Rashid al-Din Hamadani
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Rashid al-Din Hamadani was a prominent 13th–14th century Persian Jewish-born physician, statesman, and historian best known for his universal history "Jami' al-Tawarikh" written under the Ilkhanate.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rashid al-Din Hamadani canonical | 4 |
| Rashid al-Din Abu’l-Khayr | 1 |
| Rashid al-Din chronicles | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2186731 — 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: Rashid al-Din Hamadani Context triple: [Sack of Baghdad (1258), describedBySource, Rashid al-Din Hamadani]
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Al-Juwayni
Al-Juwayni was an influential 11th-century Sunni theologian and jurist of the Ash'ari school, renowned as a leading Shafi'i scholar and teacher of Al-Ghazali.
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Shams-e Tabrizi
Shams-e Tabrizi was a 13th-century Persian mystic and wandering dervish whose spiritual companionship profoundly transformed the poet Rumi and inspired much of his most celebrated work.
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Al-Masudi
Al-Masudi was a 10th-century Arab historian and geographer, often called the "Herodotus of the Arabs" for his extensive historical and geographical writings.
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Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi was a 13th-century Persian polymath renowned for his influential works in astronomy, mathematics, philosophy, and theology.
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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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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Rashid al-Din Hamadani Target entity description: Rashid al-Din Hamadani was a prominent 13th–14th century Persian Jewish-born physician, statesman, and historian best known for his universal history "Jami' al-Tawarikh" written under the Ilkhanate.
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A.
Al-Juwayni
Al-Juwayni was an influential 11th-century Sunni theologian and jurist of the Ash'ari school, renowned as a leading Shafi'i scholar and teacher of Al-Ghazali.
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B.
Shams-e Tabrizi
Shams-e Tabrizi was a 13th-century Persian mystic and wandering dervish whose spiritual companionship profoundly transformed the poet Rumi and inspired much of his most celebrated work.
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C.
Al-Masudi
Al-Masudi was a 10th-century Arab historian and geographer, often called the "Herodotus of the Arabs" for his extensive historical and geographical writings.
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D.
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi was a 13th-century Persian polymath renowned for his influential works in astronomy, mathematics, philosophy, and theology.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Persian person
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historian ⓘ medieval historian ⓘ physician ⓘ statesman ⓘ vizier ⓘ |
| accusation | alleged poisoning of Öljaitü ⓘ |
| advisorTo |
Ghazan
ⓘ
surface form:
Ghazan Khan
Öljeitü ⓘ
surface form:
Öljaitü
|
| birthName |
Rashid al-Din Hamadani
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Rashid al-Din Abu’l-Khayr
|
| built |
Rab-i Rashidi complex in Tabriz
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surface form:
Rab'-e Rashidi complex in Tabriz
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| causeOfDeath | beheading ⓘ |
| convertedFromReligion | Judaism ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Mongol Ilkhanate
ⓘ
surface form:
Ilkhanate
|
| dateOfBirth | circa 1247 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1318 ⓘ |
| employedBy |
Ghazan
ⓘ
surface form:
Ghazan Khan
Öljeitü ⓘ
surface form:
Öljaitü
|
| employer |
Mongol Ilkhanate
ⓘ
surface form:
Ilkhanate
|
| ethnicOrigin | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Hamadani ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
administration
ⓘ
historiography ⓘ medicine ⓘ |
| genre | universal history ⓘ |
| givenName | Rashid ⓘ |
| influenced |
Islamic historiography
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later Persian historians ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Jami' al-Tawarikh as a major source on Mongol history
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service in the Ilkhanid court ⓘ writing a universal history of the world ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Arabic
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Persian ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Compendium of Chronicles
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Jami' al-Tawarikh ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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physician ⓘ scholar ⓘ vizier ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Hamadan
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Iran ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Mongol Ilkhanate
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surface form:
Ilkhanate
Tabriz ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chief minister
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vizier of the Ilkhanate ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| workPeriod |
early 14th century
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late 13th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Rashid al-Din Hamadani Description of subject: Rashid al-Din Hamadani was a prominent 13th–14th century Persian Jewish-born physician, statesman, and historian best known for his universal history "Jami' al-Tawarikh" written under the Ilkhanate.
Referenced by (6)
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