al-As ibn Wa’il
E691036
Al-As ibn Wa’il was a prominent pre-Islamic Meccan polytheist and tribal notable of the Quraysh, known for his opposition to the Prophet Muhammad and as the father of the famed Muslim commander Amr ibn al-As.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| al-As ibn Wa’il canonical | 2 |
| al-ʿĀṣ ibn Wāʾil | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7547873 — 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-As ibn Wa’il Context triple: [Amr ibn al-As, father, al-As ibn Wa’il]
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A.
Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi
Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi was a Meccan merchant and early associate of the Prophet Muhammad, best known as the husband of the Prophet’s eldest daughter Zaynab and for his eventual conversion to Islam.
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B.
Asad ibn Khuzayma
Asad ibn Khuzayma was an early Arab ancestor and tribal patriarch regarded as the eponymous forefather of the Banu Asad ibn Khuzayma clan.
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C.
Wahshi ibn Harb
Wahshi ibn Harb was an Ethiopian slave and skilled spear-thrower in early Islamic history, known for killing Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib at the Battle of Uhud before later converting to Islam.
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D.
Khuwaylid ibn Asad
Khuwaylid ibn Asad was a respected Meccan nobleman of the Quraysh tribe and the father of Khadijah, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
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E.
Al-Bara ibn Azib
Al-Bara ibn Azib was a young Ansari Companion of the Prophet Muhammad known for his participation in several key battles and for transmitting numerous hadiths.
- 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-As ibn Wa’il Target entity description: Al-As ibn Wa’il was a prominent pre-Islamic Meccan polytheist and tribal notable of the Quraysh, known for his opposition to the Prophet Muhammad and as the father of the famed Muslim commander Amr ibn al-As.
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A.
Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi
Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi was a Meccan merchant and early associate of the Prophet Muhammad, best known as the husband of the Prophet’s eldest daughter Zaynab and for his eventual conversion to Islam.
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B.
Asad ibn Khuzayma
Asad ibn Khuzayma was an early Arab ancestor and tribal patriarch regarded as the eponymous forefather of the Banu Asad ibn Khuzayma clan.
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C.
Wahshi ibn Harb
Wahshi ibn Harb was an Ethiopian slave and skilled spear-thrower in early Islamic history, known for killing Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib at the Battle of Uhud before later converting to Islam.
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D.
Khuwaylid ibn Asad
Khuwaylid ibn Asad was a respected Meccan nobleman of the Quraysh tribe and the father of Khadijah, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
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E.
Al-Bara ibn Azib
Al-Bara ibn Azib was a young Ansari Companion of the Prophet Muhammad known for his participation in several key battles and for transmitting numerous hadiths.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Quraysh tribesman
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pre-Islamic Meccan notable ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Kaaba vicinity in Mecca
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linked to:
Kaaba vicinity (Mecca)
|
| child |
Amr ibn al-As
ⓘ
Hisham ibn al-As ⓘ |
| clan | Banu Sahm ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
linked to:
Muhammad
|
| deathPlace |
Mecca (traditional Islamic reports)
ⓘ
linked to:
Mecca
|
| era | pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Arab
ⓘ
linked to:
Arabs
|
| familyConnection | father of the Muslim commander Amr ibn al-As ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the father of Amr ibn al-As
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opposition to the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Islamic biographical literature (sira)
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early Islamic historical works ⓘ |
| notableEvent | mocked the Prophet Muhammad for lack of surviving sons ⓘ |
| opponentOf |
Prophet Muhammad
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linked to:
Muhammad
|
| position |
Meccan notable
ⓘ
Quraysh leader ⓘ |
| region | Hejaz ⓘ |
| religion | Arab polytheism ⓘ |
| religiousStanceTowardIslam | did not accept Islam ⓘ |
| residence | Mecca ⓘ |
| socialStatus | member of Meccan elite ⓘ |
| sourceType | known primarily from Islamic tradition ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 7th century CE
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late 6th century CE ⓘ |
| tribe | Quraysh ⓘ |
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: al-As ibn Wa’il Description of subject: Al-As ibn Wa’il was a prominent pre-Islamic Meccan polytheist and tribal notable of the Quraysh, known for his opposition to the Prophet Muhammad and as the father of the famed Muslim commander Amr ibn al-As.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: al-As ibn Wa’il