Saladin
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Saladin was the 12th-century Muslim sultan and military leader who founded the Ayyubid dynasty and is best known for recapturing Jerusalem from the Crusaders.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saladin canonical | 55 |
| Najm ad-Din Ayyub | 2 |
| Najm al-Din Ayyub | 1 |
| Saladin as a chivalrous leader | 1 |
| Saladin is Muslim | 1 |
| Saladin the Victorious | 1 |
| Salah ad-Din | 1 |
| Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub | 1 |
| Salah al-Din | 1 |
| Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T640837 — 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: Saladin Context triple: [Al-Aqsa Mosque, associatedWith, Saladin]
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A.
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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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.
Omar Pasha
Omar Pasha was an Ottoman field marshal of Croatian origin who became one of the empire’s most prominent military leaders in the mid-19th century, particularly for his campaigns against Russia.
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D.
ud-Daulah
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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E.
Mustafa
Mustafa is the given birth name of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey.
- 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: Saladin Target entity description: Saladin was the 12th-century Muslim sultan and military leader who founded the Ayyubid dynasty and is best known for recapturing Jerusalem from the Crusaders.
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A.
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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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.
Omar Pasha
Omar Pasha was an Ottoman field marshal of Croatian origin who became one of the empire’s most prominent military leaders in the mid-19th century, particularly for his campaigns against Russia.
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D.
ud-Daulah
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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E.
Mustafa
Mustafa is the given birth name of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Muslim ruler
ⓘ
founder of dynasty ⓘ historical figure ⓘ military leader ⓘ sultan ⓘ |
| alliance |
Zengid dynasty (earlier in career)
ⓘ
linked to:
Zengid dynasty
|
| birthPlace |
Tikrit
ⓘ
Tikrit, Iraq ⓘ
linked to:
Tikrit
|
| birthYear |
1137
ⓘ
1138 ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Umayyad Mosque, Damascus
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Mosque of Damascus
|
| capitalCity |
Cairo
ⓘ
Damascus ⓘ |
| conflict |
Crusades
ⓘ
Third Crusade ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Damascus
ⓘ
Damascus, Syria ⓘ
linked to:
Damascus
|
| deathYear | 1193 ⓘ |
| dynastyFounded | Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Kurdish ⓘ |
| father |
Najm ad-Din Ayyub
ⓘ
linked to:
Saladin
|
| fullName |
Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb
ⓘ
linked to:
Saladin
|
| knownAs | Saladin ⓘ |
| knownFor |
defeating the Crusader states at the Battle of Hattin
ⓘ
founding the Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ leadership during the Crusades ⓘ recapturing Jerusalem from the Crusaders ⓘ |
| legacy | symbol of chivalry in both Islamic and Western traditions ⓘ |
| legalSchool | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Hattin
ⓘ
Siege of Jerusalem (1187) ⓘ |
| opponent |
Crusader states
ⓘ
Guy of Lusignan ⓘ Raymond III of Tripoli ⓘ Richard I of England ⓘ
linked to:
King Richard the Lionheart
|
| overthrew |
Fatimid Caliphate in Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Fatimid Caliphate
|
| predecessorAsRulerOfEgypt | Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ |
| regionRuled |
Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Egypt Eyalet
Hejaz ⓘ Syria ⓘ Yemen ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1193 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1174 ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Nur ad-Din Zengi
ⓘ
linked to:
Nur ad-Din Zangi
|
| successor | Al-Aziz Uthman ⓘ |
| title |
Sultan of Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Kamil, Sultan of Egypt
Sultan of Syria ⓘ Sultan of Yemen ⓘ Sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ
linked to:
Sultan al-Kamil
|
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
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Input
Subject: Saladin Description of subject: Saladin was the 12th-century Muslim sultan and military leader who founded the Ayyubid dynasty and is best known for recapturing Jerusalem from the Crusaders.
Referenced by (65)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
King Richard the Lionheart
linked to: Saladin
linked to: Saladin
linked to: Saladin
linked to: Saladin
linked to: Saladin
subject linked to:
Balian de Ibelin
linked to: Saladin