Ali al-Asghar
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Ali al-Asghar is the infant son of Husayn ibn Ali who is revered in Shia Islam as a symbol of innocence and martyrdom at the Battle of Karbala.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ali al-Asghar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10539050 — 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: Ali al-Asghar Context triple: [Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn, epithet, Ali al-Asghar]
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A.
Ali al-Hadi
Ali al-Hadi was the tenth Shia Imam, revered as a key religious and spiritual authority whose teachings significantly shaped Twelver Shia doctrine.
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B.
Abu al-Husayn
Abu al-Husayn is the honorific kunya of the renowned 9th-century Muslim scholar and hadith compiler Imam Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, author of Sahih Muslim, one of Sunni Islam’s most authoritative hadith collections.
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C.
Abu al-Hussein
Abu al-Hussein is the nom de guerre of Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi, a leader associated with the Islamic State (ISIS).
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D.
Muhammad al-Jawad
Muhammad al-Jawad was the ninth Shia Imam, revered in Twelver Shia Islam for his piety, scholarship, and leadership at a young age.
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E.
Najaf al-Ashraf
Najaf al-Ashraf is the honorific name for the Iraqi city of Najaf, one of Shia Islam’s holiest centers and the site of the Imam Ali Shrine.
- 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: Ali al-Asghar Target entity description: Ali al-Asghar is the infant son of Husayn ibn Ali who is revered in Shia Islam as a symbol of innocence and martyrdom at the Battle of Karbala.
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A.
Ali al-Hadi
Ali al-Hadi was the tenth Shia Imam, revered as a key religious and spiritual authority whose teachings significantly shaped Twelver Shia doctrine.
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B.
Abu al-Husayn
Abu al-Husayn is the honorific kunya of the renowned 9th-century Muslim scholar and hadith compiler Imam Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, author of Sahih Muslim, one of Sunni Islam’s most authoritative hadith collections.
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C.
Abu al-Hussein
Abu al-Hussein is the nom de guerre of Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi, a leader associated with the Islamic State (ISIS).
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D.
Muhammad al-Jawad
Muhammad al-Jawad was the ninth Shia Imam, revered in Twelver Shia Islam for his piety, scholarship, and leadership at a young age.
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E.
Najaf al-Ashraf
Najaf al-Ashraf is the honorific name for the Iraqi city of Najaf, one of Shia Islam’s holiest centers and the site of the Imam Ali Shrine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
child of Husayn ibn Ali
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historical religious figure ⓘ martyr ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | infant ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | Battle of Karbala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ahl al-Bayt
NERFINISHED
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Husayn ibn Ali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Karbala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| buriedNear | Husayn ibn Ali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn |
6th of Muharram (some Shia traditions)
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Ashura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCause | killed by arrow ⓘ |
| deathEvent | Battle of Karbala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Karbala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Banu Hashim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Husayn ibn Ali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandfather | Ali ibn Abi Talib NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandmother | Fatimah bint Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| greatGrandfather | Prophet Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSignificanceFor | Shia Muslims NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleInDevotion |
the six-month-old martyr
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the youngest martyr of Karbala ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iconography | depicted as an infant in arms of Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Arabic ⓘ |
| liturgicalStatus | figure of lamentation in Shia mourning rituals ⓘ |
| mother | Rabab bint Imra al-Qays NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Ali the younger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | martyrdom at Karbala ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rememberedFor | being killed while in his father’s arms ⓘ |
| rememberedIn |
Maqtal literature
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Shia elegiac poetry ⓘ |
| ritualCommemoration |
Majlis of Ali al-Asghar
NERFINISHED
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reenactments in Muharram processions ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative | youngest martyr of Karbala ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
innocence
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martyrdom ⓘ oppression ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Twelver Shia Islam
NERFINISHED
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other Shia branches ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ali al-Asghar Description of subject: Ali al-Asghar is the infant son of Husayn ibn Ali who is revered in Shia Islam as a symbol of innocence and martyrdom at the Battle of Karbala.
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