Kitāb al-Shifāʾ
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Kitāb al-Shifāʾ is a monumental philosophical and scientific encyclopedia by the polymath Avicenna, covering logic, natural sciences, mathematics, and metaphysics.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kitab al-Shifa | 2 |
| Kitāb al-Shifāʾ canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15867478 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kitāb al-Shifāʾ Context triple: [The Book of Healing, originalTitle, Kitāb al-Shifāʾ]
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A.
Kitab al-Hawi fi al-tibb
Kitab al-Hawi fi al-tibb is a monumental 10th-century medical encyclopedia by the Persian physician al-Razi, compiling and critically evaluating Greco-Arabic medical knowledge and clinical observations.
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B.
Kitab al-Jadari wa al-Hasbah
Kitab al-Jadari wa al-Hasbah is a pioneering medical treatise by the Persian physician Al-Razi that provides one of the earliest clinical descriptions and differentiations of smallpox and measles.
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C.
Kitab al-Adwiya al-Mufrada
Kitab al-Adwiya al-Mufrada is a classical Islamic medical treatise focused on simple drugs and their therapeutic properties within the tradition of Greco-Arabic pharmacology.
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D.
The Canon of Medicine
The Canon of Medicine is a seminal 11th-century medical encyclopedia by Avicenna that systematized Greco-Arabic medical knowledge and served as a standard medical text in both the Islamic world and Europe for centuries.
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E.
Al-Tasrif
Al-Tasrif is a comprehensive 30-volume medical encyclopedia by the Andalusian physician Al-Zahrawi, renowned for its detailed surgical techniques and lasting influence on both Islamic and European medicine.
- 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: Kitāb al-Shifāʾ Target entity description: Kitāb al-Shifāʾ is a monumental philosophical and scientific encyclopedia by the polymath Avicenna, covering logic, natural sciences, mathematics, and metaphysics.
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A.
Kitab al-Hawi fi al-tibb
Kitab al-Hawi fi al-tibb is a monumental 10th-century medical encyclopedia by the Persian physician al-Razi, compiling and critically evaluating Greco-Arabic medical knowledge and clinical observations.
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B.
Kitab al-Jadari wa al-Hasbah
Kitab al-Jadari wa al-Hasbah is a pioneering medical treatise by the Persian physician Al-Razi that provides one of the earliest clinical descriptions and differentiations of smallpox and measles.
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C.
Kitab al-Adwiya al-Mufrada
Kitab al-Adwiya al-Mufrada is a classical Islamic medical treatise focused on simple drugs and their therapeutic properties within the tradition of Greco-Arabic pharmacology.
-
D.
The Canon of Medicine
The Canon of Medicine is a seminal 11th-century medical encyclopedia by Avicenna that systematized Greco-Arabic medical knowledge and served as a standard medical text in both the Islamic world and Europe for centuries.
-
E.
Al-Tasrif
Al-Tasrif is a comprehensive 30-volume medical encyclopedia by the Andalusian physician Al-Zahrawi, renowned for its detailed surgical techniques and lasting influence on both Islamic and European medicine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kitab al-Shifa
The Book of Healing is a philosophical and scientific encyclopedia
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alsoKnownAs
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Kitāb al-Shifāʾ
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subject surface form:
The Book of Healing
this entity surface form:
Kitab al-Shifa
The Book of Healing is a philosophical and scientific encyclopedia
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alsoKnownAs
→
Kitāb al-Shifāʾ
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subject surface form:
The Book of Healing