Ka‘b ibn Lu’ayy
E885199
Ka‘b ibn Lu’ayy was an important pre-Islamic ancestor in the Prophet Muhammad’s lineage and a notable forefather of the Quraysh tribe in Arabia.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ka‘b ibn Lu’ayy canonical | 3 |
| Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy | 1 |
| مرة بن كعب | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10705474 — 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: Ka‘b ibn Lu’ayy Context triple: [Fihr ibn Malik, hasDescendant, Ka‘b ibn Lu’ayy]
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A.
Kaʿb ibn Asad
Kaʿb ibn Asad was a leading chief of the Jewish Banu Qurayza tribe in Medina during the time of the Prophet Muhammad, known for his role in their conflict with the early Muslim community.
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B.
Ubayy ibn Ka'b
Ubayy ibn Ka'b was a prominent companion of the Prophet Muhammad renowned as one of the foremost experts in Qur'anic recitation and interpretation.
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C.
Antarah ibn Shaddad
Antarah ibn Shaddad was a pre-Islamic Arab warrior-poet famed for his heroic exploits, chivalric love poetry, and celebrated Mu‘allaqa ode in the classical Arabic literary tradition.
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D.
Suhayl ibn Amr
Suhayl ibn Amr was a prominent Meccan orator and negotiator of the Quraysh who later embraced Islam and became a respected companion of the Prophet Muhammad.
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E.
Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl
Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl was an early Islamic jurist and prominent disciple of Abu Hanifa, known for his influential role in shaping Hanafi legal thought.
- 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: Ka‘b ibn Lu’ayy Target entity description: Ka‘b ibn Lu’ayy was an important pre-Islamic ancestor in the Prophet Muhammad’s lineage and a notable forefather of the Quraysh tribe in Arabia.
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A.
Kaʿb ibn Asad
Kaʿb ibn Asad was a leading chief of the Jewish Banu Qurayza tribe in Medina during the time of the Prophet Muhammad, known for his role in their conflict with the early Muslim community.
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B.
Ubayy ibn Ka'b
Ubayy ibn Ka'b was a prominent companion of the Prophet Muhammad renowned as one of the foremost experts in Qur'anic recitation and interpretation.
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C.
Antarah ibn Shaddad
Antarah ibn Shaddad was a pre-Islamic Arab warrior-poet famed for his heroic exploits, chivalric love poetry, and celebrated Mu‘allaqa ode in the classical Arabic literary tradition.
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D.
Suhayl ibn Amr
Suhayl ibn Amr was a prominent Meccan orator and negotiator of the Quraysh who later embraced Islam and became a respected companion of the Prophet Muhammad.
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E.
Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl
Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl was an early Islamic jurist and prominent disciple of Abu Hanifa, known for his influential role in shaping Hanafi legal thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arab tribal ancestor
ⓘ
ancestor of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ ancestor of Quraysh ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Meccan tribal genealogy ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | considered a key ancestor in the noble lineage of Quraysh ⓘ |
| descendant |
Hashim ibn ‘Abd Manaf
ⓘ
linked to:
Hashim ibn Abd Manaf
Kilab ibn Murrah ⓘ Murrah ibn Ka‘b ⓘ Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to:
Muhammad
Qusayy ibn Kilab ⓘ ‘Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy ⓘ
linked to:
Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy
‘Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim ⓘ
linked to:
Abd al-Muttalib
‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ
linked to:
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib
|
| era | pre-Islamic period ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Arab
ⓘ
linked to:
Arabs
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor | being a prominent progenitor of several major Qurayshi clans ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| lineagePosition | ancestor several generations before Prophet Muhammad ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | traditional Islamic genealogical works ⓘ |
| name | Ka‘b ibn Lu’ayy ⓘ |
| notableRole |
ancestor in the lineage of Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
forefather of the Quraysh tribe ⓘ |
| region | Arabian Peninsula ⓘ |
| religion | pre-Islamic Arabian religion ⓘ |
| tribalAffiliation | 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: Ka‘b ibn Lu’ayy Description of subject: Ka‘b ibn Lu’ayy was an important pre-Islamic ancestor in the Prophet Muhammad’s lineage and a notable forefather of the Quraysh tribe in Arabia.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ka‘b ibn Lu’ayy
linked to: Ka‘b ibn Lu’ayy