Emirate of Bari
E484475
The Emirate of Bari was a short-lived 9th-century Islamic state centered on the city of Bari in southern Italy, serving as a key Muslim stronghold and trading hub in the Adriatic before its reconquest by Christian powers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Emirate of Bari canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4971226 — 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: Emirate of Bari Context triple: [County of Sicily, coexistedWith, Emirate of Bari]
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A.
Emirate of Sicily
The Emirate of Sicily was a medieval Islamic state that controlled the island of Sicily from the 9th to the 11th century, leaving a lasting legacy on its culture, architecture, and agriculture.
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B.
Principality of Salerno
The Principality of Salerno was a medieval Lombard state in southern Italy that became an important political and cultural center before being absorbed into the Norman Kingdom of Sicily.
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C.
Principality of Capua
The Principality of Capua was a medieval Lombard and later Norman-ruled state in southern Italy that played a significant role in the politics of the Mezzogiorno during the Middle Ages.
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D.
Principality of Taranto
The Principality of Taranto was a powerful medieval Norman state in southern Italy that served as a key feudal principality within the Kingdom of Naples and a major base for crusading and Mediterranean politics.
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E.
Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
The Duchy of Apulia and Calabria was a medieval Norman-ruled state in southern Italy that played a key role in the formation of the Kingdom of Sicily.
- 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: Emirate of Bari Target entity description: The Emirate of Bari was a short-lived 9th-century Islamic state centered on the city of Bari in southern Italy, serving as a key Muslim stronghold and trading hub in the Adriatic before its reconquest by Christian powers.
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A.
Emirate of Sicily
The Emirate of Sicily was a medieval Islamic state that controlled the island of Sicily from the 9th to the 11th century, leaving a lasting legacy on its culture, architecture, and agriculture.
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B.
Principality of Salerno
The Principality of Salerno was a medieval Lombard state in southern Italy that became an important political and cultural center before being absorbed into the Norman Kingdom of Sicily.
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C.
Principality of Capua
The Principality of Capua was a medieval Lombard and later Norman-ruled state in southern Italy that played a significant role in the politics of the Mezzogiorno during the Middle Ages.
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D.
Principality of Taranto
The Principality of Taranto was a powerful medieval Norman state in southern Italy that served as a key feudal principality within the Kingdom of Naples and a major base for crusading and Mediterranean politics.
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E.
Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
The Duchy of Apulia and Calabria was a medieval Norman-ruled state in southern Italy that played a key role in the formation of the Kingdom of Sicily.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
emirate
ⓘ
former country ⓘ historical Islamic state ⓘ |
| capital | Bari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonLanguage |
Arabic
ⓘ
Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Byzantine Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frankish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Papal States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conqueredBy |
Byzantine forces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frankish forces ⓘ Louis II of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| culturalInfluence | Islamic influence in southern Italy ⓘ |
| dissolved | 871 ⓘ |
| economy |
maritime trade
ⓘ
piracy ⓘ slave trade ⓘ |
| endTime | 871 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Khalfun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Byzantine Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy (medieval) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | emirate ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | earliest lasting Muslim political entity in mainland Italy ⓘ |
| inception | 847 ⓘ |
| lastRuler | Sawdan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Apulia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Italy ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Adriatic Sea ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
Khalfun
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mufarrag ibn Sallam NERFINISHED ⓘ Sawdan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Islamic world
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mediterranean trade network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionControlled | Bari and its hinterland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| shortDescription | short-lived 9th-century Islamic state in southern Italy ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Frankish-Byzantine reconquest of Bari
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
conquest of Bari by Muslim forces ⓘ |
| startTime | 847 ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
Muslim stronghold in the Adriatic
ⓘ
trading hub between Islamic and Christian worlds ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 9th century ⓘ |
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: Emirate of Bari Description of subject: The Emirate of Bari was a short-lived 9th-century Islamic state centered on the city of Bari in southern Italy, serving as a key Muslim stronghold and trading hub in the Adriatic before its reconquest by Christian powers.
Referenced by (1)
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