Al-Ḥijāl ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
E189890
Al-Ḥijāl ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was one of the sons of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, making him an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad in the early Quraysh clan of Mecca.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Al-Ḥijāl ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib canonical | 1 |
| Ḥijāl (or Ḥajal) ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1378809 — 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: Al-Ḥijāl ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib Context triple: [Abd al-Muttalib, son, Al-Ḥijāl ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib]
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A.
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib was a prominent early Muslim and renowned warrior, honored with the title "Lion of God" for his bravery and martyrdom in the Battle of Uhud.
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B.
Az-Zubayr ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Az-Zubayr ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad and a notable member of the Quraysh tribe in pre-Islamic Mecca.
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C.
Al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was a paternal uncle of the Prophet Muhammad and a member of the prominent Quraysh clan of Banu Hashim in pre-Islamic Mecca.
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D.
al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib was an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad and a prominent early supporter of Islam whose descendants founded the Abbasid dynasty.
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E.
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib was a Meccan merchant from the Quraysh tribe best known as the father of the Islamic 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: Al-Ḥijāl ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib Target entity description: Al-Ḥijāl ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was one of the sons of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, making him an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad in the early Quraysh clan of Mecca.
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A.
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib was a prominent early Muslim and renowned warrior, honored with the title "Lion of God" for his bravery and martyrdom in the Battle of Uhud.
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B.
Az-Zubayr ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Az-Zubayr ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad and a notable member of the Quraysh tribe in pre-Islamic Mecca.
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C.
Al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was a paternal uncle of the Prophet Muhammad and a member of the prominent Quraysh clan of Banu Hashim in pre-Islamic Mecca.
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D.
al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib was an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad and a prominent early supporter of Islam whose descendants founded the Abbasid dynasty.
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E.
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib was a Meccan merchant from the Quraysh tribe best known as the father of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (21)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Arabs
ⓘ
surface form:
Arab
|
| familyName |
Banu Hashim
ⓘ
surface form:
Banū Hāshim
|
| father |
Abd al-Muttalib
ⓘ
surface form:
ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arabian Peninsula
ⓘ
Hejaz ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Banu Hashim
ⓘ
surface form:
Banū Hāshim
Quraysh ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a son of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
ⓘ
being an uncle of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Mecca ⓘ |
| relative |
Muhammad
ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Muhammad
Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ
surface form:
ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim
|
| religiousContext | early Islamic history ⓘ |
| timePeriod | pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ |
| tribalAffiliation |
Hashemite dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Hāshimite clan
Quraysh ⓘ
surface form:
Quraysh of Mecca
|
| uncleOf |
Muhammad
ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Muhammad
|
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: Al-Ḥijāl ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib Description of subject: Al-Ḥijāl ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was one of the sons of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, making him an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad in the early Quraysh clan of Mecca.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ḥijāl (or Ḥajal) ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib