al-Muntasir
E254593
Al-Muntasir was a short-reigning Abbasid caliph of the mid-9th century, known for succeeding his father al-Mutawakkil during the politically turbulent Samarra period.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| al-Muntasir canonical | 3 |
| al-Muntasir bi-llah | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2186672 — 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-Muntasir Context triple: [Samarra period, hasCaliph, al-Muntasir]
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A.
Marwan II
Marwan II was the final Umayyad caliph, whose defeat marked the end of Umayyad rule in the Middle East and the rise of the Abbasid Caliphate.
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B.
Muhammad al-Shaybani
Muhammad al-Shaybani was an influential early Islamic jurist and student of Abu Hanifa who played a key role in systematizing and transmitting Hanafi jurisprudence.
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C.
Musa al-Kadhim
Musa al-Kadhim was the seventh Shia Imam, revered as a key religious authority whose teachings significantly shaped Twelver Shia theology and law.
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D.
Sultan al-Atrash
Sultan al-Atrash was a prominent 20th-century Druze leader and Syrian nationalist revolutionary best known for leading the Great Syrian Revolt against French colonial rule in the 1920s.
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E.
al-Mardawi
Al-Mardawi was a prominent medieval Hanbali jurist and legal theorist known for his authoritative works on Islamic jurisprudence within the Hanbali school.
- 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-Muntasir Target entity description: Al-Muntasir was a short-reigning Abbasid caliph of the mid-9th century, known for succeeding his father al-Mutawakkil during the politically turbulent Samarra period.
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A.
Marwan II
Marwan II was the final Umayyad caliph, whose defeat marked the end of Umayyad rule in the Middle East and the rise of the Abbasid Caliphate.
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B.
Muhammad al-Shaybani
Muhammad al-Shaybani was an influential early Islamic jurist and student of Abu Hanifa who played a key role in systematizing and transmitting Hanafi jurisprudence.
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C.
Musa al-Kadhim
Musa al-Kadhim was the seventh Shia Imam, revered as a key religious authority whose teachings significantly shaped Twelver Shia theology and law.
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D.
Sultan al-Atrash
Sultan al-Atrash was a prominent 20th-century Druze leader and Syrian nationalist revolutionary best known for leading the Great Syrian Revolt against French colonial rule in the 1920s.
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E.
al-Mardawi
Al-Mardawi was a prominent medieval Hanbali jurist and legal theorist known for his authoritative works on Islamic jurisprudence within the Hanbali school.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Abbasid caliph
ⓘ
Caliph ⓘ Human ⓘ |
| appointedGovernorOf |
Arab Armenia
ⓘ
surface form:
Armenia
Azerbaijan ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | assassination of al-Mutawakkil ⓘ |
| birthCentury | 9th century ⓘ |
| birthName | Muhammad ⓘ |
| branchOfIslam | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Samarra ⓘ |
| caliphOrder | 11th Abbasid caliph ⓘ |
| capitalDuringReign | Samarra ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| deathCentury | 9th century ⓘ |
| deathDate | 862 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Samarra ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Abbasid Caliphate
ⓘ
surface form:
Abbasid dynasty
|
| era | Samarra period ⓘ |
| father | al-Mutawakkil ⓘ |
| fullName | Abu Jaʿfar al-Muntasir bi-llah ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Iraq ⓘ |
| house |
House of al-Abbas
ⓘ
surface form:
House of al-ʿAbbas
|
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| militarySupportBase | Turkish guard in Samarra ⓘ |
| mother | Shujāʿ ⓘ |
| notableFor |
accession after the assassination of al-Mutawakkil
ⓘ
rule during political turbulence in Samarra ⓘ short reign as Abbasid caliph ⓘ |
| policy |
ended persecution of the Alids initiated under al-Mutawakkil
ⓘ
removed some Turkish military leaders associated with his father ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ |
| predecessor | al-Mutawakkil ⓘ |
| realm | Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ |
| regnalName |
al-Muntasir
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
al-Muntasir bi-llah
|
| reignEnd | 862 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 861 ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| succeeded | his father al-Mutawakkil after his assassination ⓘ |
| successor |
al-Musta'in
ⓘ
surface form:
al-Mustaʿin
|
| title |
Amir al-Mu’minin
ⓘ
surface form:
Amir al-Muʾminin
|
| tribalAffiliation | Banu Hashim ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: al-Muntasir Description of subject: Al-Muntasir was a short-reigning Abbasid caliph of the mid-9th century, known for succeeding his father al-Mutawakkil during the politically turbulent Samarra period.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
al-Muntasir bi-llah
subject surface form:
Al-Mutawakkil