Zuhra ibn Kilab
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Zuhra ibn Kilab was an early ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad and a prominent forefather of the Quraysh tribe in pre-Islamic Mecca.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Zuhra ibn Kilab canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8598454 — 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: Zuhra ibn Kilab Context triple: [Banu Zuhra, namedAfter, Zuhra ibn Kilab]
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A.
Utba ibn Rabi'a
Utba ibn Rabi'a was a prominent Meccan leader and Quraysh chieftain in the early 7th century, known for his opposition to the Prophet Muhammad and his death at the Battle of Badr.
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B.
Shurahbil ibn Hasana
Shurahbil ibn Hasana was a prominent early Muslim military leader and companion of the Prophet Muhammad who played key roles in the Ridda Wars and the subsequent Islamic conquests in the Levant.
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C.
Hishām ibn al-Mughīrah
Hishām ibn al-Mughīrah was a prominent Meccan leader of the Quraysh tribe and a chief of the Banu Makhzum clan in the pre-Islamic period.
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D.
Wahshi ibn Harb
Wahshi ibn Harb was an Ethiopian slave and skilled spear-thrower in early Islamic history, known for killing Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib at the Battle of Uhud before later converting to Islam.
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E.
Al-Bara ibn Azib
Al-Bara ibn Azib was a young Ansari Companion of the Prophet Muhammad known for his participation in several key battles and for transmitting numerous hadiths.
- 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: Zuhra ibn Kilab Target entity description: Zuhra ibn Kilab was an early ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad and a prominent forefather of the Quraysh tribe in pre-Islamic Mecca.
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A.
Utba ibn Rabi'a
Utba ibn Rabi'a was a prominent Meccan leader and Quraysh chieftain in the early 7th century, known for his opposition to the Prophet Muhammad and his death at the Battle of Badr.
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B.
Shurahbil ibn Hasana
Shurahbil ibn Hasana was a prominent early Muslim military leader and companion of the Prophet Muhammad who played key roles in the Ridda Wars and the subsequent Islamic conquests in the Levant.
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C.
Hishām ibn al-Mughīrah
Hishām ibn al-Mughīrah was a prominent Meccan leader of the Quraysh tribe and a chief of the Banu Makhzum clan in the pre-Islamic period.
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D.
Wahshi ibn Harb
Wahshi ibn Harb was an Ethiopian slave and skilled spear-thrower in early Islamic history, known for killing Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib at the Battle of Uhud before later converting to Islam.
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E.
Al-Bara ibn Azib
Al-Bara ibn Azib was a young Ansari Companion of the Prophet Muhammad known for his participation in several key battles and for transmitting numerous hadiths.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arab tribal ancestor
ⓘ
ancestor of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| ancestor | Zuhra ibn Kilab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Mecca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brother |
Qusayy ibn Kilab
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zuhra ibn Kilab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Zuhra ibn Kilab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clanFounded | Banu Zuhra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | pre-Islamic Meccan society ⓘ |
| descendant | Prophet Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Arab ⓘ |
| father | Kilab ibn Murrah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| generationRelativeToMuhammad | distant ancestor ⓘ |
| givenName | Zuhra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Islamic genealogical traditions
ⓘ
classical Arabic biographical literature ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| lineage | Quraysh lineage ⓘ |
| name | Zuhra ibn Kilab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Zuhra ibn Kilab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAs |
early ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
forefather of the Quraysh tribe ⓘ |
| partOfTribalConfederation | Quraysh confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Hejaz ⓘ |
| relative | Qusayy ibn Kilab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | pre-Islamic Arabian polytheism ⓘ |
| timePeriod | pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ |
| tribalRole | progenitor of Banu Zuhra clan ⓘ |
| tribe | Quraysh ⓘ |
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: Zuhra ibn Kilab Description of subject: Zuhra ibn Kilab was an early ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad and a prominent forefather of the Quraysh tribe in pre-Islamic Mecca.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.