Nawab of Bengal
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The Nawab of Bengal was the hereditary ruler of the Bengal Subah under the Mughal Empire and later a semi-independent monarch who controlled one of the wealthiest and most strategically important regions in early modern South Asia.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T531336 — 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: Nawab of Bengal Context triple: [Siraj ud-Daulah, positionHeld, Nawab of Bengal]
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Nawab of the Carnatic
The Nawab of the Carnatic was a hereditary Muslim ruler and vassal of the Mughal Empire (later interacting with European colonial powers) who governed the Carnatic region in southern India from the late 17th to the mid-19th century.
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Siraj ud-Daulah
Siraj ud-Daulah was the last independent Nawab of Bengal, whose defeat by the British East India Company at the Battle of Plassey in 1757 marked a key turning point in the establishment of British rule in India.
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Nawabs of Awadh
The Nawabs of Awadh were a powerful Shia Muslim dynasty that ruled the rich North Indian region of Awadh (Oudh) in the 18th and 19th centuries, renowned for their opulent court culture, patronage of arts and architecture, and eventual annexation by the British.
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Wajid Ali Shah
Wajid Ali Shah was the last Nawab of Awadh (Oudh), known for his patronage of arts, music, and dance, and for his controversial deposition and exile by the British in 1856.
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Begum Hazrat Mahal
Begum Hazrat Mahal was a prominent 19th-century Indian queen and freedom fighter who led armed resistance against British colonial rule during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
- 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: Nawab of Bengal Target entity description: The Nawab of Bengal was the hereditary ruler of the Bengal Subah under the Mughal Empire and later a semi-independent monarch who controlled one of the wealthiest and most strategically important regions in early modern South Asia.
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A.
Nawab of the Carnatic
The Nawab of the Carnatic was a hereditary Muslim ruler and vassal of the Mughal Empire (later interacting with European colonial powers) who governed the Carnatic region in southern India from the late 17th to the mid-19th century.
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B.
Siraj ud-Daulah
Siraj ud-Daulah was the last independent Nawab of Bengal, whose defeat by the British East India Company at the Battle of Plassey in 1757 marked a key turning point in the establishment of British rule in India.
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C.
Nawabs of Awadh
The Nawabs of Awadh were a powerful Shia Muslim dynasty that ruled the rich North Indian region of Awadh (Oudh) in the 18th and 19th centuries, renowned for their opulent court culture, patronage of arts and architecture, and eventual annexation by the British.
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D.
Wajid Ali Shah
Wajid Ali Shah was the last Nawab of Awadh (Oudh), known for his patronage of arts, music, and dance, and for his controversial deposition and exile by the British in 1856.
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E.
Begum Hazrat Mahal
Begum Hazrat Mahal was a prominent 19th-century Indian queen and freedom fighter who led armed resistance against British colonial rule during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
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: Nawab of Bengal Description of subject: The Nawab of Bengal was the hereditary ruler of the Bengal Subah under the Mughal Empire and later a semi-independent monarch who controlled one of the wealthiest and most strategically important regions in early modern South Asia.
Referenced by (70)
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this entity surface form:
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Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
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Nawabs of Bengal
this entity surface form:
Nawab Nazim of Bengal
this entity surface form:
Subahdar of Bengal
this entity surface form:
Nawabs of Bengal
this entity surface form:
Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
this entity surface form:
Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
this entity surface form:
Nawabs of Bengal
this entity surface form:
Subahdar of Bengal
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Nawab of Murshidabad
this entity surface form:
Nawab Nazim of Bengal
this entity surface form:
Nawabs of Bengal
subject surface form:
Alivardi Khan
subject surface form:
Alivardi Khan
this entity surface form:
Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa