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.

Aliases (3)

al-Hallaj ×52
Abu al-Mughith al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj ×1
al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic mystic → Sufi mystic → martyr figure → person → poet →
birthName	al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj →
burialPlace	Tigris River (ashes scattered) →
centuryOfActivity	10th century →
charge	heresy →
countryOfBirth	Abbasid Caliphate →
countryOfDeath	Abbasid Caliphate →
dateOfBirth	c. 858 →
dateOfDeath	922 →
era	Abbasid era →
ethnicGroup	Persian →
fullName	Abu al-Mughith al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj →
givenName	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 (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
al-Hallaj ("al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj") →	birthName
al-Hallaj ("Abu al-Mughith al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj") →	fullName
Sufism →	hasNotableFigure