Akbarian school
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The Akbarian school is a mystical-philosophical tradition in Islam that develops and systematizes the metaphysical teachings of Ibn Arabi, especially his doctrines of divine unity and the imaginal realm.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Akbarian school canonical | 5 |
| Akbari school | 1 |
| Akbarian tradition | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1296330 — 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: Akbarian school Context triple: [Ibn Arabi, associatedConcept, Akbarian school]
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Suhrawardiyya
Suhrawardiyya is a major Sufi order originating in the Islamic world, known for its emphasis on spiritual discipline, ethical conduct, and organized missionary activity.
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B.
Kufa school of grammar
The Kufa school of grammar was an influential early Islamic linguistic tradition centered in the Iraqi city of Kufa, known for its distinctive approaches to Arabic grammar and its rivalry with the Basra school.
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C.
Basra school of grammar
The Basra school of grammar was an early and highly influential center of linguistic scholarship in Basra that helped shape the rules and analysis of Classical Arabic.
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D.
Al-Attarine Madrasa
Al-Attarine Madrasa is a historic 14th-century Islamic college in Fez, Morocco, renowned for its exquisite Marinid architecture and intricate decorative artistry.
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E.
Maliki school
The Maliki school is one of the four major Sunni Islamic legal schools, known for its reliance on the practices of the people of Medina as a primary source of jurisprudence.
- 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: Akbarian school Target entity description: The Akbarian school is a mystical-philosophical tradition in Islam that develops and systematizes the metaphysical teachings of Ibn Arabi, especially his doctrines of divine unity and the imaginal realm.
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A.
Suhrawardiyya
Suhrawardiyya is a major Sufi order originating in the Islamic world, known for its emphasis on spiritual discipline, ethical conduct, and organized missionary activity.
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B.
Kufa school of grammar
The Kufa school of grammar was an influential early Islamic linguistic tradition centered in the Iraqi city of Kufa, known for its distinctive approaches to Arabic grammar and its rivalry with the Basra school.
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C.
Basra school of grammar
The Basra school of grammar was an early and highly influential center of linguistic scholarship in Basra that helped shape the rules and analysis of Classical Arabic.
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D.
Al-Attarine Madrasa
Al-Attarine Madrasa is a historic 14th-century Islamic college in Fez, Morocco, renowned for its exquisite Marinid architecture and intricate decorative artistry.
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E.
Maliki school
The Maliki school is one of the four major Sunni Islamic legal schools, known for its reliance on the practices of the people of Medina as a primary source of jurisprudence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic mystical-philosophical tradition
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Sufi intellectual tradition ⓘ school of Islamic metaphysics ⓘ |
| associatedWithBranchOfIslam | Sufism ⓘ |
| concerns |
inner meanings of Quran and Hadith
ⓘ
interpretation of revelation through metaphysical hermeneutics ⓘ |
| coreDoctrine |
doctrine of the imaginal realm
ⓘ
metaphysical doctrine of divine unity ⓘ unity of being ⓘ |
| developsTeachingsOf | Ibn Arabi ⓘ |
| emphasizesConcept |
al-‘alam al-mithali (imaginal world)
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tawhid ⓘ wahdat al-wujud ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
metaphysics of divine names and attributes
ⓘ
ontology of levels of existence ⓘ relationship between God, cosmos, and human being ⓘ spiritual anthropology ⓘ |
| geographicalSpread |
Anatolia
ⓘ
Arab lands ⓘ South Asia ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
Persia ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Akbarian tradition
ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ
surface form:
Ibn Arabi school
|
| hasKeyFigure |
Abd al-Razzaq al-Kashani
ⓘ
Dawud al-Qaysari ⓘ Jami ⓘ Mulla Sadra ⓘ Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfFlourishing | post-classical Islamic period ⓘ |
| influenced |
Abd al-Razzaq al-Kashani
ⓘ
Dawud al-Qaysari ⓘ Indo-Muslim metaphysical thought ⓘ Mulla Sadra ⓘ Ottoman intellectual tradition ⓘ Persian philosophical Sufism ⓘ Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi ⓘ later Sufi orders ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ibn Arabi
ⓘ
Islamic philosophy ⓘ
surface form:
Islamic Neoplatonism
earlier Sufi metaphysics ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form:
Persian
|
| methodologicalFeature |
systematic metaphysical exposition of Sufi insights
ⓘ
use of philosophical terminology in Sufi context ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ibn Arabi ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Islam ⓘ |
| systematizesTeachingsOf | Ibn Arabi ⓘ |
| teaches |
cosmos as theophany of divine names
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perfect human (al-insan al-kamil) as locus of divine self-disclosure ⓘ |
| viewsScriptureAs | multi-layered symbolic reality ⓘ |
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Referenced by (7)
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this entity surface form:
Akbarian tradition
this entity surface form:
Akbari school