Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah
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Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah was a prominent late-14th-century sultan of Bengal known for consolidating the Bengal Sultanate’s power and fostering diplomatic and cultural ties, including with the Ming dynasty and Persian scholars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1569456 — 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: Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah Context triple: [Bengal Sultanate, notableRuler, Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah]
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A.
Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah
Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah was the 14th-century founder of the independent Sultanate of Bengal and the first ruler to unify its territories under a single Muslim dynasty.
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B.
Alauddin Riayat Shah II
Alauddin Riayat Shah II was a 16th-century Malay ruler who became the first sultan of Johor after the fall of the Malacca Sultanate.
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C.
Bahlul Lodi
Bahlul Lodi was the founder of the Lodi dynasty and a 15th-century Afghan ruler who became Sultan of Delhi and restored a measure of stability to the declining Delhi Sultanate.
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D.
Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim
Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim, better known by his regnal name Jahangir, was the fourth Mughal emperor of India, renowned for his patronage of the arts and relatively liberal, if often indulgent, rule in the early 17th century.
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E.
Sikandar Lodi
Sikandar Lodi was a prominent ruler of the Lodi dynasty known for consolidating the Delhi Sultanate’s power, founding the city of Agra, and promoting administrative and agricultural reforms.
- 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: Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah Target entity description: Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah was a prominent late-14th-century sultan of Bengal known for consolidating the Bengal Sultanate’s power and fostering diplomatic and cultural ties, including with the Ming dynasty and Persian scholars.
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A.
Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah
Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah was the 14th-century founder of the independent Sultanate of Bengal and the first ruler to unify its territories under a single Muslim dynasty.
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B.
Alauddin Riayat Shah II
Alauddin Riayat Shah II was a 16th-century Malay ruler who became the first sultan of Johor after the fall of the Malacca Sultanate.
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C.
Bahlul Lodi
Bahlul Lodi was the founder of the Lodi dynasty and a 15th-century Afghan ruler who became Sultan of Delhi and restored a measure of stability to the declining Delhi Sultanate.
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D.
Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim
Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim, better known by his regnal name Jahangir, was the fourth Mughal emperor of India, renowned for his patronage of the arts and relatively liberal, if often indulgent, rule in the early 17th century.
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E.
Sikandar Lodi
Sikandar Lodi was a prominent ruler of the Lodi dynasty known for consolidating the Delhi Sultanate’s power, founding the city of Agra, and promoting administrative and agricultural reforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Historical figure
ⓘ
Monarch ⓘ Ruler ⓘ Sultan ⓘ Sultan of Bengal ⓘ |
| capital | Pandua ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf | Yongle Emperor ⓘ |
| correspondedWith |
Hafez
ⓘ
surface form:
Hafiz of Shiraz
|
| country | Bengal Sultanate ⓘ |
| culturalPolicy |
promotion of Persian as administrative language
ⓘ
support for Islamic education ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Bengal Sultanate ⓘ |
| dynasty | Ilyas Shahi dynasty ⓘ |
| era |
Early 15th century
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Late 14th century ⓘ |
| father | Sikandar Shah ⓘ |
| foreignPolicy |
diplomacy with Ming China
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engagement with Persianate world ⓘ |
| governmentType | Islamic sultanate ⓘ |
| knownFor |
consolidation of the Bengal Sultanate
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diplomatic relations with the Ming dynasty ⓘ encouragement of trade in the Bay of Bengal region ⓘ patronage of Persian scholars ⓘ promotion of Islamic culture in Bengal ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt | Persian ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
enhancing Bengal’s role in Indian Ocean trade networks
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strengthening independence of Bengal Sultanate from Delhi ⓘ |
| patronOf |
Islamic scholarship
ⓘ
Persian literature ⓘ Hafez ⓘ
surface form:
Poet Hafiz of Shiraz
Sufi scholars ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Sultan of Bengal ⓘ |
| predecessor | Sikandar Shah ⓘ |
| region |
Eastern South Asia
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Indian subcontinent
|
| regionRuled | Bengal ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1410 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1389 ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| royalHouse |
Ilyas Shahi dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
House of Ilyas Shah
|
| sentEmbassiesTo |
China
ⓘ
Ming dynasty ⓘ |
| successor | Saifuddin Hamza Shah ⓘ |
| successorStateContext | pre-Mughal Bengal polities ⓘ |
| territorialPolicy | consolidation rather than large-scale expansion ⓘ |
| title | Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah self-link ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah Description of subject: Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah was a prominent late-14th-century sultan of Bengal known for consolidating the Bengal Sultanate’s power and fostering diplomatic and cultural ties, including with the Ming dynasty and Persian scholars.
Referenced by (3)
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