Idris ibn Ali
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Idris ibn Ali, better known as Idris Alooma, was a powerful 16th-century ruler of the Kanem-Bornu Empire in Central Africa, renowned for his military reforms, Islamic scholarship, and successful expansion of the state.
All labels observed (1)
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| Idris ibn Ali canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12276975 — 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: Idris ibn Ali Context triple: [Idris Alooma, alternativeName, Idris ibn Ali]
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A.
Idris ibn Idris
Idris ibn Idris, better known as Idris II of Morocco, was an early 9th-century Idrisid ruler who consolidated Islamic rule and founded the city of Fez, helping lay the foundations of the Moroccan state.
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B.
Ali ibn Buya
Ali ibn Buya was the 10th-century Iranian military leader who established the Buyid dynasty and became a dominant power in the Abbasid Caliphate.
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C.
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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D.
Muhammad al-Shaybani
Muhammad al-Shaybani was an influential early Islamic jurist and student of Abu Hanifa who played a key role in systematizing and transmitting Hanafi jurisprudence.
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E.
Nasr ibn Sayyar
Nasr ibn Sayyar was an 8th-century Arab general and the last Umayyad governor of Khorasan, known for his efforts to maintain Umayyad control during the turbulent period leading up to the Abbasid Revolution.
- 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: Idris ibn Ali Target entity description: Idris ibn Ali, better known as Idris Alooma, was a powerful 16th-century ruler of the Kanem-Bornu Empire in Central Africa, renowned for his military reforms, Islamic scholarship, and successful expansion of the state.
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A.
Idris ibn Idris
Idris ibn Idris, better known as Idris II of Morocco, was an early 9th-century Idrisid ruler who consolidated Islamic rule and founded the city of Fez, helping lay the foundations of the Moroccan state.
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B.
Ali ibn Buya
Ali ibn Buya was the 10th-century Iranian military leader who established the Buyid dynasty and became a dominant power in the Abbasid Caliphate.
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C.
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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D.
Muhammad al-Shaybani
Muhammad al-Shaybani was an influential early Islamic jurist and student of Abu Hanifa who played a key role in systematizing and transmitting Hanafi jurisprudence.
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E.
Nasr ibn Sayyar
Nasr ibn Sayyar was an 8th-century Arab general and the last Umayyad governor of Khorasan, known for his efforts to maintain Umayyad control during the turbulent period leading up to the Abbasid Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.