Ramzi bin al-Shibh
E801578
Ramzi bin al-Shibh is a Yemeni al-Qaeda member regarded as a key facilitator and coordinator of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ramzi bin al-Shibh canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9130458 — 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: Ramzi bin al-Shibh Context triple: [Mohamed Atta, workedWith, Ramzi bin al-Shibh]
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Ziyad ibn Abih
Ziyad ibn Abih was a prominent 7th-century statesman and governor of Basra and Kufa under the early Umayyad Caliphate, known for his administrative reforms and consolidation of Umayyad authority in Iraq.
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B.
Jubayr ibn Mutim
Jubayr ibn Mutim was a prominent Qurayshi nobleman and early opponent-turned-companion of the Prophet Muhammad, known for his role in Meccan politics and later conversion to Islam.
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C.
Walid ibn al-Mughirah
Walid ibn al-Mughirah was a wealthy and influential pre-Islamic Meccan leader and staunch opponent of the Prophet Muhammad, known for his eloquence and status among the Quraysh.
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D.
Ziyad ibn Salih
Ziyad ibn Salih was an 8th-century Arab general of the Abbasid Caliphate, best known for leading Muslim forces to victory against the Tang dynasty in Central Asia at the Battle of Talas.
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E.
Sa'id ibn al-As
Sa'id ibn al-As was a 7th-century Umayyad statesman and military commander who served as governor of Kufa under the Rashidun caliphs.
- 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: Ramzi bin al-Shibh Target entity description: Ramzi bin al-Shibh is a Yemeni al-Qaeda member regarded as a key facilitator and coordinator of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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A.
Ziyad ibn Abih
Ziyad ibn Abih was a prominent 7th-century statesman and governor of Basra and Kufa under the early Umayyad Caliphate, known for his administrative reforms and consolidation of Umayyad authority in Iraq.
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B.
Jubayr ibn Mutim
Jubayr ibn Mutim was a prominent Qurayshi nobleman and early opponent-turned-companion of the Prophet Muhammad, known for his role in Meccan politics and later conversion to Islam.
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C.
Walid ibn al-Mughirah
Walid ibn al-Mughirah was a wealthy and influential pre-Islamic Meccan leader and staunch opponent of the Prophet Muhammad, known for his eloquence and status among the Quraysh.
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D.
Ziyad ibn Salih
Ziyad ibn Salih was an 8th-century Arab general of the Abbasid Caliphate, best known for leading Muslim forces to victory against the Tang dynasty in Central Asia at the Battle of Talas.
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E.
Sa'id ibn al-As
Sa'id ibn al-As was a 7th-century Umayyad statesman and military commander who served as governor of Kufa under the Rashidun caliphs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
al-Qaeda member
ⓘ
convicted terrorist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| alias |
Abu Ubaidah
ⓘ
Ramzi Binalshibh ⓘ
linked to:
Ramzi Mohammed Abdullah bin al-Shibh
|
| allegation |
helped coordinate logistics for the September 11 hijackers
ⓘ
participated in operational planning meetings for the September 11 attacks ⓘ served as liaison between hijackers and al-Qaeda leadership ⓘ transferred funds to September 11 hijackers ⓘ |
| associateOf |
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
ⓘ
Mohamed Atta ⓘ Osama bin Laden ⓘ |
| attemptedActivity | attempted to obtain U.S. visa multiple times before 2001 ⓘ |
| capturedBy |
Pakistani authorities
ⓘ
United States authorities ⓘ
linked to:
United States federal law enforcement
|
| capturedIn |
Karachi, Pakistan
ⓘ
linked to:
Karachi
|
| capturedOn | 2002-09-11 ⓘ |
| charge |
terrorism
ⓘ
war crimes related to the September 11 attacks ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Yemen ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1972-05-01 ⓘ |
| detainedAt |
CIA black sites
ⓘ
Guantanamo Bay detention camp ⓘ
linked to:
Guantánamo
|
| detentionStatus | held as high-value detainee by the United States ⓘ |
| education | lived and studied in Germany in the 1990s ⓘ |
| familyName |
bin al-Shibh
ⓘ
linked to:
Ramzi Mohammed Abdullah bin al-Shibh
|
| fullName | Ramzi Mohammed Abdullah bin al-Shibh ⓘ |
| givenName | Ramzi ⓘ |
| ideology | jihadist ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
September 11 attacks
ⓘ
terrorist activities in Germany ⓘ |
| legalStatus | charged before U.S. military commission ⓘ |
| memberOf | al-Qaeda ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in planning the September 11 attacks ⓘ |
| occupation |
al-Qaeda facilitator
ⓘ
terrorist operative ⓘ |
| onMostWantedList |
FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list
ⓘ
linked to:
FBI Most Wanted Terrorists
|
| partOf | Hamburg cell ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Ghayl Bawazir, Hadhramaut Governorate, Yemen ⓘ |
| plannedWith | Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| residence |
Hamburg, Germany
ⓘ
linked to:
Hamburg
|
| role |
coordinator of the September 11 hijackers
ⓘ
key facilitator of the September 11 attacks ⓘ |
| sanctionedBy |
United Nations Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions List
ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee
|
| spokeLanguage |
Arabic
ⓘ
English ⓘ German ⓘ |
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: Ramzi bin al-Shibh Description of subject: Ramzi bin al-Shibh is a Yemeni al-Qaeda member regarded as a key facilitator and coordinator of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.