al-Mu'tazz
E271077
Al-Mu'tazz was an Abbasid caliph of the 9th century whose troubled reign was marked by military dominance over the caliphate and severe internal instability.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| al-Mu'tazz canonical | 4 |
| Caliph al-Mu'tazz | 1 |
| al-Mu'tazz bi-llah | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2186674 — 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-Mu'tazz Context triple: [Samarra period, hasCaliph, al-Mu'tazz]
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A.
al-Mu'tasim
Al-Mu'tasim was an Abbasid caliph (r. 833–842 CE) known for founding the city of Samarra and expanding the use of Turkish slave soldiers in the caliphal army.
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B.
al-Mutawakkil
Al-Mutawakkil was an Abbasid caliph of the 9th century known for restoring Sunni orthodoxy and reversing earlier religious policies of his predecessors.
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C.
al-Mutawakkil III
Al-Mutawakkil III was the final Abbasid caliph in Cairo, whose deposition by the Ottoman sultan Selim I in 1517 symbolically ended the Abbasid caliphal line.
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D.
al-Muhtadi
Al-Muhtadi was an Abbasid caliph of the 9th century known for his brief, reform-minded reign marked by attempts to restore moral rigor and reduce court corruption during a turbulent period of political instability.
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E.
Hisham III
Hisham III was the final Umayyad ruler of the Caliphate of Córdoba, presiding over its decline and eventual collapse in the early 11th century.
- 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-Mu'tazz Target entity description: Al-Mu'tazz was an Abbasid caliph of the 9th century whose troubled reign was marked by military dominance over the caliphate and severe internal instability.
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A.
al-Mu'tasim
Al-Mu'tasim was an Abbasid caliph (r. 833–842 CE) known for founding the city of Samarra and expanding the use of Turkish slave soldiers in the caliphal army.
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B.
al-Mutawakkil
Al-Mutawakkil was an Abbasid caliph of the 9th century known for restoring Sunni orthodoxy and reversing earlier religious policies of his predecessors.
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C.
al-Mutawakkil III
Al-Mutawakkil III was the final Abbasid caliph in Cairo, whose deposition by the Ottoman sultan Selim I in 1517 symbolically ended the Abbasid caliphal line.
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D.
al-Muhtadi
Al-Muhtadi was an Abbasid caliph of the 9th century known for his brief, reform-minded reign marked by attempts to restore moral rigor and reduce court corruption during a turbulent period of political instability.
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E.
Hisham III
Hisham III was the final Umayyad ruler of the Caliphate of Córdoba, presiding over its decline and eventual collapse in the early 11th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Abbasid caliph
ⓘ
Caliph ⓘ Monarch ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Samarra ⓘ |
| caliphate | Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ |
| cameToPowerAfter | civil war against al-Musta'in ⓘ |
| capitalDuringReign | Samarra ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | forced abdication and probable murder ⓘ |
| chronologicalOrderAsCaliph | 13th Abbasid caliph in Baghdad-Samarra line ⓘ |
| conflict | Abbasid civil war of 865–866 ⓘ |
| countryOfRule | Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ |
| courtLocation | Samarra ⓘ |
| deathDate | 869 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Samarra ⓘ |
| deposedBy | Turkish military officers ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Abbasid Caliphate
ⓘ
surface form:
Abbasid dynasty
|
| era | 9th century ⓘ |
| father | al-Mutawakkil ⓘ |
| fullName |
al-Mutawakkil
ⓘ
surface form:
Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Mutawakkil
|
| governmentType |
Abbasid Caliphate
ⓘ
surface form:
Caliphate
|
| historicalRegion | Iraq ⓘ |
| house | House of al-Abbas ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt | Arabic ⓘ |
| mother | Qabiha ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dominance of Turkish military commanders
ⓘ
internal instability in the Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ weakening of caliphal authority ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ |
| powerBase | Turkish military in Samarra ⓘ |
| predecessor | al-Musta'in ⓘ |
| regnalName |
al-Mu'tazz
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
al-Mu'tazz bi-llah
|
| reignEnd | 869 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 866 ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousBranch | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| sibling |
al-Mu'ayyad
ⓘ
al-Mu'tazz's brother Abu Ahmad (Talha) ⓘ |
| struggledWith |
control over Turkish military commanders
ⓘ
financial crisis of the Abbasid state ⓘ |
| successor | al-Muhtadi ⓘ |
| successorStateContinuity | Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ |
| title |
Amir al-Mu’minin
ⓘ
surface form:
Amir al-Mu'minin
|
| wasDeposed | true ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: al-Mu'tazz Description of subject: Al-Mu'tazz was an Abbasid caliph of the 9th century whose troubled reign was marked by military dominance over the caliphate and severe internal instability.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
al-Mu'tazz bi-llah
this entity surface form:
Caliph al-Mu'tazz