Banu Hashim
E161854
Banu Hashim is a prominent clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca, best known as the family of the Prophet Muhammad.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Banu Hashim canonical | 93 |
| Banū Hāshim | 9 |
| Abbasid family | 5 |
| Abbasid family (as ruling house in the East) | 1 |
| Banu Hashim household in Mecca | 1 |
| Banu Hashim of Quraysh | 1 |
| Banu al-Abbas | 1 |
| BanuHashim | 1 |
| Banū Hāshim (by marriage) | 1 |
| Banū Hāshim branch of Quraysh | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1353056 — 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: Banu Hashim Context triple: [Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, clan, Banu Hashim]
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A.
Banu Asad
Banu Asad is an Arab clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca historically known as the clan of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
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B.
Banu Ghatafan
Banu Ghatafan was a powerful tribal confederation of central Arabia that played a significant role in early Islamic-era conflicts and alliances.
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C.
Banu Taym
Banu Taym was a prominent clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca, historically notable as the clan of the first caliph, Abu Bakr.
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D.
Quraysh
Quraysh was the powerful Arab tribe of Mecca that controlled the Kaaba and into which the Prophet Muhammad was born.
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E.
Ahl al-Bayt
Ahl al-Bayt refers to the family and close household of the Prophet Muhammad, who hold a central, revered, and often spiritually authoritative status in Islamic tradition, especially within Shia belief.
- 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: Banu Hashim Target entity description: Banu Hashim is a prominent clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca, best known as the family of the Prophet Muhammad.
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A.
Banu Asad
Banu Asad is an Arab clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca historically known as the clan of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
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B.
Banu Ghatafan
Banu Ghatafan was a powerful tribal confederation of central Arabia that played a significant role in early Islamic-era conflicts and alliances.
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C.
Banu Taym
Banu Taym was a prominent clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca, historically notable as the clan of the first caliph, Abu Bakr.
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D.
Quraysh
Quraysh was the powerful Arab tribe of Mecca that controlled the Kaaba and into which the Prophet Muhammad was born.
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E.
Ahl al-Bayt
Ahl al-Bayt refers to the family and close household of the Prophet Muhammad, who hold a central, revered, and often spiritually authoritative status in Islamic tradition, especially within Shia belief.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arab clan
ⓘ
sub-tribe of Quraysh ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Kaaba
ⓘ
Masjid al-Haram ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Boycott of Banu Hashim in Mecca
ⓘ
early Islamic preaching in Mecca ⓘ |
| branchOf | Kinana tribe ⓘ |
| country | Hejaz ⓘ |
| descendedFrom | Adnan ⓘ |
| dynasticLegacy |
Abbasid Caliphate
ⓘ
Hashemite dynasty ⓘ
surface form:
Hashemite dynasty of Jordan
Sharifs of Mecca ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Arabs
ⓘ
surface form:
Arab
|
| hasAncestor |
Abd Manaf ibn Qusay
ⓘ
Hashim ibn Abd Manaf ⓘ Qusayy ibn Kilab ⓘ |
| hasMember |
al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
ⓘ
surface form:
Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ
surface form:
Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ Hasan ibn Ali ⓘ
surface form:
Al-Hasan ibn Ali
Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
surface form:
Al-Husayn ibn Ali
Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ Fatimah bint Muhammad ⓘ Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ Jaʿfar ibn Abi Talib ⓘ Muhammad ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Muhammad
|
| hasSubgroup |
Banu Ali
ⓘ
Banu Hashim self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Banu al-Abbas
|
| historicalRole |
custodians of the Kaaba in pre-Islamic Mecca
ⓘ
providers of water and food to pilgrims in Mecca ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mecca ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Hashim ibn Abd Manaf ⓘ |
| notableAs | family of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ |
| partOf | Quraysh ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance |
lineage of the Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
lineage of the Shia Imams ⓘ |
| religiousStatus | Ahl al-Bayt ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousView |
central to Shia concept of Imamate
ⓘ
respected lineage in Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| rivalClan |
Banu Umayyah
ⓘ
surface form:
Banu Umayya
|
| socialStatus | noble clan of Mecca ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early Islamic period
ⓘ
pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ |
| tribalStructure | clan-based patrilineal lineage ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Banu Hashim Description of subject: Banu Hashim is a prominent clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca, best known as the family of the Prophet Muhammad.
Referenced by (114)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Abbasid family
this entity surface form:
Abbasid family
this entity surface form:
Abbasid family
this entity surface form:
Abbasid family
this entity surface form:
Banū Hāshim
this entity surface form:
Banū Hāshim
this entity surface form:
BanuHashim
this entity surface form:
Banu Hashim of Quraysh
this entity surface form:
Banū Hāshim (by marriage)
this entity surface form:
Banū Hāshim
this entity surface form:
Banū Hāshim
subject surface form:
Ali ibn Abi Talib