Ahmad Shah Bahadur
E851447
Ahmad Shah Bahadur was a mid-18th-century Mughal emperor of India whose weak rule accelerated the decline of the Mughal Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ahmad Shah Bahadur canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10233432 — 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 Bahadur Context triple: [Alamgir II, predecessor, Ahmad Shah Bahadur]
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A.
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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B.
Ahmad Shah I Wali
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Jalaluddin Fateh Shah
Jalaluddin Fateh Shah was a late 15th-century Sultan of Bengal and one of the last significant rulers of the restored Ilyas Shahi dynasty.
- 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 Bahadur Target entity description: Ahmad Shah Bahadur was a mid-18th-century Mughal emperor of India whose weak rule accelerated the decline of the Mughal Empire.
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A.
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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B.
Ahmad Shah I Wali
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Jalaluddin Fateh Shah
Jalaluddin Fateh Shah was a late 15th-century Sultan of Bengal and one of the last significant rulers of the restored Ilyas Shahi dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mughal emperor
ⓘ
monarch ⓘ |
| associatedWith | decline of Mughal central authority in Delhi ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1725-12-23 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Delhi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mughal Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| captivity | kept under house arrest after deposition ⓘ |
| conflict |
Ahmad Shah Durrani
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maratha Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Mughal Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| courtInfluence |
Javed Khan Nawab Bahadur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Qudsia Begum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1775-01-01 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Delhi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mughal Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deposedBy |
Imad-ul-Mulk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maratha intervention in Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | Timurid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endOfReignCause | coup d’état at the Mughal court ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| event |
Battle of Manupur (1748)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
invasions of North India by Ahmad Shah Durrani ⓘ |
| father | Muhammad Shah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Abu Nasir Mujahid-ud-Din Ahmad Shah Bahadur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Ahmad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalAssessment | considered an ineffective ruler by most historians ⓘ |
| house | House of Babur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt |
Persian
ⓘ
Urdu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Udham Bai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
accelerating the decline of the Mughal Empire
ⓘ
loss of effective control over the Mughal court ⓘ weak central authority ⓘ |
| occupation | emperor ⓘ |
| predecessor | Muhammad Shah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realm | Northern India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regnalName | Ahmad Shah Bahadur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1754-06-02 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1748-04-29 ⓘ |
| religion |
Islam
ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| spouse | Qudsia Begum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | Badshah-e-Hindustan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Alamgir II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorStateTrend | rise of regional powers in India ⓘ |
| title |
Mughal Emperor of India
ⓘ
Padishah NERFINISHED ⓘ Shahanshah 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: Ahmad Shah Bahadur Description of subject: Ahmad Shah Bahadur was a mid-18th-century Mughal emperor of India whose weak rule accelerated the decline of the Mughal Empire.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Muhammad Shah