Malik ibn Awf al-Nasri
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Malik ibn Awf al-Nasri was a prominent 7th-century Arab tribal leader and military commander known for leading the Hawazin against the early Muslim community during the campaigns following the Battle of Hunayn.
All labels observed (1)
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| Malik ibn Awf al-Nasri canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16693971 — 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: Malik ibn Awf al-Nasri Context triple: [Battle of Taif, commander, Malik ibn Awf al-Nasri]
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A.
Malik ibn Anas
Malik ibn Anas was an 8th-century Muslim jurist and theologian from Medina, renowned as the founder of one of the major Sunni schools of Islamic law and as the compiler of the influential hadith collection Al-Muwatta.
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B.
Marwan ibn al-Hakam
Marwan ibn al-Hakam was an early Umayyad caliph who founded the Marwanid branch of the dynasty and played a key role in consolidating Umayyad rule in the late 7th century.
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C.
Nasr ibn Sayyar
Nasr ibn Sayyar was an 8th-century Arab general and the last Umayyad governor of Khorasan, known for his efforts to maintain Umayyad control during the turbulent period leading up to the Abbasid Revolution.
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D.
Ali ibn Buya
Ali ibn Buya was the 10th-century Iranian military leader who established the Buyid dynasty and became a dominant power in the Abbasid Caliphate.
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E.
Tarafa ibn al-‘Abd
Tarafa ibn al-‘Abd was a pre-Islamic Arabian poet renowned as one of the celebrated authors of the Mu'allaqat, the famed collection of early Arabic odes.
- 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: Malik ibn Awf al-Nasri Target entity description: Malik ibn Awf al-Nasri was a prominent 7th-century Arab tribal leader and military commander known for leading the Hawazin against the early Muslim community during the campaigns following the Battle of Hunayn.
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A.
Malik ibn Anas
Malik ibn Anas was an 8th-century Muslim jurist and theologian from Medina, renowned as the founder of one of the major Sunni schools of Islamic law and as the compiler of the influential hadith collection Al-Muwatta.
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B.
Marwan ibn al-Hakam
Marwan ibn al-Hakam was an early Umayyad caliph who founded the Marwanid branch of the dynasty and played a key role in consolidating Umayyad rule in the late 7th century.
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C.
Nasr ibn Sayyar
Nasr ibn Sayyar was an 8th-century Arab general and the last Umayyad governor of Khorasan, known for his efforts to maintain Umayyad control during the turbulent period leading up to the Abbasid Revolution.
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D.
Ali ibn Buya
Ali ibn Buya was the 10th-century Iranian military leader who established the Buyid dynasty and became a dominant power in the Abbasid Caliphate.
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E.
Tarafa ibn al-‘Abd
Tarafa ibn al-‘Abd was a pre-Islamic Arabian poet renowned as one of the celebrated authors of the Mu'allaqat, the famed collection of early Arabic odes.
- F. None of above. chosen
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