Qusayy ibn Kilab
E455917
Qusayy ibn Kilab was a prominent ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad who unified the Quraysh tribe and established their control over Mecca and the Kaaba.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Qusayy ibn Kilab canonical | 3 |
| Quṣayy ibn Kilāb | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4589261 — 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: Qusayy ibn Kilab Context triple: [Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, grandfather, Qusayy ibn Kilab]
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A.
Khuwaylid ibn Asad
Khuwaylid ibn Asad was a respected Meccan nobleman of the Quraysh tribe and the father of Khadijah, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
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B.
Antarah ibn Shaddad
Antarah ibn Shaddad was a pre-Islamic Arab warrior-poet famed for his heroic exploits, chivalric love poetry, and celebrated Mu‘allaqa ode in the classical Arabic literary tradition.
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C.
Kathir ibn Abbas
Kathir ibn Abbas was an early Muslim figure from the Quraysh tribe, known primarily as a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad’s uncle al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib.
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D.
Wahshi ibn Harb
Wahshi ibn Harb was an Ethiopian slave and skilled spear-thrower in early Islamic history, known for killing Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib at the Battle of Uhud before later converting to Islam.
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E.
Qutham ibn Abbas
Qutham ibn Abbas was a companion and cousin of the Prophet Muhammad who served as a governor in early Islamic history.
- 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: Qusayy ibn Kilab Target entity description: Qusayy ibn Kilab was a prominent ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad who unified the Quraysh tribe and established their control over Mecca and the Kaaba.
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A.
Khuwaylid ibn Asad
Khuwaylid ibn Asad was a respected Meccan nobleman of the Quraysh tribe and the father of Khadijah, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
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B.
Antarah ibn Shaddad
Antarah ibn Shaddad was a pre-Islamic Arab warrior-poet famed for his heroic exploits, chivalric love poetry, and celebrated Mu‘allaqa ode in the classical Arabic literary tradition.
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C.
Kathir ibn Abbas
Kathir ibn Abbas was an early Muslim figure from the Quraysh tribe, known primarily as a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad’s uncle al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib.
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D.
Wahshi ibn Harb
Wahshi ibn Harb was an Ethiopian slave and skilled spear-thrower in early Islamic history, known for killing Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib at the Battle of Uhud before later converting to Islam.
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E.
Qutham ibn Abbas
Qutham ibn Abbas was a companion and cousin of the Prophet Muhammad who served as a governor in early Islamic history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arab tribal leader
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ancestor of Muhammad ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prophet Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Mecca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Ancestors of Muhammad
NERFINISHED
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Pre-Islamic Arabs ⓘ Quraysh leaders ⓘ |
| child |
Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Abd ad-Dar ibn Qusayy NERFINISHED ⓘ Abd al-Uzza ibn Qusayy NERFINISHED ⓘ Abd ibn Qusayy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlledTerritory |
Kaaba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mecca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Arab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Kilab ibn Murrah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fatherInLaw | Hulail ibn Hubshiyyah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| generationDistanceToMuhammad | 4th great-grandfather ⓘ |
| givenName | Qusayy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedInstitution |
Dar al-Nadwa (council house of Quraysh)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
organized division of responsibilities among Quraysh clans ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| motherInLaw | Fakhita bint Amr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Qusayy ibn Kilab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
establishing Quraysh control over Mecca
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organizing custodianship of the Kaaba ⓘ unifying the Quraysh tribe ⓘ |
| positionHeld | leader of Quraysh ⓘ |
| region | Hejaz ⓘ |
| religion | pre-Islamic Arabian polytheism ⓘ |
| residence | Mecca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibility |
command of the army
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custody of the Kaaba keys ⓘ providing food to pilgrims ⓘ providing water to pilgrims ⓘ standard-bearing in war ⓘ |
| role |
custodian of the Kaaba
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guardian of Mecca ⓘ head of Quraysh clans ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
expelled Khuza‘a from control of the Kaaba
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secured leadership of Mecca for Quraysh ⓘ |
| spouse | Hubbah bint Hulail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ |
| tribe | Quraysh ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Qusayy ibn Kilab Description of subject: Qusayy ibn Kilab was a prominent ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad who unified the Quraysh tribe and established their control over Mecca and the Kaaba.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Quṣayy ibn Kilāb