Ahmad Shah I Wali
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Ahmad Shah I Wali was a prominent 15th-century Bahmani sultan known for consolidating the Deccan kingdom’s power and for his reputation as a just and pious ruler.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ahmad Shah I Wali canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9686362 — 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: Ahmad Shah I Wali Context triple: [Bahmani Sultanate, notableRuler, Ahmad Shah I Wali]
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A.
Ahmad Shah I
Ahmad Shah I was a 15th-century Sultan of Gujarat best known for establishing the city of Ahmedabad in western India.
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B.
Ahmad Shah
Ahmad Shah was an Afghan military and political leader best known for his role as a key mujahideen commander resisting Soviet occupation and later Taliban rule.
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C.
Saadatullah Khan I
Saadatullah Khan I was an early 18th-century Mughal noble who became one of the first powerful Nawabs of the Carnatic in South India, consolidating regional authority under nominal Mughal suzerainty.
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D.
Zaman Shah
Zaman Shah was an 18th-century Durrani ruler of Afghanistan, known for his attempts to expand Afghan influence into the Indian subcontinent.
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E.
Sikandar Shah
Sikandar Shah was a prominent medieval ruler of Bengal from the Ilyas Shahi dynasty, known for consolidating the sultanate’s power and patronizing architecture and culture.
- 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: Ahmad Shah I Wali Target entity description: Ahmad Shah I Wali was a prominent 15th-century Bahmani sultan known for consolidating the Deccan kingdom’s power and for his reputation as a just and pious ruler.
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A.
Ahmad Shah I
Ahmad Shah I was a 15th-century Sultan of Gujarat best known for establishing the city of Ahmedabad in western India.
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B.
Ahmad Shah
Ahmad Shah was an Afghan military and political leader best known for his role as a key mujahideen commander resisting Soviet occupation and later Taliban rule.
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C.
Saadatullah Khan I
Saadatullah Khan I was an early 18th-century Mughal noble who became one of the first powerful Nawabs of the Carnatic in South India, consolidating regional authority under nominal Mughal suzerainty.
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D.
Zaman Shah
Zaman Shah was an 18th-century Durrani ruler of Afghanistan, known for his attempts to expand Afghan influence into the Indian subcontinent.
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E.
Sikandar Shah
Sikandar Shah was a prominent medieval ruler of Bengal from the Ilyas Shahi dynasty, known for consolidating the sultanate’s power and patronizing architecture and culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bahmani sultan
ⓘ
Muslim monarch ⓘ ruler ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Bidar Fort development ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Bidar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialSiteType | Sufi shrine ⓘ |
| capitalMovedTo | Bidar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| century | 15th century ⓘ |
| country | Bahmani Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1436 ⓘ |
| dynasty | Bahmani dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engagedIn |
campaigns in the Konkan region
ⓘ
wars with Vijayanagara Empire ⓘ |
| ethnoCulturalContext | Deccan Sultanates milieu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Ahmad Shah I Wali Bahmani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governed |
parts of present-day Karnataka
ⓘ
parts of present-day Maharashtra ⓘ parts of present-day Telangana ⓘ |
| knownFor |
consolidating Bahmani power in the Deccan
ⓘ
patronage of Sufis ⓘ piety ⓘ reputation as a just ruler ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt | Persian ⓘ |
| legacy |
consolidated Bahmani territorial gains
ⓘ
remembered as a saint-king in Deccan tradition ⓘ |
| monarchicalTitle | Sultan of the Bahmani Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patronOf |
Islamic scholarship
ⓘ
Persian culture ⓘ architecture ⓘ |
| policy |
integration of local Deccani elites
ⓘ
promotion of Islamic learning ⓘ |
| predecessor | Taj-ud-Din Firoz Shah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousCapital | Gulbarga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Deccan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1436 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1422 ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| reputation |
just
ⓘ
pious ⓘ |
| seatOfPower |
Bidar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gulbarga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strengthened |
Bahmani control over Telangana
ⓘ
Bahmani control over parts of Karnataka ⓘ central authority of the Bahmani Sultanate ⓘ |
| successor | Ala-ud-Din Ahmad Shah II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | Sufi orders in the Deccan ⓘ |
| title | Wali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | saintly ruler ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ahmad Shah I Wali Description of subject: Ahmad Shah I Wali was a prominent 15th-century Bahmani sultan known for consolidating the Deccan kingdom’s power and for his reputation as a just and pious ruler.
Referenced by (1)
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