Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi
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Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi was an 8th-century Arab philologist and lexicographer renowned for founding Arabic prosody and compiling one of the earliest Arabic dictionaries.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi canonical | 3 |
| Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi | 2 |
| Al-Khalil | 1 |
| al-Farahidi | 1 |
| al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2185507 — 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: Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi Context triple: [Basra school of grammar, hasNotableMember, Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi]
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Al-Khalil
Al-Khalil is the Arabic name for the city of Hebron in the West Bank, a historically significant and religiously important city revered in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity.
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B.
Sibawayh
Sibawayh was an 8th-century Persian scholar whose foundational treatise on Arabic grammar, al-Kitāb, established the systematic study and rules of Classical Arabic.
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C.
Al‑Raghib al‑Isfahani
Al‑Raghib al‑Isfahani was an influential 11th-century Muslim scholar best known for his works on Qur’anic exegesis, Arabic lexicography, and ethical philosophy.
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D.
Sahl al-Tustari
Sahl al-Tustari was a 9th-century Persian Sufi mystic and Qur’anic exegete known for his early formulations of mystical theology and profound influence on later Sufi thinkers.
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E.
Al-Qarafi
Al-Qarafi was a prominent 13th-century Maliki jurist and legal theorist from North Africa, renowned for his influential works on Islamic jurisprudence and legal methodology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi Target entity description: Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi was an 8th-century Arab philologist and lexicographer renowned for founding Arabic prosody and compiling one of the earliest Arabic dictionaries.
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A.
Al-Khalil
Al-Khalil is the Arabic name for the city of Hebron in the West Bank, a historically significant and religiously important city revered in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity.
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B.
Sibawayh
Sibawayh was an 8th-century Persian scholar whose foundational treatise on Arabic grammar, al-Kitāb, established the systematic study and rules of Classical Arabic.
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C.
Al‑Raghib al‑Isfahani
Al‑Raghib al‑Isfahani was an influential 11th-century Muslim scholar best known for his works on Qur’anic exegesis, Arabic lexicography, and ethical philosophy.
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D.
Sahl al-Tustari
Sahl al-Tustari was a 9th-century Persian Sufi mystic and Qur’anic exegete known for his early formulations of mystical theology and profound influence on later Sufi thinkers.
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E.
Al-Qarafi
Al-Qarafi was a prominent 13th-century Maliki jurist and legal theorist from North Africa, renowned for his influential works on Islamic jurisprudence and legal methodology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arab scholar
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Muslim scholar ⓘ founder of Arabic prosody ⓘ lexicographer ⓘ linguist ⓘ philologist ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Basra
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Oman ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Abbasid Caliphate
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Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
codification of Arabic grammar
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early Arabic lexicography ⓘ |
| developed |
metrical patterns of classical Arabic poetry
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systematic Arabic prosody (ʿarud) ⓘ |
| era |
8th century
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Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Arabs ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Arabic grammar
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Arabic linguistics ⓘ Quranic studies ⓘ lexicography ⓘ philology ⓘ prosody ⓘ |
| givenName |
Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Al-Khalil
|
| influenced |
Sibawayh
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later Arabic grammarians ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Kitab al-ʿAyn
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compiling one of the earliest Arabic dictionaries ⓘ founding the science of Arabic prosody ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legacy | foundational figure in Arabic linguistic sciences ⓘ |
| mainResidence | Basra ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Basra school of grammar
ⓘ
surface form:
Basran school of grammar
|
| name | Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi self-link ⓘ |
| nisba |
Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
al-Farahidi
|
| notableWork |
Kitab al-ʿAyn
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work on Arabic prosody (al-ʿArud) ⓘ |
| notedFor |
ascetic lifestyle
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precision in linguistic analysis ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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teacher ⓘ |
| patronymicName | ibn Ahmad ⓘ |
| region | Basra ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| studiedUnder |
Abu Amr ibn al-Ala
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Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani ⓘ |
| teacherOf | Sibawayh ⓘ |
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Subject: Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi Description of subject: Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi was an 8th-century Arab philologist and lexicographer renowned for founding Arabic prosody and compiling one of the earliest Arabic dictionaries.
Referenced by (8)
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