Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni
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Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni was a prominent 10th-century Twelver Shia scholar and traditionist best known as one of the most important early compilers of Shia hadith literature.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni | 2 |
| Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni canonical | 2 |
| al-Kulayni | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3671977 — 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.
Target entity: Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni Context triple: [al-Kafi, author, Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni]
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Abd al-Qadir al-Gilani
Abd al-Qadir al-Gilani was a prominent 12th-century Islamic scholar, jurist, and Sufi saint regarded as the founder of the Qadiriyya Sufi order.
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Mir Muhammad Taqi
Mir Muhammad Taqi, better known as Mir Taqi Mir, was an 18th-century Urdu and Persian poet widely regarded as one of the greatest pioneers and masters of Urdu ghazal.
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Ali ibn al-Hassan Shirazi
Ali ibn al-Hassan Shirazi was a Persian prince and trader traditionally credited as the founding ruler of the medieval Swahili city-state of Kilwa on the East African coast.
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Abu al-Hasan Ali
Abu al-Hasan Ali was a 15th-century Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada in al-Andalus, remembered as one of the last Muslim kings in the Iberian Peninsula.
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Al-Majusi
Al-Majusi (Haly Abbas) was a 10th-century Persian physician and medical scholar best known for his influential encyclopedic work "The Complete Book of the Medical Art," which shaped the development of Islamic and later European medicine.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni Target entity description: Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni was a prominent 10th-century Twelver Shia scholar and traditionist best known as one of the most important early compilers of Shia hadith literature.
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A.
Abd al-Qadir al-Gilani
Abd al-Qadir al-Gilani was a prominent 12th-century Islamic scholar, jurist, and Sufi saint regarded as the founder of the Qadiriyya Sufi order.
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B.
Mir Muhammad Taqi
Mir Muhammad Taqi, better known as Mir Taqi Mir, was an 18th-century Urdu and Persian poet widely regarded as one of the greatest pioneers and masters of Urdu ghazal.
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C.
Ali ibn al-Hassan Shirazi
Ali ibn al-Hassan Shirazi was a Persian prince and trader traditionally credited as the founding ruler of the medieval Swahili city-state of Kilwa on the East African coast.
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D.
Abu al-Hasan Ali
Abu al-Hasan Ali was a 15th-century Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada in al-Andalus, remembered as one of the last Muslim kings in the Iberian Peninsula.
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E.
Al-Majusi
Al-Majusi (Haly Abbas) was a 10th-century Persian physician and medical scholar best known for his influential encyclopedic work "The Complete Book of the Medical Art," which shaped the development of Islamic and later European medicine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic traditionist
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Muslim scholar ⓘ Twelver Shia scholar ⓘ hadith compiler ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Baghdad
ⓘ
Rayy ⓘ |
| associatedWith | occultation period of the Twelfth Imam ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Iran
ⓘ
Kulayni ⓘ Rayy region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Baghdad ⓘ |
| citizenship | Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ |
| compiled | al-Kafi fi ‘Ilm al-Din ⓘ |
| contributedTo | codification of early Shia hadith literature ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Baghdad
ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ |
| denomination | Twelver Shia ⓘ |
| doctrine |
Twelver Shia
ⓘ
surface form:
Imamate of the Twelve Imams
|
| era | 10th century ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Persian ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic jurisprudence
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Islamic theology ⓘ hadith studies ⓘ |
| genre | hadith collection ⓘ |
| hasHonorific | Thiqat al-Islam ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
al-Kulayni
|
| hasWorkInCorpus |
al-Kafi
ⓘ
surface form:
Furu‘ al-Kafi
Rawdat al-Kafi ⓘ al-Kafi fi ‘Ilm al-Din ⓘ
surface form:
Usul al-Kafi
|
| influenced |
Shaykh al-Saduq
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Shaykh al-Tusi ⓘ later Twelver Shia hadith scholarship ⓘ |
| knownFor |
al-Kafi
ⓘ
surface form:
Kitab al-Kafi
compiling Shia hadith ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| movement |
Twelver Shia
ⓘ
surface form:
Twelver Shiism
|
| notableWork |
al-Kafi
ⓘ
surface form:
Kitab al-Kafi
al-Kafi ⓘ |
| partOf | classical Shia scholars ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Iran
ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| schoolTradition |
Twelver Shia
ⓘ
surface form:
Imami Shia
|
| statusInTradition |
authoritative hadith collector
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reliable transmitter ⓘ |
| tradition | Shia hadith tradition ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Twelver Shia
ⓘ
surface form:
Twelver Shia Islam
|
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Subject: Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni Description of subject: Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub al-Kulayni was a prominent 10th-century Twelver Shia scholar and traditionist best known as one of the most important early compilers of Shia hadith literature.
Referenced by (5)
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