Battle of Lalakaon
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The Battle of Lalakaon was a decisive 9th-century Byzantine victory over Arab forces in Asia Minor that halted major Muslim raids into the Byzantine heartland and marked a turning point in the Arab–Byzantine wars.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Lalakaon canonical | 1 |
| Battle of Lalakaum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3607813 — 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: Battle of Lalakaon Context triple: [Arab–Byzantine wars, hasPart, Battle of Lalakaon]
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A.
Battle of Sitabuldi
The Battle of Sitabuldi was a key 1817 engagement near Nagpur in central India, where British forces decisively defeated Maratha troops, helping to secure British dominance during the Third Anglo-Maratha War.
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B.
Battle of Staouéli
The Battle of Staouéli was a key 1830 engagement near Algiers in which French forces defeated Ottoman-Algerian troops, helping to secure the French invasion and occupation of Algeria.
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C.
Battle of Malaun
The Battle of Malaun was a key 1815 engagement between British East India Company forces and the Kingdom of Nepal that helped determine the outcome of the Anglo-Nepalese War.
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D.
Battle of Lugos
The Battle of Lugos was a late 17th-century engagement in the Great Turkish War between Habsburg and Ottoman forces in the Kingdom of Hungary.
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E.
Battle of Lechaeum
The Battle of Lechaeum was a notable engagement of the Corinthian War (390 BC) in which a smaller Athenian force under Iphicrates used peltasts to decisively defeat a Spartan mora near Corinth.
- 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: Battle of Lalakaon Target entity description: The Battle of Lalakaon was a decisive 9th-century Byzantine victory over Arab forces in Asia Minor that halted major Muslim raids into the Byzantine heartland and marked a turning point in the Arab–Byzantine wars.
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A.
Battle of Sitabuldi
The Battle of Sitabuldi was a key 1817 engagement near Nagpur in central India, where British forces decisively defeated Maratha troops, helping to secure British dominance during the Third Anglo-Maratha War.
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B.
Battle of Staouéli
The Battle of Staouéli was a key 1830 engagement near Algiers in which French forces defeated Ottoman-Algerian troops, helping to secure the French invasion and occupation of Algeria.
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C.
Battle of Malaun
The Battle of Malaun was a key 1815 engagement between British East India Company forces and the Kingdom of Nepal that helped determine the outcome of the Anglo-Nepalese War.
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D.
Battle of Lugos
The Battle of Lugos was a late 17th-century engagement in the Great Turkish War between Habsburg and Ottoman forces in the Kingdom of Hungary.
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E.
Battle of Lechaeum
The Battle of Lechaeum was a notable engagement of the Corinthian War (390 BC) in which a smaller Athenian force under Iphicrates used peltasts to decisively defeat a Spartan mora near Corinth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Lalakaon
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surface form:
Battle of Lalakaum
Battle of Poson ⓘ |
| ArabCommander | Umar al-Aqta ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
reign of Emperor Michael III
ⓘ
rise of Byzantine military power in the 9th century ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Abbasid Caliphate
ⓘ
Arab emirates of the frontier (thughur) ⓘ Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| ByzantineCommander |
Petronas
ⓘ
several thematic strategoi ⓘ |
| combatantKilled | Umar al-Aqta ⓘ |
| commander |
Nasr ibn Sayyar’s successors in the frontier emirates
ⓘ
Petronas ⓘ |
| conflictOf | Arab–Byzantine wars ⓘ |
| date | 863 ⓘ |
| effect |
reduced frequency of large-scale Arab incursions into Anatolia
ⓘ
shifted strategic initiative to the Byzantines ⓘ |
| followedBy | Byzantine counteroffensives in the east ⓘ |
| location |
Anatolia
ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ |
| opponent |
Arab forces
ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| partOf | Arab–Byzantine wars ⓘ |
| precededBy | Arab raids into Anatolia in early 860s ⓘ |
| result | Byzantine victory ⓘ |
| significance |
decisive Byzantine victory over Arab forces in Asia Minor
ⓘ
halted major Muslim raids into the Byzantine heartland ⓘ turning point in the Arab–Byzantine wars ⓘ |
| theatre | Byzantine eastern frontier ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 9th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Lalakaon Description of subject: The Battle of Lalakaon was a decisive 9th-century Byzantine victory over Arab forces in Asia Minor that halted major Muslim raids into the Byzantine heartland and marked a turning point in the Arab–Byzantine wars.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Battle of Lalakaum