Ancestors of Muhammad
E705169
The Ancestors of Muhammad are the forebears of the Prophet Muhammad, comprising notable figures from the Quraysh tribe whose lineage is central to Islamic history and tradition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ancestors of Muhammad canonical | 1 |
| Lineage of Abraham (in some Islamic traditions) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7955975 — 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: Ancestors of Muhammad Context triple: [Fatimah bint Amr, category, Ancestors of Muhammad]
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A.
Muhammad
Muhammad is the 7th-century Arab religious, political, and social leader regarded by Muslims as the final prophet and messenger of God in Islam.
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B.
Dirār ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Dirār ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was one of the uncles of the Prophet Muhammad, a lesser-known son of the Quraysh leader ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib in pre-Islamic Mecca.
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C.
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah was a prominent early Islamic figure and son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, known for his piety, scholarship, and role in the political and theological developments following the early caliphates.
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D.
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib was a Meccan merchant from the Quraysh tribe best known as the father of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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E.
Al-Muqawwim ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Al-Muqawwim ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was one of the uncles of the Prophet Muhammad and a member of the prominent Quraysh clan of Banu Hashim in pre-Islamic Mecca.
- 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: Ancestors of Muhammad Target entity description: The Ancestors of Muhammad are the forebears of the Prophet Muhammad, comprising notable figures from the Quraysh tribe whose lineage is central to Islamic history and tradition.
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A.
Muhammad
Muhammad is the 7th-century Arab religious, political, and social leader regarded by Muslims as the final prophet and messenger of God in Islam.
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B.
Dirār ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Dirār ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was one of the uncles of the Prophet Muhammad, a lesser-known son of the Quraysh leader ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib in pre-Islamic Mecca.
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C.
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah was a prominent early Islamic figure and son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, known for his piety, scholarship, and role in the political and theological developments following the early caliphates.
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D.
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib was a Meccan merchant from the Quraysh tribe best known as the father of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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E.
Al-Muqawwim ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Al-Muqawwim ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was one of the uncles of the Prophet Muhammad and a member of the prominent Quraysh clan of Banu Hashim in pre-Islamic Mecca.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arab tribal lineage
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Quraysh lineage ⓘ genealogical group ⓘ lineage ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Mecca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Hejaz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTribe | Quraysh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTo |
Islamic genealogy
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Islamic historiography ⓘ Islamic tradition ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
Classical Islamic genealogical works
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Hadith literature NERFINISHED ⓘ Sira literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| forms |
maternal lineage of Muhammad
ⓘ
paternal lineage of Muhammad ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | Arab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableSublineage |
Banu Abd al-Muttalib
NERFINISHED
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Banu Hashim NERFINISHED ⓘ Banu Hashim clan of Quraysh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includes |
Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Muttalib
NERFINISHED
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Abd Manaf ibn Qusay NERFINISHED ⓘ Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim NERFINISHED ⓘ Adnan NERFINISHED ⓘ Aminah bint Wahb NERFINISHED ⓘ Fihr ibn Malik NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghalib ibn Fihr NERFINISHED ⓘ Hashim ibn Abd Manaf NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibrahim NERFINISHED ⓘ Ilyas ibn Mudar NERFINISHED ⓘ Isma'il ibn Ibrahim NERFINISHED ⓘ Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy NERFINISHED ⓘ Khuzaymah ibn Mudrikah NERFINISHED ⓘ Kilab ibn Murrah NERFINISHED ⓘ Kinanah ibn Khuzaymah NERFINISHED ⓘ Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib NERFINISHED ⓘ Ma'add ibn Adnan NERFINISHED ⓘ Malik ibn al-Nadr NERFINISHED ⓘ Mudar ibn Nizar NERFINISHED ⓘ Mudrikah ibn Ilyas NERFINISHED ⓘ Murrah ibn Ka'b NERFINISHED ⓘ Nizar ibn Ma'add NERFINISHED ⓘ Qusayy ibn Kilab NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Nadr ibn Kinanah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
House of Hashim
NERFINISHED
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Tribe of Quraysh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Lineage of Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Shia Islam
NERFINISHED
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Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousSignificanceIn | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Islamic tradition ⓘ |
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: Ancestors of Muhammad Description of subject: The Ancestors of Muhammad are the forebears of the Prophet Muhammad, comprising notable figures from the Quraysh tribe whose lineage is central to Islamic history and tradition.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lineage of Abraham (in some Islamic traditions)