Marwan ibn al-Hakam
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Marwan ibn al-Hakam was an early Umayyad caliph who founded the Marwanid branch of the dynasty and played a key role in consolidating Umayyad rule in the late 7th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marwan ibn al-Hakam canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5629170 — 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: Marwan ibn al-Hakam Context triple: [Umayyad relatives, hasNotableMember, Marwan ibn al-Hakam]
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Muhammad al-Shaybani
Muhammad al-Shaybani was an influential early Islamic jurist and student of Abu Hanifa who played a key role in systematizing and transmitting Hanafi jurisprudence.
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Ayyub ibn Shadhi
Ayyub ibn Shadhi was a Kurdish nobleman and military leader whose lineage founded the Ayyubid dynasty, most famously represented by his son Saladin.
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C.
Ali ibn Buya
Ali ibn Buya was the 10th-century Iranian military leader who established the Buyid dynasty and became a dominant power in the Abbasid Caliphate.
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D.
Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hakam
Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hakam was an Umayyad prince and governor of al-Andalus who played a significant role in the early Islamic administration of the Iberian Peninsula.
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E.
Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi
Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi was an 8th-century Umayyad military leader and governor of al-Andalus best known for leading the Muslim forces against the Franks at the Battle of Tours in 732.
- 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: Marwan ibn al-Hakam Target entity description: Marwan ibn al-Hakam was an early Umayyad caliph who founded the Marwanid branch of the dynasty and played a key role in consolidating Umayyad rule in the late 7th century.
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A.
Muhammad al-Shaybani
Muhammad al-Shaybani was an influential early Islamic jurist and student of Abu Hanifa who played a key role in systematizing and transmitting Hanafi jurisprudence.
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B.
Ayyub ibn Shadhi
Ayyub ibn Shadhi was a Kurdish nobleman and military leader whose lineage founded the Ayyubid dynasty, most famously represented by his son Saladin.
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C.
Ali ibn Buya
Ali ibn Buya was the 10th-century Iranian military leader who established the Buyid dynasty and became a dominant power in the Abbasid Caliphate.
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D.
Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hakam
Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hakam was an Umayyad prince and governor of al-Andalus who played a significant role in the early Islamic administration of the Iberian Peninsula.
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E.
Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi
Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi was an 8th-century Umayyad military leader and governor of al-Andalus best known for leading the Muslim forces against the Franks at the Battle of Tours in 732.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Umayyad caliph
ⓘ
founder of a ruling dynasty branch ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| birthDate | circa 623 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Arabian Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hejaz NERFINISHED ⓘ Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| caliphalReignEnd | 685 ⓘ |
| caliphalReignStart | 684 ⓘ |
| capitalDuringReign | Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan NERFINISHED ⓘ Bishr ibn Marwan NERFINISHED ⓘ Muhammad ibn Marwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clan | Umayyads of Quraysh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consolidated |
Umayyad rule in Egypt
ⓘ
Umayyad rule in Syria ⓘ Umayyad rule in parts of Iraq ⓘ |
| deathDate | 685 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Damascus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | Umayyad dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | late 7th century ⓘ |
| father | al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBranch | Marwanid branch of the Umayyad dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Marwan ibn al-Hakam ibn Abi al-As NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | House of Umayya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownAs | Marwan I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legacy | established Marwanid line of Umayyad caliphs ⓘ |
| mother | Amina bint Alqama al-Kinaniyya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBattle | Battle of Marj Rahit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeHeld | governor of Medina ⓘ |
| opponent | Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Second Fitna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Muawiya II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionRuled | Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipToUthman | cousin and son-in-law ⓘ |
| relative | Uthman ibn Affan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| role |
administrator
ⓘ
caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ governor ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Caliph Uthman ibn Affan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | Umayyad faction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Aisha bint Uthman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Umm Aban bint Uthman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan 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: Marwan ibn al-Hakam Description of subject: Marwan ibn al-Hakam was an early Umayyad caliph who founded the Marwanid branch of the dynasty and played a key role in consolidating Umayyad rule in the late 7th century.
Referenced by (3)
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