Mehdi Bazargan
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Mehdi Bazargan was an Iranian engineer, pro-democracy politician, and the first prime minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, known for his moderate and liberal opposition to the Shah and later tensions with the post-revolutionary clerical establishment.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mehdi Bazargan canonical | 5 |
| Bazargan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1062990 — 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: Mehdi Bazargan Context triple: [Iranian Revolution, significantParticipant, Mehdi Bazargan]
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A.
Parviz Mirza
Parviz Mirza was a Mughal prince of the early 17th century, known as one of Emperor Jahangir’s sons and a contender in the empire’s succession struggles.
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B.
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini was an Iranian Shia cleric and revolutionary leader who founded the Islamic Republic of Iran and served as its paramount political and religious authority after the 1979 revolution.
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C.
Omid Kordestani
Omid Kordestani is an Iranian-American business executive best known for senior leadership roles at major tech companies including Google and Twitter.
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D.
Fedallah
Fedallah is a mysterious, prophetic Parsee harpooner who serves as Captain Ahab’s shadowy confidant in Herman Melville’s novel *Moby-Dick*.
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E.
Farhad Moshiri
Farhad Moshiri is a British-Iranian businessman and investor best known for his majority ownership stake in Premier League football clubs, most notably Everton.
- 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: Mehdi Bazargan Target entity description: Mehdi Bazargan was an Iranian engineer, pro-democracy politician, and the first prime minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, known for his moderate and liberal opposition to the Shah and later tensions with the post-revolutionary clerical establishment.
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A.
Parviz Mirza
Parviz Mirza was a Mughal prince of the early 17th century, known as one of Emperor Jahangir’s sons and a contender in the empire’s succession struggles.
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B.
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini was an Iranian Shia cleric and revolutionary leader who founded the Islamic Republic of Iran and served as its paramount political and religious authority after the 1979 revolution.
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C.
Omid Kordestani
Omid Kordestani is an Iranian-American business executive best known for senior leadership roles at major tech companies including Google and Twitter.
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D.
Fedallah
Fedallah is a mysterious, prophetic Parsee harpooner who serves as Captain Ahab’s shadowy confidant in Herman Melville’s novel *Moby-Dick*.
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E.
Farhad Moshiri
Farhad Moshiri is a British-Iranian businessman and investor best known for his majority ownership stake in Premier League football clubs, most notably Everton.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iranian dissident
ⓘ
engineer ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ prime minister ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Ruhollah Khomeini ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Iran ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1907-09-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1995-01-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Tehran
ⓘ
École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures ⓘ
surface form:
École Centrale Paris
|
| endTime | 1979-11-06 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Azeri ⓘ |
| familyName |
Mehdi Bazargan
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Bazargan
|
| fieldOfStudy | engineering ⓘ |
| founded | Freedom Movement of Iran ⓘ |
| fullName | Mehdi Bazargan self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Mehdi ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| ideology |
constitutionalism
ⓘ
democracy ⓘ liberal Islam ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leading the Provisional Government after the 1979 Iranian Revolution
ⓘ
moderate and liberal political views ⓘ opposition to Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi ⓘ tensions with the post-revolutionary clerical establishment ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Azeri
ⓘ
French ⓘ Persian ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Freedom Movement of Iran
ⓘ
National Front of Iran ⓘ |
| movement |
Freedom Movement of Iran
ⓘ
surface form:
Iranian pro-democracy movement
Islamic modernism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Religion and Liberty
ⓘ
The Quran and Nature ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
engineer ⓘ politician ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| officeContested | President of Iran ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Islamic Republican Party
ⓘ
hardline clerics in Iran ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Freedom Movement of Iran
ⓘ
surface form:
Iranian Constitutional movement (post-1953 opposition)
Iranian Revolution ⓘ opposition to the 1953 Iranian coup d'état ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Qajar Iran
ⓘ
Tehran ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Switzerland
ⓘ
Zurich ⓘ
surface form:
Zürich
|
| positionHeld |
Prime Minister of Iran
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deputy minister of culture ⓘ head of the National Iranian Oil Company ⓘ head of the Provisional Government of Iran ⓘ member of the Iranian Parliament ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination | Shia Islam ⓘ |
| startTime | 1979-02-05 ⓘ |
| studentOf |
Mohammad Mossadegh
ⓘ
surface form:
Mohammad Mosaddegh
|
| supported |
Mohammad Mossadegh
ⓘ
surface form:
Mohammad Mosaddegh
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mehdi Bazargan Description of subject: Mehdi Bazargan was an Iranian engineer, pro-democracy politician, and the first prime minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, known for his moderate and liberal opposition to the Shah and later tensions with the post-revolutionary clerical establishment.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bazargan