Husayn ibn Ali, King of Hejaz
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Husayn ibn Ali, King of Hejaz, was an early 20th-century Arab leader who spearheaded the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire and briefly ruled the Hejaz before being deposed by Ibn Saud.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca | 3 |
| Hussein bin Ali | 2 |
| Sharif Hussein bin Ali | 2 |
| Ali bin Hussein of Hejaz | 1 |
| Husayn ibn Ali, King of Hejaz canonical | 1 |
| King of Hejaz | 1 |
| King of Hejaz and Nejd | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4857058 — 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: Husayn ibn Ali, King of Hejaz Context triple: [Sharif of Mecca, officeHolder, Husayn ibn Ali, King of Hejaz]
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A.
Sharif of Mecca
The Sharif of Mecca was the hereditary ruler and guardian of Islam’s holiest city, traditionally drawn from the Hashemite lineage claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad.
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B.
Shah Karim al-Husayni
Shah Karim al-Husayni, known as Aga Khan IV, is the 49th hereditary Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims and a prominent philanthropist and spiritual leader.
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C.
Prince Faisal bin Hussein
Prince Faisal bin Hussein is a Jordanian royal and military officer, known as the brother of King Abdullah II and a senior figure in Jordan’s armed forces and public life.
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D.
Husayn ibn Ali
Husayn ibn Ali is the revered grandson of the Prophet Muhammad whose martyrdom at the Battle of Karbala is a central event in Islamic, especially Shia, history and spirituality.
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E.
Husayn I ibn Ali
Husayn I ibn Ali was the founder of the Husaynid dynasty and long-reigning early 18th-century ruler who consolidated Ottoman-era Tunis into a semi-autonomous state.
- 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: Husayn ibn Ali, King of Hejaz Target entity description: Husayn ibn Ali, King of Hejaz, was an early 20th-century Arab leader who spearheaded the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire and briefly ruled the Hejaz before being deposed by Ibn Saud.
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A.
Sharif of Mecca
The Sharif of Mecca was the hereditary ruler and guardian of Islam’s holiest city, traditionally drawn from the Hashemite lineage claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad.
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B.
Shah Karim al-Husayni
Shah Karim al-Husayni, known as Aga Khan IV, is the 49th hereditary Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims and a prominent philanthropist and spiritual leader.
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C.
Prince Faisal bin Hussein
Prince Faisal bin Hussein is a Jordanian royal and military officer, known as the brother of King Abdullah II and a senior figure in Jordan’s armed forces and public life.
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D.
Husayn ibn Ali
Husayn ibn Ali is the revered grandson of the Prophet Muhammad whose martyrdom at the Battle of Karbala is a central event in Islamic, especially Shia, history and spirituality.
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E.
Husayn I ibn Ali
Husayn I ibn Ali was the founder of the Husaynid dynasty and long-reigning early 18th-century ruler who consolidated Ottoman-era Tunis into a semi-autonomous state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arab nationalist leader
ⓘ
Sharif of Mecca ⓘ human ⓘ king ⓘ |
| allyOf |
British Empire
NERFINISHED
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France NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Al-Maghtas area near the Jordan River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| claimedCaliphate | 1924 ⓘ |
| claimedTitle | Caliph ⓘ |
| conflict |
Saudi–Hashemite War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Emirate of Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1853 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 4 June 1931 ⓘ |
| deposedBy | Ibn Saud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBySource | Arab Revolt correspondence with the British ⓘ |
| dynasty | Hashemite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime |
as King of Hejaz: 1924
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as Sharif of Mecca: 1916 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Arabs
ⓘ
surface form:
Arab
|
| exileTo |
Amman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
Abdullah I of Jordan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ali bin Hussein, King of Hejaz NERFINISHED ⓘ Faisal I of Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince Zeid bin Hussein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Husayn ibn Ali ibn Awn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Husayn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | House of Hashim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leaderOf | Arab Revolt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Hashemite family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
proclamation as Caliph in 1924
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proclamation as King of Hejaz in 1916 ⓘ proclamation of the Arab Revolt in June 1916 ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership of the Arab Revolt ⓘ |
| opponentOf |
Committee of Union and Progress
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Istanbul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Amman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Emir of Mecca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King of Hejaz NERFINISHED ⓘ Sharif of Mecca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proclaimedIndependenceFrom | Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Islam
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Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Abdiyya bint Abdullah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime |
as King of Hejaz: 1916
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as Sharif of Mecca: 1908 ⓘ |
| successor |
Ali bin Hussein, King of Hejaz
NERFINISHED
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Ibn Saud as ruler of Hejaz ⓘ |
| surrenderedCity | Jeddah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Emir of Mecca
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King of Hejaz NERFINISHED ⓘ King of the Arabs NERFINISHED ⓘ Sharif of Mecca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Husayn ibn Ali, King of Hejaz Description of subject: Husayn ibn Ali, King of Hejaz, was an early 20th-century Arab leader who spearheaded the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire and briefly ruled the Hejaz before being deposed by Ibn Saud.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hussein bin Ali
this entity surface form:
King of Hejaz
this entity surface form:
Hussein bin Ali
this entity surface form:
Ali bin Hussein of Hejaz
this entity surface form:
Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca
this entity surface form:
Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca
this entity surface form:
King of Hejaz and Nejd
this entity surface form:
Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca
this entity surface form:
Sharif Hussein bin Ali
this entity surface form:
Sharif Hussein bin Ali