The Story of Muhammad Din
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The Story of Muhammad Din is a short story by Rudyard Kipling that poignantly portrays the brief life and tragic death of a young Indian boy in colonial India.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Story of Muhammad Din canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11824367 — 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: The Story of Muhammad Din Context triple: [Plain Tales from the Hills, hasPart, The Story of Muhammad Din]
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A.
Companions of the Prophet
The Companions of the Prophet are the men and women who personally met and followed the Islamic prophet Muhammad, forming the earliest Muslim community and transmitting his teachings.
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B.
Paso de Mahoma
Paso de Mahoma is a narrow, exposed rocky ridge near the summit of Aneto in the Pyrenees, known as the final and most technically delicate section of the standard ascent.
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C.
In the Footsteps of the Prophet
In the Footsteps of the Prophet is a popular Islamic book by Amr Khaled that narrates and reflects on the life and character of the Prophet Muhammad in an accessible, contemporary style.
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D.
محراب النبي
محراب النبي هو الموضع داخل المسجد النبوي المنسوب إلى موضع صلاة النبي محمد ﷺ والمُعظَّم عند المسلمين كأحد أهم المعالم التاريخية والدينية في المسجد.
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E.
The Mahdi
The Mahdi is the prophesied Islamic messianic figure believed by many Muslims to appear before the end times to restore justice and true religion.
- 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: The Story of Muhammad Din Target entity description: The Story of Muhammad Din is a short story by Rudyard Kipling that poignantly portrays the brief life and tragic death of a young Indian boy in colonial India.
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A.
Companions of the Prophet
The Companions of the Prophet are the men and women who personally met and followed the Islamic prophet Muhammad, forming the earliest Muslim community and transmitting his teachings.
-
B.
Paso de Mahoma
Paso de Mahoma is a narrow, exposed rocky ridge near the summit of Aneto in the Pyrenees, known as the final and most technically delicate section of the standard ascent.
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C.
In the Footsteps of the Prophet
In the Footsteps of the Prophet is a popular Islamic book by Amr Khaled that narrates and reflects on the life and character of the Prophet Muhammad in an accessible, contemporary style.
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D.
محراب النبي
محراب النبي هو الموضع داخل المسجد النبوي المنسوب إلى موضع صلاة النبي محمد ﷺ والمُعظَّم عند المسلمين كأحد أهم المعالم التاريخية والدينية في المسجد.
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E.
The Mahdi
The Mahdi is the prophesied Islamic messianic figure believed by many Muslims to appear before the end times to restore justice and true religion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Rudyard Kipling ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| character |
Muhammad Din
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Muhammad Din’s father ⓘ the English narrator ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | British India ⓘ |
| depicts |
life of an Indian child under British rule
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relationship between colonizer and colonized ⓘ |
| explores |
emotional distance between British officials and Indian subjects
ⓘ
human empathy across social boundaries ⓘ |
| genre | realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
British Raj
ⓘ
linked to:
British India
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| hasTitleCharacter | Muhammad Din ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of Rudyard Kipling’s short stories ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | British colonial literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Muhammad Din
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the English narrator ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | short prose narrative ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| originalPublicationContext | Plain Tales from the Hills ⓘ |
| portrays |
brief life of a young Indian boy
ⓘ
tragic death of a young Indian boy ⓘ |
| protagonistAge | child ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Simla
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linked to:
Shimla
colonial India ⓘ |
| theme |
childhood
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class divide ⓘ colonialism ⓘ death ⓘ imperial power relations ⓘ innocence ⓘ |
| tone |
poignant
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tragic ⓘ |
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