Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Mālaqī
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Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Mālaqī, better known as Ibn al-Baytar, was a prominent 13th-century Andalusian botanist, pharmacist, and physician renowned for his influential works on medicinal plants and pharmacology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Mālaqī canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13131475 — 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: Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Mālaqī Context triple: [Ibn al-Baytar, fullName, Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Mālaqī]
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Shihab al-Din
Shihab al-Din is an honorific title in the Islamic scholarly tradition meaning "Meteor of the Faith," often borne by distinguished religious scholars such as Ibn Hajar al-Haytami.
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Ibn al-Salah
Ibn al-Salah was a prominent 13th-century Kurdish Muslim hadith scholar and jurist best known for his foundational work "Muqaddimah Ibn al-Salah" on hadith sciences.
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Ala’ al-Din Ali ibn Sulayman al-Mardawi
Ala’ al-Din Ali ibn Sulayman al-Mardawi was a prominent medieval Hanbali jurist and legal scholar known for his influential works in Islamic jurisprudence.
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Abu al-Ma'ali Abd al-Malik ibn Abd Allah al-Juwayni
Abu al-Ma'ali Abd al-Malik ibn Abd Allah al-Juwayni was an influential 11th-century Sunni Muslim theologian and jurist of the Ash'ari school, renowned as the teacher of al-Ghazali and a leading Shafi'i scholar in Nishapur.
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Muhyi al-Din al-Hasani
Muhyi al-Din al-Hasani was a notable Islamic scholar and religious figure from Damascus, recognized for his leadership in religious education and reform in the late Ottoman and early modern Syrian period.
- 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: Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Mālaqī Target entity description: Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Mālaqī, better known as Ibn al-Baytar, was a prominent 13th-century Andalusian botanist, pharmacist, and physician renowned for his influential works on medicinal plants and pharmacology.
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A.
Shihab al-Din
Shihab al-Din is an honorific title in the Islamic scholarly tradition meaning "Meteor of the Faith," often borne by distinguished religious scholars such as Ibn Hajar al-Haytami.
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B.
Ibn al-Salah
Ibn al-Salah was a prominent 13th-century Kurdish Muslim hadith scholar and jurist best known for his foundational work "Muqaddimah Ibn al-Salah" on hadith sciences.
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C.
Ala’ al-Din Ali ibn Sulayman al-Mardawi
Ala’ al-Din Ali ibn Sulayman al-Mardawi was a prominent medieval Hanbali jurist and legal scholar known for his influential works in Islamic jurisprudence.
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D.
Abu al-Ma'ali Abd al-Malik ibn Abd Allah al-Juwayni
Abu al-Ma'ali Abd al-Malik ibn Abd Allah al-Juwayni was an influential 11th-century Sunni Muslim theologian and jurist of the Ash'ari school, renowned as the teacher of al-Ghazali and a leading Shafi'i scholar in Nishapur.
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E.
Muhyi al-Din al-Hasani
Muhyi al-Din al-Hasani was a notable Islamic scholar and religious figure from Damascus, recognized for his leadership in religious education and reform in the late Ottoman and early modern Syrian period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Andalusian scholar
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botanist ⓘ human ⓘ medieval scientist ⓘ pharmacist ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| basedIn | Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Málaga
NERFINISHED
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al-Andalus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Almohad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
classification of medicinal substances
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critical evaluation of earlier pharmacological sources ⓘ |
| culture | Andalusian ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| described | hundreds of medicinal plants and substances ⓘ |
| employer | Ayyubid court in Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 13th century ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
botany
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materia medica ⓘ medicine ⓘ pharmacology ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Islamic pharmacology
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medieval European pharmacology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Dioscorides
NERFINISHED
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Galen NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibn Sīnā NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Rāzī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
pharmacological encyclopedias
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systematic compilation of earlier medical and botanical knowledge ⓘ works on medicinal plants ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Arabic ⓘ |
| movement | Islamic Golden Age science ⓘ |
| name |
Ibn al-Bayṭār
NERFINISHED
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Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Mālaqī NERFINISHED ⓘ Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn Ibn al-Bayṭār NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Kitāb al-Jāmiʿ li-mufradāt al-adwiya wa-l-aghdhiya
NERFINISHED
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Kitāb al-Mughnī fī al-adwiya al-mufrada NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Jāmiʿ li-mufradāt al-adwiya wa-l-aghdhiya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
botanist
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pharmacist ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| positionHeld | chief herbalist in Egypt ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| travelledTo |
Asia Minor
NERFINISHED
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Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workSubject |
diet and nutrition in medicine
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medicinal plants ⓘ simple drugs ⓘ |
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Subject: Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Mālaqī Description of subject: Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Mālaqī, better known as Ibn al-Baytar, was a prominent 13th-century Andalusian botanist, pharmacist, and physician renowned for his influential works on medicinal plants and pharmacology.
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