Kitab al-Sab'in
E410936
Kitab al-Sab'in is a seminal alchemical treatise attributed to the early Islamic polymath Jabir ibn Hayyan, exploring theoretical and practical aspects of chemistry and transmutation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kitab al-Sab'in canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4081103 — 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-Sab'in Context triple: [Jabir ibn Hayyan, notableWork, Kitab al-Sab'in]
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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.
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B.
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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C.
Kitab al-Huruf
Kitab al-Huruf is a philosophical treatise by Al-Farabi that explores the relationship between language, logic, and metaphysics within the framework of Islamic Aristotelian thought.
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D.
Al-Hawi
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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E.
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).
- 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-Sab'in Target entity description: Kitab al-Sab'in is a seminal alchemical treatise attributed to the early Islamic polymath Jabir ibn Hayyan, exploring theoretical and practical aspects of chemistry and transmutation.
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A.
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.
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B.
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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C.
Kitab al-Huruf
Kitab al-Huruf is a philosophical treatise by Al-Farabi that explores the relationship between language, logic, and metaphysics within the framework of Islamic Aristotelian thought.
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D.
Al-Hawi
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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E.
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).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alchemical treatise
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medieval Arabic text ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Jabirian corpus ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ |
| author | Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ |
| culturalContext | early Abbasid period ⓘ |
| discusses |
classification of substances
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laboratory techniques ⓘ philosophical foundations of alchemy ⓘ principles of transmutation ⓘ |
| field |
alchemy
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early chemistry ⓘ |
| genre |
esoteric literature
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scientific treatise ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | medieval period ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
later Islamic alchemical literature
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medieval Latin alchemy ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| manuscriptTradition | Arabic manuscript culture ⓘ |
| partOf |
Jabirian corpus
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surface form:
Jabirian alchemical tradition
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| regionOfOrigin | Islamic world ⓘ |
| religiousIntellectualContext | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Islamic intellectual history
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history of alchemy ⓘ history of science ⓘ |
| thematicFocus |
chemical operations
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metal transmutation ⓘ practical alchemy ⓘ substances and compounds ⓘ theoretical alchemy ⓘ |
| titleTranslation |
Letter of Aristeas
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surface form:
Book of the Seventy
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| tradition | Islamic alchemy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kitab al-Sab'in Description of subject: Kitab al-Sab'in is a seminal alchemical treatise attributed to the early Islamic polymath Jabir ibn Hayyan, exploring theoretical and practical aspects of chemistry and transmutation.
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