Sunni Ali dynasty
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The Sunni Ali dynasty was a ruling line of the Songhai Empire in West Africa, best known for its powerful founder Sunni Ali, who greatly expanded the empire in the 15th century through military conquest and consolidation of trade routes.
All labels observed (1)
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| Sunni Ali dynasty canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14562255 — 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: Sunni Ali dynasty Context triple: [Askia dynasty, predecessor, Sunni Ali dynasty]
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Askia dynasty
The Askia dynasty was a ruling family that led the Songhai Empire to its greatest territorial expansion and cultural flourishing in West Africa during the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
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Adil Shahi dynasty
The Adil Shahi dynasty was a prominent Muslim ruling family that governed the Sultanate of Bijapur in the Deccan region of India from the late 15th to the late 17th century, known for its military power and distinctive Indo-Islamic architecture.
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Saadi dynasty
The Saadi dynasty was an early modern Moroccan ruling family, prominent in the 16th and early 17th centuries, known for resisting Portuguese encroachment and overseeing a flourishing of arts and architecture from their capital in Marrakesh.
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Nizam Shahi dynasty
The Nizam Shahi dynasty was a medieval Deccan sultanate that ruled the Ahmadnagar Sultanate in western India from the late 15th to the early 17th century.
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Habshi dynasty
The Habshi dynasty was a short-lived ruling house of Abyssinian origin that briefly controlled the Bengal Sultanate in the late 15th century.
- 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: Sunni Ali dynasty Target entity description: The Sunni Ali dynasty was a ruling line of the Songhai Empire in West Africa, best known for its powerful founder Sunni Ali, who greatly expanded the empire in the 15th century through military conquest and consolidation of trade routes.
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A.
Askia dynasty
The Askia dynasty was a ruling family that led the Songhai Empire to its greatest territorial expansion and cultural flourishing in West Africa during the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
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B.
Adil Shahi dynasty
The Adil Shahi dynasty was a prominent Muslim ruling family that governed the Sultanate of Bijapur in the Deccan region of India from the late 15th to the late 17th century, known for its military power and distinctive Indo-Islamic architecture.
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C.
Saadi dynasty
The Saadi dynasty was an early modern Moroccan ruling family, prominent in the 16th and early 17th centuries, known for resisting Portuguese encroachment and overseeing a flourishing of arts and architecture from their capital in Marrakesh.
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D.
Nizam Shahi dynasty
The Nizam Shahi dynasty was a medieval Deccan sultanate that ruled the Ahmadnagar Sultanate in western India from the late 15th to the early 17th century.
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E.
Habshi dynasty
The Habshi dynasty was a short-lived ruling house of Abyssinian origin that briefly controlled the Bengal Sultanate in the late 15th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.