Al-Hawi
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Al-Hawi is a monumental 10th-century medical encyclopedia by the Persian physician al-Razi, compiling and critically evaluating the medical knowledge of Greco-Roman, Indian, and earlier Islamic sources.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Al-Hawi canonical | 1 |
| Al-Hawi (The Comprehensive Book) | 1 |
| Al-Hawi al-Kabir | 1 |
| Kitab al-Hawi | 1 |
| al-Hawi al-Kabir | 1 |
| large medical encyclopedia Al-Hawi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2931217 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Al-Hawi Context triple: [Islamic medicine, hasWork, Al-Hawi]
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A.
Kitab al-Tawasin
Kitab al-Tawasin is a seminal mystical and poetic work of Islamic Sufism, attributed to the famed mystic al-Hallaj and known for its esoteric reflections on divine love, unity, and martyrdom.
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B.
Al-Risala
Al-Risala is a foundational Islamic legal treatise by Imam al-Shafi'i that systematically outlines the principles and methodology of Sunni jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh).
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C.
Al Mandaq
Al Mandaq is a town in southwestern Saudi Arabia known for its mountainous terrain and cool climate within the Al Bahah region.
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D.
Awarif al-Ma'arif
Awarif al-Ma'arif is a seminal Sufi manual by Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi that systematically outlines Sufi doctrine, ethics, and spiritual practice.
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E.
Kutub al-Sittah
Kutub al-Sittah is the canonical collection of six major Sunni hadith books regarded as the most authoritative sources of the Prophet Muhammad’s sayings and traditions after the Qur’an.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Al-Hawi Target entity description: Al-Hawi is a monumental 10th-century medical encyclopedia by the Persian physician al-Razi, compiling and critically evaluating the medical knowledge of Greco-Roman, Indian, and earlier Islamic sources.
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A.
Kitab al-Tawasin
Kitab al-Tawasin is a seminal mystical and poetic work of Islamic Sufism, attributed to the famed mystic al-Hallaj and known for its esoteric reflections on divine love, unity, and martyrdom.
-
B.
Al-Risala
Al-Risala is a foundational Islamic legal treatise by Imam al-Shafi'i that systematically outlines the principles and methodology of Sunni jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh).
-
C.
Al Mandaq
Al Mandaq is a town in southwestern Saudi Arabia known for its mountainous terrain and cool climate within the Al Bahah region.
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D.
Awarif al-Ma'arif
Awarif al-Ma'arif is a seminal Sufi manual by Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi that systematically outlines Sufi doctrine, ethics, and spiritual practice.
-
E.
Kutub al-Sittah
Kutub al-Sittah is the canonical collection of six major Sunni hadith books regarded as the most authoritative sources of the Prophet Muhammad’s sayings and traditions after the Qur’an.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medical encyclopedia
ⓘ
medical text ⓘ medieval medical work ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Kitab al-Hawi fi al-tibb
ⓘ
Al-Hawi ⓘ
surface form:
al-Hawi al-Kabir
|
| associatedPerson |
Al-Razi (Rhazes)
ⓘ
surface form:
al-Razi
|
| associatedWith | hospital practice in Baghdad ⓘ |
| author |
Al-Razi (Rhazes)
ⓘ
surface form:
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi
Al-Razi (Rhazes) ⓘ
surface form:
al-Razi
|
| characteristic |
critical evaluation of earlier medical knowledge
ⓘ
encyclopedic scope ⓘ |
| compiledBy | al-Razi over many years of clinical practice ⓘ |
| compilesKnowledgeFrom |
Greco-Roman medical sources
ⓘ
Indian medical sources ⓘ earlier Islamic medical sources ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Persia ⓘ |
| date | 10th century ⓘ |
| era | Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ |
| field |
medical science
ⓘ
medicine ⓘ |
| genre | medical compendium ⓘ |
| hasPart |
case histories
ⓘ
disease descriptions ⓘ pharmacological information ⓘ therapeutic recommendations ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
important conduit of Greek medicine into later traditions
ⓘ
major reference work for physicians in the Islamic world ⓘ one of the largest medical encyclopedias of its time ⓘ |
| influenced |
medieval European medicine
ⓘ
medieval Islamic medicine ⓘ |
| inLaterTradition | partially translated into Latin in the Middle Ages ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| methodology |
comparison of different medical authorities
ⓘ
inclusion of author’s own observations ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence |
Islamic world
ⓘ
Western Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Christendom (via later translations)
|
| subject |
clinical observation
ⓘ
diagnosis of diseases ⓘ pharmacology ⓘ treatment of diseases ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| titleMeaning |
The Comprehensive Book
ⓘ
The Large Comprehensive ⓘ |
| usesSource |
Galenic medicine
ⓘ
Hippocratic Corpus ⓘ
surface form:
Hippocratic writings
Indian Ayurvedic traditions ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Al-Hawi Description of subject: Al-Hawi is a monumental 10th-century medical encyclopedia by the Persian physician al-Razi, compiling and critically evaluating the medical knowledge of Greco-Roman, Indian, and earlier Islamic sources.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Al-Razi
this entity surface form:
Kitab al-Hawi
subject surface form:
Al-Razi
this entity surface form:
Al-Hawi al-Kabir
subject surface form:
Al-Razi
this entity surface form:
large medical encyclopedia Al-Hawi
this entity surface form:
Al-Hawi (The Comprehensive Book)
this entity surface form:
al-Hawi al-Kabir