Abd al-Rahman Siwar al-Dhahab
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Abd al-Rahman Siwar al-Dhahab was a Sudanese military officer and statesman who briefly led Sudan after a 1985 coup before overseeing a transition to civilian rule.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Abd al-Rahman Siwar al-Dhahab canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10953090 — 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: Abd al-Rahman Siwar al-Dhahab Context triple: [Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, name, Abd al-Rahman Siwar al-Dhahab]
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A.
Abd al-Rahman ibn Sakhr al-Dawsi
Abd al-Rahman ibn Sakhr al-Dawsi, better known as Abu Hurayrah, was a prominent companion of the Prophet Muhammad and the most prolific narrator of hadith in Sunni Islamic tradition.
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B.
Marwan ibn al-Hakam
Marwan ibn al-Hakam was an early Umayyad caliph who founded the Marwanid branch of the dynasty and played a key role in consolidating Umayyad rule in the late 7th century.
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C.
Abd al-Rahman
Abd al-Rahman is the given name of the renowned 14th-century Arab historian and sociologist Ibn Khaldun.
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D.
Abd al-Rahman
Abd al-Rahman is the given name of the prominent medieval Islamic scholar and historian Ibn al-Jawzi.
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E.
Abd al-Rahman
Abd al-Rahman is the personal name of the renowned 15th-century Egyptian scholar and polymath Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti.
- 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: Abd al-Rahman Siwar al-Dhahab Target entity description: Abd al-Rahman Siwar al-Dhahab was a Sudanese military officer and statesman who briefly led Sudan after a 1985 coup before overseeing a transition to civilian rule.
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A.
Abd al-Rahman ibn Sakhr al-Dawsi
Abd al-Rahman ibn Sakhr al-Dawsi, better known as Abu Hurayrah, was a prominent companion of the Prophet Muhammad and the most prolific narrator of hadith in Sunni Islamic tradition.
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B.
Marwan ibn al-Hakam
Marwan ibn al-Hakam was an early Umayyad caliph who founded the Marwanid branch of the dynasty and played a key role in consolidating Umayyad rule in the late 7th century.
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C.
Abd al-Rahman
Abd al-Rahman is the given name of the renowned 14th-century Arab historian and sociologist Ibn Khaldun.
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D.
Abd al-Rahman
Abd al-Rahman is the given name of the prominent medieval Islamic scholar and historian Ibn al-Jawzi.
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E.
Abd al-Rahman
Abd al-Rahman is the personal name of the renowned 15th-century Egyptian scholar and polymath Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
head of state
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human ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| awardReceived | King Faisal International Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialCountry | Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cameToPowerBy | military coup ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coupAgainst | Jaafar Nimeiry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1934 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2018 ⓘ |
| era |
20th century
ⓘ
21st century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Sudanese Arabs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Siwar al-Dhahab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
military affairs
ⓘ
public administration ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Abd al-Rahman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| handedPowerTo | elected civilian government ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leadership of Sudan after 1985 coup
ⓘ
peaceful transfer of power to civilians ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Arabic ⓘ |
| leaderOf | Transitional Military Council of Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leftOffice | 1986 ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Field Marshal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Abd al-Rahman Siwar al-Dhahab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Sudanese coup d'état of April 1985 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | oversaw transition to civilian rule in Sudan in 1986 ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| oversawTransitionTo | civilian government ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Omdurman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Riyadh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Transitional Military Council of Sudan
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Chief of Staff of the Sudanese Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Head of State of Sudan ⓘ Minister of Defence of Sudan ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| servedIn | Sudanese Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Sadiq al-Mahdi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookOffice | 1985 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Abd al-Rahman Siwar al-Dhahab Description of subject: Abd al-Rahman Siwar al-Dhahab was a Sudanese military officer and statesman who briefly led Sudan after a 1985 coup before overseeing a transition to civilian rule.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.