Banu Salama
E775234
Banu Salama was a prominent clan within the Khazraj tribe of Medina during the early Islamic period.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Banu Salama canonical | 3 |
| Banu Harithah | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8989825 — 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: Banu Salama Context triple: [Khazraj, notableClan, Banu Salama]
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A.
Banu Abd al-Ashhal
Banu Abd al-Ashhal was a prominent clan of the Ansar in Medina during the time of the Prophet Muhammad, known for its influential role in early Islamic history.
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B.
Banu Abd al-Dar
Banu Abd al-Dar was a prominent clan of the Quraysh tribe in pre-Islamic and early Islamic Mecca, historically known for holding key custodial and ceremonial responsibilities related to the Kaaba.
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C.
Banu Jusham
Banu Jusham was an Arab subtribe historically associated with the larger Banu Hilal tribal confederation, known from the early Islamic and medieval periods.
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D.
Banu Abd Shams
Banu Abd Shams was a prominent clan of the Quraysh tribe in pre-Islamic and early Islamic Mecca, known for its influential leaders and political power.
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E.
Banu Asad
Banu Asad is an Arab clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca historically known as the clan of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the first wife of the 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: Banu Salama Target entity description: Banu Salama was a prominent clan within the Khazraj tribe of Medina during the early Islamic period.
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A.
Banu Abd al-Ashhal
Banu Abd al-Ashhal was a prominent clan of the Ansar in Medina during the time of the Prophet Muhammad, known for its influential role in early Islamic history.
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B.
Banu Abd al-Dar
Banu Abd al-Dar was a prominent clan of the Quraysh tribe in pre-Islamic and early Islamic Mecca, historically known for holding key custodial and ceremonial responsibilities related to the Kaaba.
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C.
Banu Jusham
Banu Jusham was an Arab subtribe historically associated with the larger Banu Hilal tribal confederation, known from the early Islamic and medieval periods.
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D.
Banu Abd Shams
Banu Abd Shams was a prominent clan of the Quraysh tribe in pre-Islamic and early Islamic Mecca, known for its influential leaders and political power.
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E.
Banu Asad
Banu Asad is an Arab clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca historically known as the clan of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arab clan
ⓘ
Medinan clan ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ansar of Medina
ⓘ
linked to:
Ansar
|
| associatedWithEvent | early Islamic community in Medina ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Arab
ⓘ
linked to:
Arabs
|
| geopoliticalContext | pre-Islamic and early Islamic Arabia ⓘ |
| historicalRole | supporters of Prophet Muhammad in Medina ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arabian Peninsula
ⓘ
Hejaz ⓘ Medina ⓘ Yathrib ⓘ |
| parentTribe | Khazraj ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ansar
ⓘ
Khazraj ⓘ |
| politicalCenter | Medina ⓘ |
| region |
Hijaz
ⓘ
linked to:
Hejaz
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousConversion | among early Medinan converts to Islam ⓘ |
| settlementType | urban clan of Medina ⓘ |
| socialStatus | prominent clan within Khazraj ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
7th century
ⓘ
early Islamic period ⓘ |
| tribalConfederation | Ansar ⓘ |
| typeOf | sub-tribe of Khazraj ⓘ |
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: Banu Salama Description of subject: Banu Salama was a prominent clan within the Khazraj tribe of Medina during the early Islamic period.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Banu Salama