Muhammad ibn Abi Sufyan
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Muhammad ibn Abi Sufyan was a lesser-known early Islamic-era figure from the influential Quraysh family, being a son of the prominent Meccan leader Abu Sufyan ibn Harb.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Muhammad ibn Abi Sufyan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7202525 — 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: Muhammad ibn Abi Sufyan Context triple: [Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, child, Muhammad ibn Abi Sufyan]
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A.
Utbah ibn Abi Sufyan
Utbah ibn Abi Sufyan was an early Umayyad-era figure from the powerful Quraysh clan of Mecca and a son of the prominent leader Abu Sufyan ibn Harb.
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B.
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.
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C.
Anbasa ibn Abi Sufyan
Anbasa ibn Abi Sufyan was an Umayyad prince and governor of al-Andalus in the early 8th century, known for his role in consolidating Muslim rule in the Iberian Peninsula.
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D.
Hanzala ibn Abi Sufyan
Hanzala ibn Abi Sufyan was a son of the prominent Quraysh leader Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, belonging to a notable Meccan family in early Islamic history.
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E.
Awwam ibn Khuwaylid
Awwam ibn Khuwaylid was a member of the Quraysh tribe in pre-Islamic Mecca, known primarily as a relative of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
- 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: Muhammad ibn Abi Sufyan Target entity description: Muhammad ibn Abi Sufyan was a lesser-known early Islamic-era figure from the influential Quraysh family, being a son of the prominent Meccan leader Abu Sufyan ibn Harb.
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A.
Utbah ibn Abi Sufyan
Utbah ibn Abi Sufyan was an early Umayyad-era figure from the powerful Quraysh clan of Mecca and a son of the prominent leader Abu Sufyan ibn Harb.
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B.
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.
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C.
Anbasa ibn Abi Sufyan
Anbasa ibn Abi Sufyan was an Umayyad prince and governor of al-Andalus in the early 8th century, known for his role in consolidating Muslim rule in the Iberian Peninsula.
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D.
Hanzala ibn Abi Sufyan
Hanzala ibn Abi Sufyan was a son of the prominent Quraysh leader Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, belonging to a notable Meccan family in early Islamic history.
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E.
Awwam ibn Khuwaylid
Awwam ibn Khuwaylid was a member of the Quraysh tribe in pre-Islamic Mecca, known primarily as a relative of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| era | early Islamic era ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Arabs
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surface form:
Arab
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| familyName | Qurashi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Abu Sufyan ibn Harb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | being a lesser-known member of the Abu Sufyan family ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Banu Umayya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quraysh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notability | minor figure in early Islamic history ⓘ |
| notableFamilyRelation | son of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Mecca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Hejaz ⓘ |
| relative | Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relativeType | brother of Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 7th century ⓘ |
| tribe | Quraysh of Mecca 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: Muhammad ibn Abi Sufyan Description of subject: Muhammad ibn Abi Sufyan was a lesser-known early Islamic-era figure from the influential Quraysh family, being a son of the prominent Meccan leader Abu Sufyan ibn Harb.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.