Caliph al-Walid II
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Caliph al-Walid II was an 8th-century Umayyad caliph known for his short and turbulent reign marked by internal dissent and cultural patronage before his overthrow and death.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Al-Walid II | 1 |
| Caliph al-Walid II canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13344861 — 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: Caliph al-Walid II Context triple: [Qasr al-Mshatta, builtDuringReignOf, Caliph al-Walid II]
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Al-Walid I
Al-Walid I was an Umayyad caliph (r. 705–715) known for major expansions of the Islamic empire and for sponsoring monumental architectural projects, including significant works at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Great Mosque of Damascus.
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B.
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik was an Umayyad caliph who ruled from 724 to 743 CE, noted for administrative reforms, military campaigns, and overseeing a period of both consolidation and emerging decline in the Umayyad Caliphate.
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C.
Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik
Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik was an Umayyad caliph who ruled the Islamic empire from 715 to 717 CE, noted for continuing military campaigns and overseeing the early stages of the conquest of Transoxiana.
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D.
Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Malik
Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Malik was an Umayyad prince and governor, known as a son of the caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan who held several important administrative posts in the early Islamic empire.
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E.
Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi
Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi was a prominent Sudanese religious and political leader, son of the Mahdist revolutionary Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi, who played a key role in shaping modern Sudanese nationalism and the Ansar movement.
- 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: Caliph al-Walid II Target entity description: Caliph al-Walid II was an 8th-century Umayyad caliph known for his short and turbulent reign marked by internal dissent and cultural patronage before his overthrow and death.
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A.
Al-Walid I
Al-Walid I was an Umayyad caliph (r. 705–715) known for major expansions of the Islamic empire and for sponsoring monumental architectural projects, including significant works at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Great Mosque of Damascus.
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B.
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik was an Umayyad caliph who ruled from 724 to 743 CE, noted for administrative reforms, military campaigns, and overseeing a period of both consolidation and emerging decline in the Umayyad Caliphate.
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C.
Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik
Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik was an Umayyad caliph who ruled the Islamic empire from 715 to 717 CE, noted for continuing military campaigns and overseeing the early stages of the conquest of Transoxiana.
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D.
Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Malik
Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Malik was an Umayyad prince and governor, known as a son of the caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan who held several important administrative posts in the early Islamic empire.
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E.
Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi
Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi was a prominent Sudanese religious and political leader, son of the Mahdist revolutionary Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi, who played a key role in shaping modern Sudanese nationalism and the Ansar movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
8th-century monarch
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Muslim ruler ⓘ Umayyad caliph ⓘ |
| birthDate | circa 709 ⓘ |
| caliphOf | Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalDuringReign | Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDownfall | internal Umayyad revolt ⓘ |
| century | 8th century ⓘ |
| conflict | Umayyad civil strife of 744 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCause | assassination ⓘ |
| deathDate | 744 ⓘ |
| deathManner | killed in a revolt ⓘ |
| deathPlace | near Palmyra ⓘ |
| dynasty | Umayyad dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Early Islamic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Yazid II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Al-Walid ibn Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Al-Walid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandfather | Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalReputation |
impious in some traditional sources
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patron of arts and letters ⓘ |
| house | House of Umayya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
controversial personal lifestyle
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cultural patronage ⓘ internal dissent within the Umayyad family ⓘ poetry and literature patronage ⓘ short and turbulent reign ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mother | Shah-i Afrid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Umayyad princes
NERFINISHED
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Yazid III NERFINISHED ⓘ religious opposition groups ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | overthrown ruler ⓘ |
| predecessor | Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 744 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 743 ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| sibling | Ibrahim ibn al-Walid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Yazid III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorAsCaliph | Yazid III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territoryRuled |
Iraq
NERFINISHED
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Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of the Umayyad domains in the Middle East ⓘ |
| title |
Caliph
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Commander of the Faithful NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Caliph al-Walid II Description of subject: Caliph al-Walid II was an 8th-century Umayyad caliph known for his short and turbulent reign marked by internal dissent and cultural patronage before his overthrow and death.
Referenced by (2)
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Al-Walid II