Taifa of Silves
E382622
The Taifa of Silves was a small medieval Muslim principality centered on the city of Silves in the Algarve region of present-day Portugal during the period of fragmented taifa rule in al-Andalus.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taifa of Silves canonical | 3 |
| city of Silves | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3473830 — 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: Taifa of Silves Context triple: [taifa kingdoms, composedOf, Taifa of Silves]
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A.
Taifa of Málaga
The Taifa of Málaga was a medieval Muslim principality in southern al-Andalus centered on the city of Málaga, known for its political autonomy and cultural activity following the fragmentation of the Caliphate of Córdoba.
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B.
Taifa of Badajoz
The Taifa of Badajoz was a medieval Muslim kingdom in the western Iberian Peninsula, centered on the city of Badajoz, that emerged after the collapse of the Caliphate of Córdoba.
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C.
Taifa of Almería
The Taifa of Almería was a medieval Muslim kingdom in southeastern al-Andalus, centered on the prosperous port city of Almería and known for its maritime trade and cultural activity during the 11th century.
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D.
Taifa of Valencia
The Taifa of Valencia was a medieval Muslim-ruled principality on Spain’s eastern coast that flourished during the fragmented taifa period following the collapse of the Caliphate of Córdoba.
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E.
Taifa of Denia
The Taifa of Denia was an 11th-century Muslim taifa kingdom centered on the coastal city of Dénia in eastern al-Andalus, known for its maritime power and Mediterranean trade.
- 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: Taifa of Silves Target entity description: The Taifa of Silves was a small medieval Muslim principality centered on the city of Silves in the Algarve region of present-day Portugal during the period of fragmented taifa rule in al-Andalus.
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A.
Taifa of Málaga
The Taifa of Málaga was a medieval Muslim principality in southern al-Andalus centered on the city of Málaga, known for its political autonomy and cultural activity following the fragmentation of the Caliphate of Córdoba.
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B.
Taifa of Badajoz
The Taifa of Badajoz was a medieval Muslim kingdom in the western Iberian Peninsula, centered on the city of Badajoz, that emerged after the collapse of the Caliphate of Córdoba.
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C.
Taifa of Almería
The Taifa of Almería was a medieval Muslim kingdom in southeastern al-Andalus, centered on the prosperous port city of Almería and known for its maritime trade and cultural activity during the 11th century.
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D.
Taifa of Valencia
The Taifa of Valencia was a medieval Muslim-ruled principality on Spain’s eastern coast that flourished during the fragmented taifa period following the collapse of the Caliphate of Córdoba.
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E.
Taifa of Denia
The Taifa of Denia was an 11th-century Muslim taifa kingdom centered on the coastal city of Dénia in eastern al-Andalus, known for its maritime power and Mediterranean trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former country
ⓘ
medieval Muslim state ⓘ taifa ⓘ |
| borderedBy | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| capital | Silves ⓘ |
| country | Al-Andalus ⓘ |
| culture |
Andalusian culture
ⓘ
Islamic art and architecture ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
craft production ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| endTime | 12th century ⓘ |
| era | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| followed | Caliphate of Córdoba ⓘ |
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| hasCity | Silves ⓘ |
| hasFortification | Castle of Silves ⓘ |
| historyPeriod | period of fragmented taifa rule ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Algarve
ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ present-day Portugal ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
flourishing urban center at Silves
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strategic control of Algarve region ⓘ |
| partOf |
Al-Andalus
ⓘ
Muslim-ruled Iberia ⓘ network of taifas in Iberia ⓘ |
| region |
Al-Andalus
ⓘ
surface form:
Gharb al-Andalus
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| rulingDynasty |
Arab rulers
ⓘ
Berber rulers ⓘ |
| startTime | 11th century ⓘ |
| successor |
Almohad dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Almohad Caliphate
Almoravid dynasty ⓘ |
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: Taifa of Silves Description of subject: The Taifa of Silves was a small medieval Muslim principality centered on the city of Silves in the Algarve region of present-day Portugal during the period of fragmented taifa rule in al-Andalus.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.