Sultan of Mysore
E884595
The Sultan of Mysore was the hereditary Muslim monarch of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India, most famously represented by rulers like Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan who resisted British expansion in the 18th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sultan of Mysore canonical | 4 |
| Nawab of Mysore | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10760785 — 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: Sultan of Mysore Context triple: [Mysorean forces, allegiance, Sultan of Mysore]
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A.
Krishnaraja Wadiyar III
Krishnaraja Wadiyar III was a 19th-century Maharaja of Mysore known for his patronage of arts, literature, and culture, and for helping revive the kingdom’s traditional institutions under British suzerainty.
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B.
Maharaja of Travancore
The Maharaja of Travancore was the hereditary monarch of the former princely state of Travancore in southern India, known for progressive social reforms, patronage of education, and significant influence in the region’s political and cultural history.
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C.
Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV
Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV was a progressive early 20th-century Maharaja of Mysore renowned for his enlightened rule, administrative reforms, and patronage of education and infrastructure in the princely state.
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D.
Yaduraya Wadiyar
Yaduraya Wadiyar was the progenitor of the Wadiyar royal line that ruled the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India for several centuries.
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E.
Chamarajendra Wadiyar X
Chamarajendra Wadiyar X was a 19th-century Maharaja of Mysore known for his progressive administration, patronage of education and the arts, and efforts to modernize the princely state.
- 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: Sultan of Mysore Target entity description: The Sultan of Mysore was the hereditary Muslim monarch of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India, most famously represented by rulers like Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan who resisted British expansion in the 18th century.
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A.
Krishnaraja Wadiyar III
Krishnaraja Wadiyar III was a 19th-century Maharaja of Mysore known for his patronage of arts, literature, and culture, and for helping revive the kingdom’s traditional institutions under British suzerainty.
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B.
Maharaja of Travancore
The Maharaja of Travancore was the hereditary monarch of the former princely state of Travancore in southern India, known for progressive social reforms, patronage of education, and significant influence in the region’s political and cultural history.
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C.
Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV
Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV was a progressive early 20th-century Maharaja of Mysore renowned for his enlightened rule, administrative reforms, and patronage of education and infrastructure in the princely state.
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D.
Yaduraya Wadiyar
Yaduraya Wadiyar was the progenitor of the Wadiyar royal line that ruled the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India for several centuries.
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E.
Chamarajendra Wadiyar X
Chamarajendra Wadiyar X was a 19th-century Maharaja of Mysore known for his progressive administration, patronage of education and the arts, and efforts to modernize the princely state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
head of state
ⓘ
hereditary monarchic title ⓘ royal title ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
French East India Company
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Kingdom of Mysore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
fortress city of Srirangapatna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
rockets and military innovation in Mysore ⓘ |
| conflict |
First Anglo-Mysore War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Anglo-Mysore War NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Anglo-Mysore War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent |
Asia
ⓘ
Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Mysore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governs | Mysore state NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCapital |
Mysore
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Srirangapatna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDiplomaticRole | chief diplomat of Mysore ⓘ |
| hasEthnicBackground | Muslim ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentForm | absolute monarchy ⓘ |
| hasLegalSystem | Islamic law (Sharia) and local customs ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryRole | commander-in-chief of Mysore army ⓘ |
| hasReligiousRole | protector of Islam in Mysore ⓘ |
| hasSymbol | Mysore tiger emblem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Karnataka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mysore NERFINISHED ⓘ South India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Anglo-Mysore Wars
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
resistance to British expansion in India ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
British East India Company
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mysore Sultanate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mysore state apparatus ⓘ |
| positionHeldBy |
Hyder Ali
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tipu Sultan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorTitle |
Dalavayi of Mysore
NERFINISHED
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Wodeyar Maharaja of Mysore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| successorTitle | Maharaja of Mysore under British suzerainty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
18th century
ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ |
| usedHonorific |
Nawab
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Padshah ⓘ Sultan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedTitleLanguage |
Arabic
ⓘ
Kannada ⓘ Persian ⓘ Urdu ⓘ |
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: Sultan of Mysore Description of subject: The Sultan of Mysore was the hereditary Muslim monarch of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India, most famously represented by rulers like Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan who resisted British expansion in the 18th century.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tipu Sultan