Yakub Khan
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Yakub Khan was an Afghan ruler and military leader who briefly served as Emir of Afghanistan in the late 19th century, notably during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yakub Khan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2046711 — 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: Yakub Khan Context triple: [Second Anglo-Afghan War, commander, Yakub Khan]
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A.
Husayn Bayqara
Husayn Bayqara was a late 15th-century Timurid ruler of Herat renowned for presiding over a flourishing court of Persian literature, art, and scholarship.
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B.
Al Mahmud
Al Mahmud was a prominent Bangladeshi poet and novelist renowned for his modernist style and powerful depictions of rural life, nationalism, and the Liberation War in Bengali literature.
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C.
Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan
Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, better known by his pen name Mirza Ghalib, was a preeminent 19th-century Urdu and Persian poet whose ghazals are considered masterpieces of South Asian literature.
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D.
Murad Bakhsh
Murad Bakhsh was a Mughal prince and son of Emperor Shah Jahan who played a key role in the Mughal war of succession in the mid-17th century.
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E.
Humayun
Humayun was the second emperor of the Mughal Empire, known for temporarily losing his kingdom to Afghan rivals before regaining it and paving the way for the expansive rule of his son Akbar.
- 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: Yakub Khan Target entity description: Yakub Khan was an Afghan ruler and military leader who briefly served as Emir of Afghanistan in the late 19th century, notably during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
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A.
Husayn Bayqara
Husayn Bayqara was a late 15th-century Timurid ruler of Herat renowned for presiding over a flourishing court of Persian literature, art, and scholarship.
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B.
Al Mahmud
Al Mahmud was a prominent Bangladeshi poet and novelist renowned for his modernist style and powerful depictions of rural life, nationalism, and the Liberation War in Bengali literature.
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C.
Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan
Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, better known by his pen name Mirza Ghalib, was a preeminent 19th-century Urdu and Persian poet whose ghazals are considered masterpieces of South Asian literature.
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D.
Murad Bakhsh
Murad Bakhsh was a Mughal prince and son of Emperor Shah Jahan who played a key role in the Mughal war of succession in the mid-17th century.
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E.
Humayun
Humayun was the second emperor of the Mughal Empire, known for temporarily losing his kingdom to Afghan rivals before regaining it and paving the way for the expansive rule of his son Akbar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century Afghan ruler
ⓘ
Emir of Afghanistan ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Afghanistan ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Afghanistan ⓘ |
| deathPlace | India ⓘ |
| dynasty | Barakzai dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Pashtuns
ⓘ
surface form:
Pashtun
|
| father | Sher Ali Khan ⓘ |
| givenName | Yaqub ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | Second Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ |
| name | Mohammad Yaqub Khan ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
abdication after uprising in Kabul in 1879
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ceded control of Afghan foreign affairs to the British under the Treaty of Gandamak ⓘ |
| notableFor |
brief reign as Emir of Afghanistan in 1879
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concluding the Treaty of Gandamak with the British Empire ⓘ role in the Second Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ |
| placeOfExile | India ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Amir of Afghanistan
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surface form:
Emir of Afghanistan
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| predecessor | Sher Ali Khan ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1879 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1879 ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| signed | Treaty of Gandamak ⓘ |
| successor | Abdur Rahman Khan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yakub Khan Description of subject: Yakub Khan was an Afghan ruler and military leader who briefly served as Emir of Afghanistan in the late 19th century, notably during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.