Shaykh al-Akbar

E164419

honorific title

Shaykh al-Akbar is the renowned honorific title of the influential Sufi mystic and philosopher Ibn Arabi, revered for his profound contributions to Islamic metaphysics and spirituality.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Shaykh al-Akbar canonical	3
al-Shaykh al-Akbar	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1296287 — 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: Shaykh al-Akbar
Context triple: [Ibn Arabi, honorificTitle, Shaykh al-Akbar]

A. al-Muqtana Baha’uddin
al-Muqtana Baha’uddin was a central early Druze religious leader and theologian who helped shape and consolidate the community’s doctrines and identity.
B. Sheikh Othman
Sheikh Othman is a district in the city of Aden in southern Yemen, historically part of the former British Colony of Aden.
C. Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi
Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi was a prominent 13th-century Persian Sufi philosopher and mystic, renowned for systematizing and elaborating the metaphysical teachings of Ibn Arabi.
D. al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad
al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad is the authoritarian yet pleasure-seeking patriarch whose complex personality and family life anchor Naguib Mahfouz’s renowned Cairo Trilogy.
E. Abu-Muhammad Muslih al-Din bin Abdallah Shirazi
Abu-Muhammad Muslih al-Din bin Abdallah Shirazi, better known as Saadi, was a renowned 13th-century Persian poet and prose writer celebrated for his works "Bustan" and "Gulistan."
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: Shaykh al-Akbar
Target entity description: Shaykh al-Akbar is the renowned honorific title of the influential Sufi mystic and philosopher Ibn Arabi, revered for his profound contributions to Islamic metaphysics and spirituality.

A. al-Muqtana Baha’uddin
al-Muqtana Baha’uddin was a central early Druze religious leader and theologian who helped shape and consolidate the community’s doctrines and identity.
B. Sheikh Othman
Sheikh Othman is a district in the city of Aden in southern Yemen, historically part of the former British Colony of Aden.
C. Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi
Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi was a prominent 13th-century Persian Sufi philosopher and mystic, renowned for systematizing and elaborating the metaphysical teachings of Ibn Arabi.
D. al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad
al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad is the authoritarian yet pleasure-seeking patriarch whose complex personality and family life anchor Naguib Mahfouz’s renowned Cairo Trilogy.
E. Abu-Muhammad Muslih al-Din bin Abdallah Shirazi
Abu-Muhammad Muslih al-Din bin Abdallah Shirazi, better known as Saadi, was a renowned 13th-century Persian poet and prose writer celebrated for his works "Bustan" and "Gulistan."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	honorific title ⓘ
appliedBy	Sufi authors ⓘ later Muslim scholars ⓘ
associatedWith	Islamic metaphysics ⓘ Islamic mysticism ⓘ Islamic philosophy ⓘ Sufism ⓘ
culturalRole	marker of doctrinal influence ⓘ symbol of supreme spiritual authority ⓘ
denotesStatus	greatest spiritual master ⓘ preeminent Sufi master ⓘ
epithetType	Sufi title ⓘ religious honorific ⓘ
fieldOfSignificance	Sufi doctrine ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ spirituality ⓘ
honorificDegree	superlative ⓘ
honorificFor	Ibn Arabi ⓘ surface form: Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Ibn Arabi ⓘ surface form: Muhyī al-Dīn Ibn al-ʿArabī
honorificScope	Islamic mysticism ⓘ Sufi tradition ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
linkedConcept	Sufi metaphysics ⓘ gnosis in Islam ⓘ wahdat al-wujud ⓘ
meaning	The Greatest Master ⓘ
refersTo	Ibn Arabi ⓘ
regionOfUsage	Islamic world ⓘ Muslim scholarly tradition ⓘ
religiousContext	Islam ⓘ
script	Arabic script ⓘ
theologicalContext	Sunni Islam ⓘ
timeOfOrigin	medieval Islamic period ⓘ
titleOf	Islamic philosopher ⓘ Sufi metaphysician ⓘ Sufi mystic ⓘ
transliterationVariant	Shaykh al-Akbar self-link ⓘ Shaykh al-Akbar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: al-Shaykh al-Akbar
usedFor	Ibn Arabi ⓘ surface form: Ibn al-Arabi
usedIn	Islamic biographical works ⓘ Sufi literature ⓘ metaphysical treatises ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ibn Arabi → honorificTitle → Shaykh al-Akbar ⓘ

Muhyiddin Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Arabi al-Hatimi al-Ta’i → alsoKnownAs → Shaykh al-Akbar ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Shaykh al-Akbar

Muhyiddin Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Arabi al-Hatimi al-Ta’i → honorificTitle → Shaykh al-Akbar ⓘ

Shaykh al-Akbar → transliterationVariant → Shaykh al-Akbar self-link ⓘ

Shaykh al-Akbar → transliterationVariant → Shaykh al-Akbar self-linksurface differs ⓘ