Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
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Rashid Ali al-Gaylani was an Iraqi nationalist politician and prime minister best known for leading a pro-Axis coup against British influence in Iraq during World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rashid Ali al-Gaylani canonical | 9 |
| Prime Minister Nuri al-Said | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3974338 — 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.
Target entity: Rashid Ali al-Gaylani Context triple: [Iraq campaign (1941), commandedBy, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani]
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Shukri al-Quwatli
Shukri al-Quwatli was a prominent Syrian nationalist leader and statesman who played a key role in Syria’s independence and served multiple terms as the country’s head of state in the mid-20th century.
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Abdel Gadir Salim
Abdel Gadir Salim is a renowned Sudanese singer, composer, and bandleader known for modernizing traditional Sudanese music and popularizing it internationally.
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Mahmud Barzanji
Mahmud Barzanji was a Kurdish leader and tribal sheikh who led several uprisings against British rule in the early 20th century and briefly headed an independent Kurdish government.
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Ahmad Shukeiri
Ahmad Shukeiri was a Palestinian lawyer and politician who became the founding chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in the 1960s.
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Abd al-Karim al-Jili
Abd al-Karim al-Jili was a prominent 14th–15th century Sufi mystic and philosopher best known for his metaphysical work "Al-Insan al-Kamil" ("The Perfect Man"), which elaborates on and systematizes Ibn Arabi’s doctrine of divine unity and human perfection.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Rashid Ali al-Gaylani Target entity description: Rashid Ali al-Gaylani was an Iraqi nationalist politician and prime minister best known for leading a pro-Axis coup against British influence in Iraq during World War II.
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A.
Shukri al-Quwatli
Shukri al-Quwatli was a prominent Syrian nationalist leader and statesman who played a key role in Syria’s independence and served multiple terms as the country’s head of state in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Abdel Gadir Salim
Abdel Gadir Salim is a renowned Sudanese singer, composer, and bandleader known for modernizing traditional Sudanese music and popularizing it internationally.
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C.
Mahmud Barzanji
Mahmud Barzanji was a Kurdish leader and tribal sheikh who led several uprisings against British rule in the early 20th century and briefly headed an independent Kurdish government.
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D.
Ahmad Shukeiri
Ahmad Shukeiri was a Palestinian lawyer and politician who became the founding chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in the 1960s.
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E.
Abd al-Karim al-Jili
Abd al-Karim al-Jili was a prominent 14th–15th century Sufi mystic and philosopher best known for his metaphysical work "Al-Insan al-Kamil" ("The Perfect Man"), which elaborates on and systematizes Ibn Arabi’s doctrine of divine unity and human perfection.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iraqi nationalist
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human ⓘ politician ⓘ prime minister ⓘ |
| afterEvent | defeat in the Anglo-Iraqi War ⓘ |
| alliance | Axis powers ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1892 ⓘ |
| causeOfNotability |
anti-British nationalist policies in Iraq
ⓘ
role in Middle Eastern politics during World War II ⓘ |
| citizenship | Iraq ⓘ |
| conflict |
Iraq campaign (1941)
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglo-Iraqi War
|
| countryOfOrigin | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1965-08-28 ⓘ |
| era | World War II ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Arabs
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surface form:
Arab
|
| event |
Iraqi coup d'état of 1941
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surface form:
1941 pro-Axis coup in Iraq
|
| exileTo |
Germany
ⓘ
Iran ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| leaderOf |
Iraqi coup d'état of 1941
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surface form:
the 1941 Iraqi coup d'état
|
| monarchDuringTerm |
Faisal I of Iraq
ⓘ
surface form:
King Faisal I of Iraq
Abd al-Ilah ⓘ
surface form:
Regent 'Abd al-Ilah
|
| movement | Golden Square (Iraqi nationalist officers) ⓘ |
| name |
Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
self-link
ⓘ
Rashid Ali al-Kaylani ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leading a pro-Axis coup in Iraq in 1941
ⓘ
opposition to British influence in Iraq ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| office |
Prime Minister of Iraq (first term)
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Prime Minister of Iraq (second term) ⓘ |
| opposed |
British mandate influence in Iraq
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology |
Arab nationalism
ⓘ
Iraqi nationalism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Minister of Interior of Iraq
ⓘ
Minister of Justice of Iraq ⓘ Prime Minister of Iraq ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Baghdad ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| returnedTo | Iraq ⓘ |
| supported |
German foreign policy during World War II
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Italian foreign policy during World War II ⓘ |
| termEnd |
1933-11-09
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1941-05-29 ⓘ |
| termStart |
1933-03-20
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1940-03-31 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Rashid Ali al-Gaylani Description of subject: Rashid Ali al-Gaylani was an Iraqi nationalist politician and prime minister best known for leading a pro-Axis coup against British influence in Iraq during World War II.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.