Bandarshah
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Bandarshah is a novel by Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih that blends myth, history, and social change in a fictional Sudanese village.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bandarshah canonical | 3 |
| Bandar Shah | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10952947 — 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: Bandarshah Context triple: [Tayeb Salih, notableWork, Bandarshah]
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Bandar Shahpur
Bandar Shahpur is a port city in southwestern Iran on the Persian Gulf that historically served as a key maritime and logistical hub, including during World War II supply routes.
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Shahabad
Shahabad is a town in Uttar Pradesh, India, situated within the administrative boundaries of Rampur district.
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Sultanabad
Sultanabad is the former name of the Iranian city now known as Arak, an important industrial and historical center in central Iran.
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Brahmanabad
Brahmanabad was an important early medieval city in the Sindh region (in present-day Pakistan), known as a major political and administrative center that came under Muslim rule during the early Islamic expansions into the Indian subcontinent.
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Sadulshahar
Sadulshahar is a town in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, situated within the Ganganagar district near the border with Punjab.
- 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: Bandarshah Target entity description: Bandarshah is a novel by Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih that blends myth, history, and social change in a fictional Sudanese village.
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A.
Bandar Shahpur
Bandar Shahpur is a port city in southwestern Iran on the Persian Gulf that historically served as a key maritime and logistical hub, including during World War II supply routes.
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B.
Shahabad
Shahabad is a town in Uttar Pradesh, India, situated within the administrative boundaries of Rampur district.
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C.
Sultanabad
Sultanabad is the former name of the Iranian city now known as Arak, an important industrial and historical center in central Iran.
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D.
Brahmanabad
Brahmanabad was an important early medieval city in the Sindh region (in present-day Pakistan), known as a major political and administrative center that came under Muslim rule during the early Islamic expansions into the Indian subcontinent.
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E.
Sadulshahar
Sadulshahar is a town in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, situated within the Ganganagar district near the border with Punjab.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Tayeb Salih ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Sudan ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Sudanese postcolonial society ⓘ |
| depicts |
Sudanese village life
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clash between old and new values ⓘ religious and mystical practices ⓘ |
| explores |
collective memory
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impact of modernization on rural Sudan ⓘ power and authority in village society ⓘ role of storytelling in community life ⓘ |
| genre |
Arabic literature
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fiction ⓘ postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Bandar Shah
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linked to:
Bandarshah
Mahjoub ⓘ Zein ⓘ village elders ⓘ village imam ⓘ |
| hasImagery |
Nile and rural landscape
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desert and river symbolism ⓘ |
| hasMythicElement |
folkloric stories of the village
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legendary figure of Bandar Shah ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Dumu’a ‘ala hadr al-sharq
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The Cypriot Man ⓘ The Wedding of Zein ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Semitic languages ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Sudanese literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | important work in modern Arabic narrative experimentation ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
blend of realism and myth
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nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | novel sequence ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | multiple perspectives ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
interweaving of myth and history
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shifts in time ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | major work of Tayeb Salih ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Season of Migration to the North
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The Wedding of Zein and Other Stories ⓘ
linked to:
The Wedding of Zein
|
| setting | fictional Sudanese village ⓘ |
| theme |
history
ⓘ
myth ⓘ postcolonial identity ⓘ rural community life ⓘ social change ⓘ tradition versus modernity ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 20th century Sudan ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Tayeb Salih ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bandarshah Description of subject: Bandarshah is a novel by Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih that blends myth, history, and social change in a fictional Sudanese village.
Referenced by (4)
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