Alauddin Khalji
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Alauddin Khalji was a powerful 13th–14th century Sultan of Delhi known for his military conquests, administrative and economic reforms, and successful resistance against Mongol invasions.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alauddin Khalji canonical | 38 |
| Ala-ud-din Khilji | 1 |
| Alauddin Khilji | 1 |
| reign of Alauddin Khalji | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T547317 — 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: Alauddin Khalji Context triple: [Delhi Sultanate, notableRuler, Alauddin Khalji]
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A.
Iltutmish
Iltutmish was a prominent 13th-century ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, known for consolidating its power, expanding its territories, and establishing Delhi as a major political center in northern India.
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B.
Qutb al-Din Aibak
Qutb al-Din Aibak was a former slave-commander who founded the Mamluk (Slave) dynasty in northern India and initiated the construction of the Qutub Minar in Delhi.
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C.
Humayun
Humayun was the second emperor of the Mughal Empire, known for temporarily losing his kingdom to Afghan rivals before regaining it and paving the way for the expansive rule of his son Akbar.
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D.
Ibrahim Lodi
Ibrahim Lodi was the last Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate’s Lodi dynasty, whose defeat by Babur at the First Battle of Panipat in 1526 marked the beginning of Mughal rule in India.
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E.
Dalbandin
Dalbandin is a small town in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, known as an important stop along the Quetta–Taftan highway and for its proximity to the Chagai nuclear testing sites.
- 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: Alauddin Khalji Target entity description: Alauddin Khalji was a powerful 13th–14th century Sultan of Delhi known for his military conquests, administrative and economic reforms, and successful resistance against Mongol invasions.
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A.
Iltutmish
Iltutmish was a prominent 13th-century ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, known for consolidating its power, expanding its territories, and establishing Delhi as a major political center in northern India.
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B.
Qutb al-Din Aibak
Qutb al-Din Aibak was a former slave-commander who founded the Mamluk (Slave) dynasty in northern India and initiated the construction of the Qutub Minar in Delhi.
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C.
Humayun
Humayun was the second emperor of the Mughal Empire, known for temporarily losing his kingdom to Afghan rivals before regaining it and paving the way for the expansive rule of his son Akbar.
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D.
Ibrahim Lodi
Ibrahim Lodi was the last Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate’s Lodi dynasty, whose defeat by Babur at the First Battle of Panipat in 1526 marked the beginning of Mughal rule in India.
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E.
Dalbandin
Dalbandin is a small town in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, known as an important stop along the Quetta–Taftan highway and for its proximity to the Chagai nuclear testing sites.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sultan of Delhi
ⓘ
member of the Khalji dynasty ⓘ military leader ⓘ ruler ⓘ |
| capital | Delhi ⓘ |
| century |
13th century
ⓘ
14th century ⓘ |
| countryRuled | Delhi Sultanate ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1316 ⓘ |
| dynasty | Khalji dynasty ⓘ |
| fullName | Alauddin Khalji ⓘ |
| implementedPolicy |
branding of horses (dagh)
ⓘ
cash payment to soldiers ⓘ confiscation of large private estates ⓘ descriptive rolls of soldiers (chehra) ⓘ price control system in Delhi markets ⓘ regulation of merchants and traders ⓘ state control over grain trade ⓘ strict revenue assessment ⓘ |
| knownFor |
administrative reforms
ⓘ
campaigns in the Deccan ⓘ conquest of Chittor ⓘ conquest of Gujarat ⓘ conquest of Ranthambore ⓘ economic reforms ⓘ expansion of the Delhi Sultanate ⓘ market regulation ⓘ military conquests ⓘ price control measures ⓘ resistance to Mongol invasions ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt | Persian ⓘ |
| militaryCampaign |
expeditions against the Hoysalas
ⓘ
expeditions against the Kakatiyas of Warangal ⓘ expeditions against the Pandyas ⓘ expeditions against the Yadavas of Devagiri ⓘ invasion of Gujarat ⓘ siege of Chittor ⓘ
linked to:
Siege of Chittorgarh
siege of Ranthambore ⓘ |
| notableBattle | defence against Mongol invasions of Delhi Sultanate ⓘ |
| opponent | Mongol invaders ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Sultan of Delhi ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Jalaluddin Khalji
ⓘ
linked to:
Jalal-ud-din Khalji
|
| region |
Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
linked to:
South Asia
|
| reignEnd | 1316 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1296 ⓘ |
| relative |
Jalaluddin Khalji
ⓘ
linked to:
Jalal-ud-din Khalji
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| spouse | Malika-i-Jahan ⓘ |
| successor |
Mubarak Shah Khalji
ⓘ
Shihabuddin Omar ⓘ |
| title | Sultan ⓘ |
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: Alauddin Khalji Description of subject: Alauddin Khalji was a powerful 13th–14th century Sultan of Delhi known for his military conquests, administrative and economic reforms, and successful resistance against Mongol invasions.
Referenced by (41)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Siege of Chittorgarh
linked to: Alauddin Khalji
subject linked to:
Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque in Delhi
subject linked to:
siege of Ranthambore
subject linked to:
siege of Ranthambore
linked to: Alauddin Khalji