Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi
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Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi was a 12th-century Persian Sufi master and scholar who became a key figure in the development of organized Sufi orders in the Islamic world.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi | 5 |
| Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi canonical | 3 |
| Suhrawardi | 2 |
| Abu al-Najib Abd al-Qahir al-Suhrawardi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1317310 — 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.
Target entity: Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi Context triple: [Suhrawardiyya, foundedBy, Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi]
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Burhan al-Din Muhaqqiq
Burhan al-Din Muhaqqiq was a prominent 13th-century Islamic scholar and Sufi master best known as one of the principal spiritual teachers of Jalal al-Din Rumi.
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Ibn Arabi
Ibn Arabi was a seminal medieval Sufi mystic, philosopher, and poet whose metaphysical teachings, especially the doctrine of the "Unity of Being," profoundly shaped Islamic spirituality and thought.
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Ibn Miskawayh
Ibn Miskawayh was a 10th–11th century Persian Muslim philosopher and historian renowned for his influential works on ethical philosophy and the cultivation of character.
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Ibn al-Jawzi
Ibn al-Jawzi was a prominent 12th-century Hanbali scholar, preacher, and prolific author from Baghdad, renowned for his works on theology, history, and spiritual exhortation in the Islamic world.
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Ibn al-Bawwab
Ibn al-Bawwab was an influential 10th–11th century Persian calligrapher renowned for refining and codifying classical Arabic scripts, particularly in Qur’anic manuscripts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi Target entity description: Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi was a 12th-century Persian Sufi master and scholar who became a key figure in the development of organized Sufi orders in the Islamic world.
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A.
Burhan al-Din Muhaqqiq
Burhan al-Din Muhaqqiq was a prominent 13th-century Islamic scholar and Sufi master best known as one of the principal spiritual teachers of Jalal al-Din Rumi.
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B.
Ibn Arabi
Ibn Arabi was a seminal medieval Sufi mystic, philosopher, and poet whose metaphysical teachings, especially the doctrine of the "Unity of Being," profoundly shaped Islamic spirituality and thought.
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C.
Ibn Miskawayh
Ibn Miskawayh was a 10th–11th century Persian Muslim philosopher and historian renowned for his influential works on ethical philosophy and the cultivation of character.
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D.
Ibn al-Jawzi
Ibn al-Jawzi was a prominent 12th-century Hanbali scholar, preacher, and prolific author from Baghdad, renowned for his works on theology, history, and spiritual exhortation in the Islamic world.
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E.
Ibn al-Bawwab
Ibn al-Bawwab was an influential 10th–11th century Persian calligrapher renowned for refining and codifying classical Arabic scripts, particularly in Qur’anic manuscripts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic scholar
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Persian mystic ⓘ Sufi master ⓘ founder of a Sufi order ⓘ |
| activeCentury | 12th century ⓘ |
| associatedWithCaliphate | Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty |
Seljuk Empire
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surface form:
Seljuk dynasty
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| birthCountry | Seljuk Empire ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Suhraward ⓘ |
| birthRegion | near Zanjan in northwestern Iran ⓘ |
| creed | Ash'ari ⓘ |
| deathCountry | Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Baghdad ⓘ |
| deathRegion | Iraq ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| era | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Persian ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Islamic jurisprudence
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Islamic theology ⓘ Sufism ⓘ |
| founderOf |
Suhrawardiyya
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surface form:
Suhrawardiyya order
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| fullName |
Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Abu al-Najib Abd al-Qahir al-Suhrawardi
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| givenName | Abd al-Qahir ⓘ |
| influenced |
Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi
later Sufi orders in the Islamic world ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early organization of Sufi orders
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founding a Sufi khanqah in Baghdad ⓘ systematizing Sufi training and discipline ⓘ |
| kunya | Abu al-Najib ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
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Persian ⓘ |
| legalSchool |
Shafi'i school
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surface form:
Shafi'i
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| movement | Suhrawardiyya ⓘ |
| name | Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi self-link ⓘ |
| notableRole | key figure in institutional Sufism ⓘ |
| occupation |
Sufi shaykh
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jurist ⓘ teacher ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Iraq
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Persia ⓘ |
| relative |
Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi
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| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| spiritualDiscipline | asceticism ⓘ |
| sufiAffiliation | Sufism ⓘ |
| taughtAt | khanqah in Baghdad ⓘ |
| uncleOf |
Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi
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How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi Description of subject: Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi was a 12th-century Persian Sufi master and scholar who became a key figure in the development of organized Sufi orders in the Islamic world.
Referenced by (11)
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