Banu Asad ibn Khuzayma
E176445
Banu Asad ibn Khuzayma is an early Arab tribe of the larger Mudhar grouping, historically notable in pre-Islamic and early Islamic Arabia and known as the clan of Zaynab bint Jahsh, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Banu Asad | 2 |
| Banu Asad ibn Abd al-Uzza | 1 |
| Banu Asad ibn Khuzayma canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1378847 — 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 Asad ibn Khuzayma Context triple: [Zaynab bint Jahsh, clan, Banu Asad ibn Khuzayma]
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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 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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C.
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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D.
Banu Mustaliq
Banu Mustaliq was an Arab tribe of the larger Khuza‘a confederation known from early Islamic history, particularly through its association with Juwayriya bint al-Harith and its encounter with the Prophet Muhammad.
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E.
Banu Hashim
Banu Hashim is a prominent clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca, best known as the family of the Prophet Muhammad.
- 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 Asad ibn Khuzayma Target entity description: Banu Asad ibn Khuzayma is an early Arab tribe of the larger Mudhar grouping, historically notable in pre-Islamic and early Islamic Arabia and known as the clan of Zaynab bint Jahsh, a wife 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 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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C.
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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D.
Banu Mustaliq
Banu Mustaliq was an Arab tribe of the larger Khuza‘a confederation known from early Islamic history, particularly through its association with Juwayriya bint al-Harith and its encounter with the Prophet Muhammad.
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E.
Banu Hashim
Banu Hashim is a prominent clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca, best known as the family of the Prophet Muhammad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arab tribe
ⓘ
tribe of the Mudhar grouping ⓘ |
| ancestor | Asad ibn Khuzayma ⓘ |
| associatedWith | early Muslim community in Medina ⓘ |
| clanOf | Zaynab bint Jahsh ⓘ |
| conversionTo | Islam ⓘ |
| culturalSphere | Najdi Arab culture ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Arabs ⓘ |
| genealogicalLine | Asad ibn Khuzayma ibn Mudrika ibn Ilyas ibn Mudar ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
early Islamic period
ⓘ
pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | independent Bedouin tribe ⓘ |
| integrationInto | Islamic polity after 7th century ⓘ |
| kinshipTie | Prophet Muhammad through marriage ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the tribe of Zaynab bint Jahsh, wife of Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
participation in early Islamic history ⓘ role in pre-Islamic tribal politics ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Najd
ⓘ
surface form:
Najd region
central Arabia ⓘ |
| maritalAlliance |
Household of Muhammad
ⓘ
surface form:
Household of the Prophet Muhammad
|
| namedAfter | Asad ibn Khuzayma ⓘ |
| notableMember | Zaynab bint Jahsh ⓘ |
| partOf | Mudhar ⓘ |
| politicalRole | tribal power in central Arabia ⓘ |
| preIslamicEconomy |
pastoralism
ⓘ
raiding and trade ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Najd ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Muhammad
ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Muhammad
|
| religion |
Islam (after conversion)
ⓘ
paganism (pre-Islamic) ⓘ |
| segmentOf | northern Arab tribes ⓘ |
| sharesAncestryWith |
Banu Tamim
ⓘ
Quraysh ⓘ other Nizari tribes ⓘ |
| socialStructure | tribal clan system ⓘ |
| sourceType | early Arabic historical and genealogical literature ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Nizar ibn Maʿadd lineage ⓘ |
| timeOfOrigin | pre-Islamic era ⓘ |
| tribalConfederation | Mudhar ⓘ |
| typeOf | Kin-based tribal group ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Asad ibn Khuzayma Description of subject: Banu Asad ibn Khuzayma is an early Arab tribe of the larger Mudhar grouping, historically notable in pre-Islamic and early Islamic Arabia and known as the clan of Zaynab bint Jahsh, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Fihr
this entity surface form:
Banu Asad
this entity surface form:
Banu Asad
this entity surface form:
Banu Asad ibn Abd al-Uzza