ud-Daulah
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ud-Daulah is an honorific suffix of Persian origin historically used in South Asia to denote a high-ranking noble or state official, meaning "of the state" or "of the government."
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T531335 — 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: ud-Daulah Context triple: [Siraj ud-Daulah, honorific, ud-Daulah]
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A.
al-Musta'sim
Al-Musta'sim was the last Abbasid caliph in Baghdad, whose defeat and death during the Mongol sack of the city in 1258 marked the end of the classical Abbasid Caliphate.
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B.
Sultan al-Atrash
Sultan al-Atrash was a prominent 20th-century Druze leader and Syrian nationalist revolutionary best known for leading the Great Syrian Revolt against French colonial rule in the 1920s.
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C.
Ismail Pasha
Ismail Pasha was the Khedive of Egypt and Sudan in the late 19th century, known for his ambitious modernization efforts and heavy foreign debts that led to increased European control over Egypt.
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D.
al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah was an 11th-century Fatimid caliph in Egypt whose eccentric rule and deification by some followers made him a central, controversial figure in the origins of the Druze faith.
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E.
Marwan II
Marwan II was the final Umayyad caliph, whose defeat marked the end of Umayyad rule in the Middle East and the rise of the Abbasid Caliphate.
- 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: ud-Daulah Target entity description: ud-Daulah is an honorific suffix of Persian origin historically used in South Asia to denote a high-ranking noble or state official, meaning "of the state" or "of the government."
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A.
al-Musta'sim
Al-Musta'sim was the last Abbasid caliph in Baghdad, whose defeat and death during the Mongol sack of the city in 1258 marked the end of the classical Abbasid Caliphate.
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B.
Sultan al-Atrash
Sultan al-Atrash was a prominent 20th-century Druze leader and Syrian nationalist revolutionary best known for leading the Great Syrian Revolt against French colonial rule in the 1920s.
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C.
Ismail Pasha
Ismail Pasha was the Khedive of Egypt and Sudan in the late 19th century, known for his ambitious modernization efforts and heavy foreign debts that led to increased European control over Egypt.
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D.
al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah was an 11th-century Fatimid caliph in Egypt whose eccentric rule and deification by some followers made him a central, controversial figure in the origins of the Druze faith.
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E.
Marwan II
Marwan II was the final Umayyad caliph, whose defeat marked the end of Umayyad rule in the Middle East and the rise of the Abbasid Caliphate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Persian honorific
ⓘ
honorific suffix ⓘ title of nobility ⓘ |
| combinedWith |
other honorifics
ⓘ
personal names ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Indo-Persian administrative tradition ⓘ |
| denotes |
association with the state
ⓘ
high governmental rank ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalOrigin | Persian language ⓘ |
| hasMeaning |
of the government
ⓘ
of the state ⓘ |
| historicallyUsedBy | Muslim elites in South Asia ⓘ |
| honorificType | compound title element ⓘ |
| linguisticComponent | Persian word "daulah" meaning "state" or "government" ⓘ |
| partOfOnomasticTradition | Persianate court culture ⓘ |
| positionInName | suffix ⓘ |
| script | Perso-Arabic script ⓘ |
| semanticField |
political authority
ⓘ
state service ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfProminence |
Mughal period
ⓘ
linked to:
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
early modern South Asia ⓘ |
| transliterationVariant |
ud-Daula
ⓘ
linked to:
ud-Daulah
ud-Daulah ⓘ ud-Dowla ⓘ
linked to:
ud-Daulah
|
| usedBy |
high-ranking nobles
ⓘ
state officials ⓘ |
| usedInRegion |
British India
ⓘ
Mughal Empire ⓘ
linked to:
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
South Asia ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: ud-Daulah Description of subject: ud-Daulah is an honorific suffix of Persian origin historically used in South Asia to denote a high-ranking noble or state official, meaning "of the state" or "of the government."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: ud-Daulah
linked to: ud-Daulah