Kitab al-Saydalah
E316751
Kitab al-Saydalah is a seminal medieval Islamic pharmacological treatise that systematically catalogues drugs, their properties, and their medical uses.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kitab al-Aghdhiya | 1 |
| Kitab al-Saydalah canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2931222 — 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-Saydalah Context triple: [Islamic medicine, hasWork, Kitab al-Saydalah]
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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.
Kitab al-Sawm
Kitab al-Sawm is the section of the hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari that compiles prophetic traditions related to fasting in Islam.
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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-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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E.
Kitab al-Diyat
Kitab al-Diyat is a section of Islamic hadith literature that deals with legal rulings and compensations related to bodily injury and homicide.
- 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-Saydalah Target entity description: Kitab al-Saydalah is a seminal medieval Islamic pharmacological treatise that systematically catalogues drugs, their properties, and their medical uses.
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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.
Kitab al-Sawm
Kitab al-Sawm is the section of the hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari that compiles prophetic traditions related to fasting in Islam.
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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-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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E.
Kitab al-Diyat
Kitab al-Diyat is a section of Islamic hadith literature that deals with legal rulings and compensations related to bodily injury and homicide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic Golden Age work
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medical text ⓘ medieval Arabic scientific work ⓘ pharmacological treatise ⓘ |
| aim |
to guide medical treatment using pharmacological substances
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to organize knowledge of drugs and their effects ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Islamic Golden Age science
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classical Arabic medical tradition ⓘ |
| author |
Al-Biruni
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surface form:
al-Biruni
|
| civilization | Islamic civilization ⓘ |
| classificationMethod | systematic arrangement of drugs ⓘ |
| contains |
descriptions of compound drugs
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descriptions of simple drugs ⓘ information on drug origins ⓘ information on drug preparation ⓘ information on therapeutic indications ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
development of Islamic pharmacology
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standardization of drug knowledge in the Islamic world ⓘ |
| describedAs | seminal medieval Islamic pharmacological treatise ⓘ |
| field |
medicine
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pharmacognosy ⓘ pharmacy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
medical uses of drugs
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properties of drugs ⓘ systematic cataloguing of drugs ⓘ |
| genre |
medical encyclopedia
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scientific literature ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
later Islamic pharmacological literature
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medieval medical practice in the Islamic world ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
drugs
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materia medica ⓘ medical therapeutics ⓘ pharmacology ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Islamic studies
ⓘ
history of medicine ⓘ history of pharmacy ⓘ |
| timePeriod | medieval period ⓘ |
| usedBy |
pharmacists
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physicians ⓘ scholars of medicine ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kitab al-Saydalah Description of subject: Kitab al-Saydalah is a seminal medieval Islamic pharmacological treatise that systematically catalogues drugs, their properties, and their medical uses.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kitab al-Aghdhiya