Banu Zuhra
E203611
Banu Zuhra was a prominent clan of the Quraysh tribe in pre-Islamic and early Islamic Mecca, known for its notable members and role in the Prophet Muhammad’s ancestry.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Banu Zuhra canonical | 7 |
| Banu Zuhrah | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1473272 — 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 Zuhra Context triple: [Quraysh, clan, Banu Zuhra]
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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 Hashim
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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C.
Banu Asad ibn Khuzayma
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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D.
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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E.
Banu Ghatafan
Banu Ghatafan was a powerful tribal confederation of central Arabia that played a significant role in early Islamic-era conflicts and alliances.
- 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 Zuhra Target entity description: Banu Zuhra was a prominent clan of the Quraysh tribe in pre-Islamic and early Islamic Mecca, known for its notable members and role in the Prophet Muhammad’s ancestry.
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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 Hashim
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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C.
Banu Asad ibn Khuzayma
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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D.
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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E.
Banu Ghatafan
Banu Ghatafan was a powerful tribal confederation of central Arabia that played a significant role in early Islamic-era conflicts and alliances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arab clan
ⓘ
Arab tribal ancestor ⓘ Companion of Muhammad ⓘ Quraysh clan ⓘ historical person ⓘ |
| alliedWith | other Quraysh clans ⓘ |
| ancestralLineage | descendants of Zuhra ibn Kilab ⓘ |
| associatedWith | early Islamic community in Mecca ⓘ |
| conversionPeriod | lifetime of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ |
| convertedTo | Islam ⓘ |
| culture | tribal Arab customs ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
caravan commerce
ⓘ
trade ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Arabs ⓘ |
| father |
Abd Manaf ibn Zuhrah
ⓘ
surface form:
Abd Manaf ibn Zuhra
Abd al-Uzza ibn Zuhra ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri
ⓘ
surface form:
Abu Bakr al-Zuhri
Aminah bint Wahb ⓘ Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas ⓘ
surface form:
Saad ibn Abi Waqqas
|
| historicalRelevance |
genealogical link to Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
participation in early Islamic events ⓘ |
| kinshipNetwork | clans descended from Kilab ibn Murrah ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arabian Peninsula
ⓘ
Hejaz ⓘ Mecca ⓘ |
| maternalClan | Banu Zuhra self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Banu Zuhra
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
Banu Zuhra self-linksurface differs ⓘ Quraysh ⓘ |
| motherOf |
Muhammad
ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Muhammad
|
| namedAfter | Zuhra ibn Kilab ⓘ |
| partOf | Quraysh ⓘ |
| politicalInfluence |
Pre-Islamic Arabia
ⓘ
surface form:
Meccan society
|
| preIslamicReligion | worship of Meccan deities ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence |
Masjid al-Haram
ⓘ
surface form:
Sanctuary of the Kaaba
|
| relatedTo |
Banu Abd Shams
ⓘ
Banu Hashim ⓘ Banu Makhzum ⓘ Banu Taym ⓘ |
| religion |
Arabian polytheism
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ |
| roleIn | ancestry of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ |
| socialStatus | prominent clan of Quraysh ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early Islamic period
ⓘ
pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ |
| tribalConfederation |
Quraysh
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surface form:
Quraysh of Mecca
|
| tribe | Quraysh ⓘ |
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 Zuhra Description of subject: Banu Zuhra was a prominent clan of the Quraysh tribe in pre-Islamic and early Islamic Mecca, known for its notable members and role in the Prophet Muhammad’s ancestry.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Banu Zuhrah
this entity surface form:
Banu Zuhrah
this entity surface form:
Banu Zuhrah
subject surface form:
Fihr
this entity surface form:
Banu Zuhrah
subject surface form:
Aminah bint Wahb
subject surface form:
Prophet Muhammad
subject surface form:
Saad ibn Abi Waqqas
this entity surface form:
Banu Zuhrah