Arghun dynasty
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The Arghun dynasty was a late medieval Turkic-Mongol ruling family that controlled parts of Sindh and Balochistan in present-day Pakistan during the 15th and 16th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Arghun dynasty canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1517789 — 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.
Target entity: Arghun dynasty Context triple: [Thatta, servedAsCapitalDuring, Arghun dynasty]
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Timurid dynasty
The Timurid dynasty was a Turco-Mongol ruling family founded by Timur (Tamerlane) that established a major empire in Central Asia and Iran and later gave rise to the Mughal rulers of the Indian subcontinent.
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Zengid dynasty
The Zengid dynasty was a 12th-century Muslim Turkic ruling house in Syria and northern Iraq, known for resisting the Crusader states and laying groundwork for the rise of Saladin and the Ayyubid dynasty.
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Najafi dynasty
The Najafi dynasty was an 18th-century ruling house of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa in eastern India, best known for its Nawabs including Siraj ud-Daulah during the period of growing British influence.
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Tughlaq dynasty
The Tughlaq dynasty was a medieval Muslim ruling family that governed much of the Indian subcontinent from Delhi in the 14th century, noted for ambitious but often unstable administrative and architectural projects.
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Ghurid Empire
The Ghurid Empire was a medieval Islamic dynasty originating from the Ghor region of present-day Afghanistan that expanded across much of Iran, Central Asia, and northern India, laying foundations for later Muslim rule in the Indian subcontinent.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Arghun dynasty Target entity description: The Arghun dynasty was a late medieval Turkic-Mongol ruling family that controlled parts of Sindh and Balochistan in present-day Pakistan during the 15th and 16th centuries.
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A.
Timurid dynasty
The Timurid dynasty was a Turco-Mongol ruling family founded by Timur (Tamerlane) that established a major empire in Central Asia and Iran and later gave rise to the Mughal rulers of the Indian subcontinent.
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B.
Zengid dynasty
The Zengid dynasty was a 12th-century Muslim Turkic ruling house in Syria and northern Iraq, known for resisting the Crusader states and laying groundwork for the rise of Saladin and the Ayyubid dynasty.
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C.
Najafi dynasty
The Najafi dynasty was an 18th-century ruling house of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa in eastern India, best known for its Nawabs including Siraj ud-Daulah during the period of growing British influence.
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D.
Tughlaq dynasty
The Tughlaq dynasty was a medieval Muslim ruling family that governed much of the Indian subcontinent from Delhi in the 14th century, noted for ambitious but often unstable administrative and architectural projects.
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E.
Ghurid Empire
The Ghurid Empire was a medieval Islamic dynasty originating from the Ghor region of present-day Afghanistan that expanded across much of Iran, Central Asia, and northern India, laying foundations for later Muslim rule in the Indian subcontinent.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Turkic-Mongol dynasty
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dynasty ⓘ |
| capital | Thatta ⓘ |
| conflict |
conflicts with local Sindhi chiefs
ⓘ
wars with the Samma dynasty ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| culturalInfluence | Persianate culture ⓘ |
| currency | tanka ⓘ |
| endTime | 16th century ⓘ |
| ethnicComposition |
Mongol
ⓘ
Turkic ⓘ |
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalEra | late medieval period ⓘ |
| language |
Chagatai Turkic
ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form:
Persian
|
| namedAfter |
Afshar tribe
ⓘ
surface form:
Arghun tribe
|
| notableRuler |
Shah Beg Arghun
ⓘ
Shah Shuja Arghun ⓘ |
| origin |
Timurid dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Timurid realm
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| partOf |
history of Balochistan
ⓘ
history of Sindh ⓘ |
| predecessor | Samma dynasty ⓘ |
| presentDayLocation | Pakistan ⓘ |
| region |
Balochistan, Pakistan
ⓘ
surface form:
Balochistan
Sindh ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| ruledTerritory |
Sindh
ⓘ
surface form:
Lower Sindh
parts of Balochistan ⓘ |
| startTime | 15th century ⓘ |
| successor | Tarkhan dynasty ⓘ |
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Subject: Arghun dynasty Description of subject: The Arghun dynasty was a late medieval Turkic-Mongol ruling family that controlled parts of Sindh and Balochistan in present-day Pakistan during the 15th and 16th centuries.
Referenced by (6)
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