Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh
E210303
Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh was an early companion of the Prophet Muhammad who migrated to Abyssinia, where he is reported to have converted to Christianity and died there.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ubayd Allah ibn Jahsh | 5 |
| Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh canonical | 1 |
| Ubaydullāh ibn Jahsh | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1367556 — 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: Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh Context triple: [Umm Habiba, spouse, Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh]
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A.
Urwah ibn al-Zubayr
Urwah ibn al-Zubayr was a prominent early Muslim scholar and jurist of Medina, renowned as a leading transmitter of hadith and a key figure among the Tabi'un.
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B.
Khuwaylid ibn Asad
Khuwaylid ibn Asad was a respected Meccan nobleman of the Quraysh tribe and the father of Khadijah, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
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C.
Musab ibn Umayr
Musab ibn Umayr was an early and devoted companion of the Prophet Muhammad, renowned as the first envoy of Islam to Medina and remembered for his sacrifice in battle.
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D.
Abdullah ibn Ibad
Abdullah ibn Ibad was an early Islamic figure traditionally regarded as the eponymous founder and ideological namesake of the Ibadi branch of Islam.
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E.
Khunays ibn Hudhafa as-Sahmi
Khunays ibn Hudhafa as-Sahmi was an early Meccan companion of the Prophet Muhammad who embraced Islam, migrated to Medina, and died shortly after the Battle of Badr.
- 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: Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh Target entity description: Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh was an early companion of the Prophet Muhammad who migrated to Abyssinia, where he is reported to have converted to Christianity and died there.
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A.
Urwah ibn al-Zubayr
Urwah ibn al-Zubayr was a prominent early Muslim scholar and jurist of Medina, renowned as a leading transmitter of hadith and a key figure among the Tabi'un.
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B.
Khuwaylid ibn Asad
Khuwaylid ibn Asad was a respected Meccan nobleman of the Quraysh tribe and the father of Khadijah, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
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C.
Musab ibn Umayr
Musab ibn Umayr was an early and devoted companion of the Prophet Muhammad, renowned as the first envoy of Islam to Medina and remembered for his sacrifice in battle.
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D.
Abdullah ibn Ibad
Abdullah ibn Ibad was an early Islamic figure traditionally regarded as the eponymous founder and ideological namesake of the Ibadi branch of Islam.
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E.
Khunays ibn Hudhafa as-Sahmi
Khunays ibn Hudhafa as-Sahmi was an early Meccan companion of the Prophet Muhammad who embraced Islam, migrated to Medina, and died shortly after the Battle of Badr.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Companion of Muhammad
ⓘ
historical person ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Mecca ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Mecca ⓘ |
| brother | Abdullah ibn Jahsh ⓘ |
| clan | Asad ibn Khuzayma ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Muhammad
ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Muhammad
|
| conversionPlace |
Ethiopia
ⓘ
surface form:
Abyssinia
|
| convertedFrom | Islam ⓘ |
| convertedTo | Christianity ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Ethiopia
ⓘ
surface form:
Abyssinia
|
| diedIn |
Ethiopia
ⓘ
surface form:
Abyssinia
|
| ethnicity | Arab ⓘ |
| father |
Jahsh ibn Ri’ab
ⓘ
surface form:
Jahsh ibn Riyab
|
| fullName |
Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Ubaydullāh ibn Jahsh
|
| givenName | Ubaydullah ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | considered among the early emigrants to Abyssinia ⓘ |
| kinshipNote | nephew of Abd al-Muttalib through his mother ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| maternalGrandfather |
Abd al-Muttalib
ⓘ
surface form:
Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim
|
| mentionedIn |
Islamic biographical works on the Companions
ⓘ
early sira literature ⓘ |
| migratedTo |
Ethiopia
ⓘ
surface form:
Abyssinia
|
| mother | Umayma bint Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being an early Muslim who later converted to Christianity in Abyssinia
ⓘ
participation in the early Muslim migration to Abyssinia ⓘ |
| patronymic | ibn Jahsh ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Ethiopia
ⓘ
surface form:
Abyssinia
Hejaz ⓘ |
| relativeOf |
Muhammad
ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Muhammad
|
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ |
| sister |
Habiba bint Jahsh
ⓘ
Hamna bint Jahsh ⓘ Zaynab bint Jahsh ⓘ |
| sourceTradition | Islamic historiography ⓘ |
| spouse |
Umm Habiba
ⓘ
surface form:
Umm Habiba bint Abi Sufyan
|
| spouseBeforeConversion |
Umm Habiba
ⓘ
surface form:
Umm Habiba bint Abi Sufyan
|
| spouseLaterMarriedBy |
Muhammad
ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Muhammad
|
| spouseLaterStatus | Mother of the Believers ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 6th–7th century ⓘ |
| tookPartIn |
Hijra to Abyssinia
ⓘ
surface form:
First migration to Abyssinia
|
| 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: Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh Description of subject: Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh was an early companion of the Prophet Muhammad who migrated to Abyssinia, where he is reported to have converted to Christianity and died there.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ubayd Allah ibn Jahsh
this entity surface form:
Ubayd Allah ibn Jahsh
this entity surface form:
Ubayd Allah ibn Jahsh
this entity surface form:
Ubaydullāh ibn Jahsh
this entity surface form:
Ubayd Allah ibn Jahsh
this entity surface form:
Ubayd Allah ibn Jahsh