Hussein Kamel
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Hussein Kamel was the Sultan of Egypt from 1914 to 1917, installed by the British during World War I after they deposed Khedive Abbas II and declared Egypt a protectorate.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hussein Kamel canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5856560 — 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: Hussein Kamel Context triple: [Khedive Abbas II of Egypt, successor, Hussein Kamel]
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A.
Nasser Kamel
Nasser Kamel is an Egyptian diplomat who serves as Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, a regional organization fostering cooperation between European and Mediterranean countries.
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B.
Hussein Kamel al-Majid
Hussein Kamel al-Majid was a high-ranking Iraqi military officer and son-in-law of Saddam Hussein who defected to Jordan in 1995, revealing details about Iraq’s weapons programs before later returning and being killed in Iraq.
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C.
Mahmoud Riad
Mahmoud Riad was an Egyptian diplomat and statesman who played a prominent role in Arab politics, particularly during the mid-20th century conflicts and negotiations involving the Arab-Israeli dispute.
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D.
Abdel Hakim Amer
Abdel Hakim Amer was an Egyptian military officer and close ally of President Gamal Abdel Nasser who served as Egypt’s top commander during the 1950s and 1960s, playing a central role in key conflicts including the Suez Crisis.
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E.
Hosny Allam
Hosny Allam is a fictional character from Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "Miramar," representing one of the diverse boarders at the Alexandria pension whose intersecting lives drive the story’s social and political themes.
- 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: Hussein Kamel Target entity description: Hussein Kamel was the Sultan of Egypt from 1914 to 1917, installed by the British during World War I after they deposed Khedive Abbas II and declared Egypt a protectorate.
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A.
Nasser Kamel
Nasser Kamel is an Egyptian diplomat who serves as Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, a regional organization fostering cooperation between European and Mediterranean countries.
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B.
Hussein Kamel al-Majid
Hussein Kamel al-Majid was a high-ranking Iraqi military officer and son-in-law of Saddam Hussein who defected to Jordan in 1995, revealing details about Iraq’s weapons programs before later returning and being killed in Iraq.
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C.
Mahmoud Riad
Mahmoud Riad was an Egyptian diplomat and statesman who played a prominent role in Arab politics, particularly during the mid-20th century conflicts and negotiations involving the Arab-Israeli dispute.
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D.
Abdel Hakim Amer
Abdel Hakim Amer was an Egyptian military officer and close ally of President Gamal Abdel Nasser who served as Egypt’s top commander during the 1950s and 1960s, playing a central role in key conflicts including the Suez Crisis.
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E.
Hosny Allam
Hosny Allam is a fictional character from Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "Miramar," representing one of the diverse boarders at the Alexandria pension whose intersecting lives drive the story’s social and political themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sultan of Egypt
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| appointedAfter |
declaration of Egypt as a British protectorate
ⓘ
deposition of Abbas II ⓘ |
| authorityLimitedBy | British High Commissioner in Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Cairo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalOfRealm | Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictContext | World War I in the Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Cairo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century Egyptian history ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Turco-Circassian elite of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Muhammad Ali dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Isma'il Pasha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Hussein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentTypeDuringReign | British protectorate with local monarchy ⓘ |
| installedBy |
British authorities in Egypt
ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| installedDuring | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Muhammad Ali dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchicalHouse | House of Muhammad Ali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchOf | Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Hussein Kamel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominalOverlordPreviously | Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the first modern Sultan of Egypt under British protectorate ⓘ |
| officeCreatedFor | Sultan of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Egyptian monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Sultan of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Abbas II of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorTitle | Khedive of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForNewTitle | break with nominal Ottoman suzerainty ⓘ |
| reignContext | British protectorate over Egypt ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1917 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1914 ⓘ |
| relative |
Abbas II of Egypt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tewfik Pasha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| ruledUnder | British military and political influence ⓘ |
| spouse | Mehmed Ali dynasty princess (consort) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | His Highness ⓘ |
| successor | Fuad I of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Prince of Egypt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sultan of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Hussein Kamel Description of subject: Hussein Kamel was the Sultan of Egypt from 1914 to 1917, installed by the British during World War I after they deposed Khedive Abbas II and declared Egypt a protectorate.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.