al‑Hallaj

E28288

Islamic mystic Sufi mystic martyr figure person poet

Al-Hallaj was a 10th-century Persian Sufi mystic and poet, famed for his ecstatic utterance "Ana al-Haqq" ("I am the Truth") and his subsequent execution for heresy, which made him a symbol of mystical martyrdom in Islam.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Mansur al-Hallaj	7
al-Hallaj	2
Abu al-Mughith al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj	1
al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj	1
al‑Hallaj canonical	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic mystic ⓘ Sufi mystic ⓘ martyr figure ⓘ person ⓘ poet ⓘ
birthName	al‑Hallaj self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj
burialPlace	Tigris ⓘ surface form: Tigris River (ashes scattered)
centuryOfActivity	10th century ⓘ
charge	heresy ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
countryOfDeath	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
dateOfBirth	c. 858 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	922 ⓘ
era	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ surface form: Abbasid era
ethnicGroup	Persian ⓘ
fullName	al‑Hallaj self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Abu al-Mughith al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj
givenName	Hussein ⓘ surface form: Husayn
influenced	Attar of Nishapur ⓘ Ibn Arabi ⓘ Rumi ⓘ later Sufi poetry ⓘ
influencedBy	Junayd of Baghdad ⓘ Sahl al-Tustari ⓘ
languageOfWork	Arabic ⓘ Persian ⓘ
legacy	controversial figure in Islamic theology ⓘ icon of divine love and annihilation of self in Sufism ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	execution ⓘ
methodOfExecution	beheading ⓘ burning of body ⓘ crucifixion ⓘ
movement	Sufism ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Persian ⓘ
notableFor	ecstatic mystical utterances ⓘ execution for heresy ⓘ symbol of mystical martyrdom in Islam ⓘ
notableIdea	Ana al-Haqq ⓘ
notableQuote	Ana al-Haqq ⓘ
notableWork	Kitab al-Tawasin ⓘ
numberOfPilgrimagesToMecca	3 ⓘ
occupation	mystic ⓘ poet ⓘ preacher ⓘ theologian ⓘ
performedPilgrimageTo	Mecca ⓘ
placeOfBirth	near al-Bayda, Fars, Persia ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Baghdad ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
residence	Baghdad ⓘ Basra ⓘ Khuzestan ⓘ
subjectOf	numerous Sufi hagiographies ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Sufism → hasNotableFigure → al‑Hallaj ⓘ

al‑Hallaj → fullName → al‑Hallaj self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: al-Hallaj

this entity surface form: Abu al-Mughith al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj

al‑Hallaj → birthName → al‑Hallaj self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: al-Hallaj

this entity surface form: al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj

Ana al-Haqq → associatedWith → al‑Hallaj ⓘ