Alamgir I
E90130
Alamgir I was the sixth Mughal emperor of India, known for his long and expansionist reign, strict Islamic policies, and the empire’s territorial peak alongside growing internal strife.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T764185 — 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: Alamgir I Context triple: [Aurangzeb, alsoKnownAs, Alamgir I]
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Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim
Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim, better known by his regnal name Jahangir, was the fourth Mughal emperor of India, renowned for his patronage of the arts and relatively liberal, if often indulgent, rule in the early 17th century.
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Umar Sheikh Mirza II
Umar Sheikh Mirza II was a Timurid prince and regional ruler in Central Asia, best known as the father of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire.
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Ibrahim Lodi
Ibrahim Lodi was the last Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate’s Lodi dynasty, whose defeat by Babur at the First Battle of Panipat in 1526 marked the beginning of Mughal rule in India.
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Humayun
Humayun was the second emperor of the Mughal Empire, known for temporarily losing his kingdom to Afghan rivals before regaining it and paving the way for the expansive rule of his son Akbar.
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E.
Bahlul Lodi
Bahlul Lodi was the founder of the Lodi dynasty and a 15th-century Afghan ruler who became Sultan of Delhi and restored a measure of stability to the declining Delhi Sultanate.
- 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: Alamgir I Target entity description: Alamgir I was the sixth Mughal emperor of India, known for his long and expansionist reign, strict Islamic policies, and the empire’s territorial peak alongside growing internal strife.
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A.
Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim
Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim, better known by his regnal name Jahangir, was the fourth Mughal emperor of India, renowned for his patronage of the arts and relatively liberal, if often indulgent, rule in the early 17th century.
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B.
Umar Sheikh Mirza II
Umar Sheikh Mirza II was a Timurid prince and regional ruler in Central Asia, best known as the father of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire.
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C.
Ibrahim Lodi
Ibrahim Lodi was the last Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate’s Lodi dynasty, whose defeat by Babur at the First Battle of Panipat in 1526 marked the beginning of Mughal rule in India.
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D.
Humayun
Humayun was the second emperor of the Mughal Empire, known for temporarily losing his kingdom to Afghan rivals before regaining it and paving the way for the expansive rule of his son Akbar.
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E.
Bahlul Lodi
Bahlul Lodi was the founder of the Lodi dynasty and a 15th-century Afghan ruler who became Sultan of Delhi and restored a measure of stability to the declining Delhi Sultanate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mughal emperor
ⓘ
Muslim ruler ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Aurangzeb
ⓘ
Aurangzeb Alamgir ⓘ
linked to:
Aurangzeb
|
| birthDate | 1618-11-03 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Dahod
ⓘ
Gujarat ⓘ Mughal Empire ⓘ
linked to:
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
|
| burialPlace |
Aurangabad district
ⓘ
linked to:
Aurangabad
Khuldabad ⓘ Maharashtra ⓘ |
| child |
Bahadur Shah I
ⓘ
Muhammad Akbar ⓘ Muhammad Azam Shah ⓘ
linked to:
Azam Shah
Muhammad Kam Bakhsh ⓘ |
| countryRuled |
Mughal Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
|
| deathDate | 1707-03-03 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Ahmednagar
ⓘ
Deccan ⓘ
linked to:
Deccan Plateau
Mughal Empire ⓘ
linked to:
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
|
| dynasty | Timurid dynasty ⓘ |
| era | late Mughal period ⓘ |
| father | Shah Jahan ⓘ |
| fullName |
Abu’l Muzaffar Muhi-ud-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir
ⓘ
linked to:
Aurangzeb
|
| house | House of Babur ⓘ |
| knownFor |
conflicts with the Marathas
ⓘ
destruction and conversion of some Hindu temples ⓘ expansion of the Mughal Empire to its greatest territorial extent ⓘ long reign of nearly 50 years ⓘ military campaigns in the Deccan ⓘ patronage of Islamic scholars ⓘ reintroduction of jizya tax on non-Muslims ⓘ strict enforcement of Islamic law ⓘ |
| legacy |
contributed to long-term internal strain and fragmentation of the empire
ⓘ
marked the territorial peak of the Mughal Empire ⓘ |
| mother | Mumtaz Mahal ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
imprisonment of Shah Jahan in Agra Fort
ⓘ
war of succession against his brothers ⓘ |
| policy |
Islamization of state institutions
ⓘ
centralization of imperial authority ⓘ military expansion in southern India ⓘ |
| positionHeld | sixth Mughal emperor ⓘ |
| predecessor | Shah Jahan ⓘ |
| regnalName | Alamgir I ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1707 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1658 ⓘ |
| religion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| spouse |
Dilras Banu Begum
ⓘ
Nawab Bai ⓘ |
| successor | Bahadur Shah I ⓘ |
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Subject: Alamgir I Description of subject: Alamgir I was the sixth Mughal emperor of India, known for his long and expansionist reign, strict Islamic policies, and the empire’s territorial peak alongside growing internal strife.
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