Kitab al-Mu‘alajat al-Buqratiyya
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Kitab al-Mu‘alajat al-Buqratiyya is a seminal medieval Arabic medical compendium that systematically presents clinical treatments and therapies within the tradition of Islamic medicine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kitab al-Mu‘alajat al-Buqratiyya canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2931225 — 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: Kitab al-Mu‘alajat al-Buqratiyya Context triple: [Islamic medicine, hasWork, Kitab al-Mu‘alajat al-Buqratiyya]
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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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Kitab al-Farq
Kitab al-Farq is an Islamic scholarly treatise by Usman dan Fodio that addresses religious reform, proper Islamic practice, and the distinction between true faith and un-Islamic innovations in West African Muslim societies.
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C.
Kitab al-Buyu
Kitab al-Buyu is the section of Sahih al-Bukhari that compiles prophetic traditions related to commercial transactions, trade, and business ethics in Islamic law.
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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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E.
Kitab al-Ilm
Kitab al-Ilm is the section of Sahih al-Bukhari devoted to prophetic teachings and rulings about knowledge, its virtues, and its proper transmission in Islam.
- 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: Kitab al-Mu‘alajat al-Buqratiyya Target entity description: Kitab al-Mu‘alajat al-Buqratiyya is a seminal medieval Arabic medical compendium that systematically presents clinical treatments and therapies within the tradition of Islamic medicine.
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A.
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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B.
Kitab al-Farq
Kitab al-Farq is an Islamic scholarly treatise by Usman dan Fodio that addresses religious reform, proper Islamic practice, and the distinction between true faith and un-Islamic innovations in West African Muslim societies.
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C.
Kitab al-Buyu
Kitab al-Buyu is the section of Sahih al-Bukhari that compiles prophetic traditions related to commercial transactions, trade, and business ethics in Islamic law.
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D.
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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E.
Kitab al-Ilm
Kitab al-Ilm is the section of Sahih al-Bukhari devoted to prophetic teachings and rulings about knowledge, its virtues, and its proper transmission in Islam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic book
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Islamic medical work ⓘ medical compendium ⓘ medieval text ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
provide practical guidance for treatment
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systematize clinical practice ⓘ |
| circulatedIn | Islamic world ⓘ |
| contains |
chapters on fevers and systemic diseases
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chapters organized by organ systems ⓘ |
| covers |
diagnosis
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pharmacological therapies ⓘ prognosis ⓘ regimen and dietetics ⓘ treatment of external diseases ⓘ treatment of internal diseases ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Islamic world
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surface form:
Islamic civilization
|
| describedAs | seminal medieval Arabic medical compendium ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic medicine
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medicine ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
clinical treatments
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practical therapeutics ⓘ therapies ⓘ |
| genre | medical literature ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| includes |
case-based therapeutic recommendations
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compound drug prescriptions ⓘ discussion of humoral imbalance ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Galenic writings
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Greek medical tradition ⓘ Hippocratic Corpus ⓘ
surface form:
Hippocratic corpus
|
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| medium | manuscript ⓘ |
| methodology |
etiology-based therapeutic choices
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symptom-based classification of diseases ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of classical Islamic medical compendia ⓘ |
| preserves | Hippocratic-Galenic clinical doctrines in Arabic ⓘ |
| readBy | later Islamic physicians and scholars ⓘ |
| significance |
important source for history of Islamic medicine
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key witness to transmission of Greek medicine into Arabic ⓘ |
| structure | systematic presentation of diseases and treatments ⓘ |
| studiedIn | history of medicine scholarship ⓘ |
| tradition |
Galenic medicine
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Hippocratic medicine ⓘ Islamic medical scholarship ⓘ |
| usedBy | physicians in the Islamic world ⓘ |
| usedIn | medieval Islamic medical education ⓘ |
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Subject: Kitab al-Mu‘alajat al-Buqratiyya Description of subject: Kitab al-Mu‘alajat al-Buqratiyya is a seminal medieval Arabic medical compendium that systematically presents clinical treatments and therapies within the tradition of Islamic medicine.
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