Kitab al-Rahma al-Kabir
E410937
Kitab al-Rahma al-Kabir is a major alchemical treatise attributed to the early Islamic polymath Jabir ibn Hayyan, exploring theories of matter, transformation, and practical laboratory procedures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kitab al-Rahma al-Kabir canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4081104 — 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-Rahma al-Kabir Context triple: [Jabir ibn Hayyan, notableWork, Kitab al-Rahma al-Kabir]
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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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Al-Kamil
Al-Kamil was a 13th-century Ayyubid sultan of Egypt best known for negotiating the peaceful handover of Jerusalem to the Crusaders and for his diplomatic dealings with figures like Emperor Frederick II.
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Mizab al-Rahmah
Mizab al-Rahmah is the gold-plated rainwater spout on the roof of the Kaaba in Mecca, directing water into the Hijr Ismail area below.
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Kitab al-Saydalah
Kitab al-Saydalah is a seminal medieval Islamic pharmacological treatise that systematically catalogues drugs, their properties, and their medical uses.
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Kitab al-Iman
Kitab al-Iman is the Book of Faith section in Sahih al-Bukhari, compiling prophetic traditions that define and explain the concept and components of Islamic faith (iman).
- 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-Rahma al-Kabir Target entity description: Kitab al-Rahma al-Kabir is a major alchemical treatise attributed to the early Islamic polymath Jabir ibn Hayyan, exploring theories of matter, transformation, and practical laboratory procedures.
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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-Kamil
Al-Kamil was a 13th-century Ayyubid sultan of Egypt best known for negotiating the peaceful handover of Jerusalem to the Crusaders and for his diplomatic dealings with figures like Emperor Frederick II.
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C.
Mizab al-Rahmah
Mizab al-Rahmah is the gold-plated rainwater spout on the roof of the Kaaba in Mecca, directing water into the Hijr Ismail area below.
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D.
Kitab al-Saydalah
Kitab al-Saydalah is a seminal medieval Islamic pharmacological treatise that systematically catalogues drugs, their properties, and their medical uses.
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E.
Kitab al-Iman
Kitab al-Iman is the Book of Faith section in Sahih al-Bukhari, compiling prophetic traditions that define and explain the concept and components of Islamic faith (iman).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic text
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alchemical treatise ⓘ medieval scientific work ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
explain the principles underlying alchemical practice
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guide practical laboratory work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Islamic Golden Age alchemy
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esoteric doctrines of Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ |
| author | Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ |
| concerns |
composition of bodies
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qualities and elements in matter ⓘ |
| contains |
descriptions of apparatus
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descriptions of furnaces ⓘ practical recipes ⓘ |
| discipline | natural philosophy ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic science
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alchemy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
classification of substances
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processes of transformation ⓘ purification of metals ⓘ |
| genre | esoteric scientific writing ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 8th–9th century Islamic world (traditional attribution) ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Islamic alchemical literature
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medieval Latin alchemy (indirectly via Jabirian works) ⓘ |
| inReception | considered a major Jabirian treatise by some historians of science ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| manuscriptTradition | Arabic manuscript culture ⓘ |
| partOf |
Jabirian corpus
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surface form:
Jabirian alchemical tradition
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| relatedTo | other Jabirian works on alchemy ⓘ |
| religiousCulturalContext | early Islamic period ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
history of Islamic science
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history of chemistry ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Great Book of Mercy ⓘ |
| topic |
chemical operations
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laboratory procedures ⓘ philosophical foundations of alchemy ⓘ theories of matter ⓘ transmutation of metals ⓘ |
| tradition | Jabirian corpus ⓘ |
| uses | symbolic and coded language ⓘ |
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Subject: Kitab al-Rahma al-Kabir Description of subject: Kitab al-Rahma al-Kabir is a major alchemical treatise attributed to the early Islamic polymath Jabir ibn Hayyan, exploring theories of matter, transformation, and practical laboratory procedures.
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