Sa'id ibn al-As
E551524
Sa'id ibn al-As was a 7th-century Umayyad statesman and military commander who served as governor of Kufa under the Rashidun caliphs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sa'id ibn al-As canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5629166 — 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: Sa'id ibn al-As Context triple: [Umayyad relatives, hasNotableMember, Sa'id ibn al-As]
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A.
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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B.
Abu al-Ula
Abu al-Ula was a Muslim ruler in medieval Seville under whose authority the iconic Torre del Oro was constructed.
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C.
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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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.
Abu Sufyan ibn Harb
Abu Sufyan ibn Harb was a prominent Meccan leader of the Quraysh tribe who initially opposed the Prophet Muhammad before later converting to Islam and becoming a companion.
- 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: Sa'id ibn al-As Target entity description: Sa'id ibn al-As was a 7th-century Umayyad statesman and military commander who served as governor of Kufa under the Rashidun caliphs.
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A.
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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B.
Abu al-Ula
Abu al-Ula was a Muslim ruler in medieval Seville under whose authority the iconic Torre del Oro was constructed.
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C.
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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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.
Abu Sufyan ibn Harb
Abu Sufyan ibn Harb was a prominent Meccan leader of the Quraysh tribe who initially opposed the Prophet Muhammad before later converting to Islam and becoming a companion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
7th-century Arab person
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Companion of Muhammad ⓘ Umayyad statesman ⓘ governor ⓘ military commander ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Uthman ibn Affan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Mecca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Companions of the Prophet in Islamic tradition
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Rashidun governors of Kufa ⓘ Umayyad governors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 7th century ⓘ |
| culture | Arab ⓘ |
| deathApprox | late 7th century ⓘ |
| era |
Rashidun Caliphate
NERFINISHED
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early Umayyad period ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Arab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | al-As ibn Umayya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Sa'id ibn al-As ibn Umayya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedUnderCaliphate | Rashidun Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governorate | Kufa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Hejaz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
administration of Kufa
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participation in early Muslim conquests ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| memberOfDynasty | Umayyad clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRole | commander in the early Islamic conquests ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in consolidating Muslim rule in Iraq ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Marwan I
NERFINISHED
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Uthman ibn Affan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeStartApprox | mid-7th century ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Muslim campaigns in Armenia
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Muslim conquest of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAffiliation | Umayyad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionGoverned | Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| servedAs | governor of Kufa ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Caliph Uthman ibn Affan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tribalConfederation | Quraysh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tribe | Banu Umayya 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: Sa'id ibn al-As Description of subject: Sa'id ibn al-As was a 7th-century Umayyad statesman and military commander who served as governor of Kufa under the Rashidun caliphs.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.