘ
knownFor	being progenitor of the Abbasid caliphs ⓘ kinship with Muhammad ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
loyalty	Muhammad ⓘ
mother	Nutayla bint Janab ⓘ
notableDescendants	Abbasid dynasty ⓘ linked to: Abbasid Caliphate al-Mansur ⓘ linked to: Al-Mansur al-Saffah ⓘ linked to: as-Saffah
occupation	merchant ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of Hunayn ⓘ Conquest of Mecca ⓘ
relative	Muhammad ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
role	early supporter of Muhammad ⓘ protector of Muhammad in Mecca ⓘ
sibling	Abu Lahab ⓘ Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ al-Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ linked to: Al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
spouse	Lubaba bint al-Harith ⓘ linked to: Lubaba al-Kubra bint al-Harith
tribe	Quraysh ⓘ
uncleOf	Muhammad ⓘ

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