Kitab al-Tasrif
E423211
Kitab al-Tasrif is a landmark 30-volume medical encyclopedia by the Andalusian physician Al-Zahrawi, renowned especially for its influential surgical section and detailed illustrations of surgical instruments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kitab al-Tasrif canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4248637 — 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-Tasrif Context triple: [Al-Zahrawi, knownFor, Kitab al-Tasrif]
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A.
Kitab al-Zakat
Kitab al-Zakat is the section of the hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari that compiles prophetic traditions related to almsgiving, charity, and the rules of obligatory zakat in Islam.
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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-Mansuri
Kitab al-Mansuri is a seminal 10th-century medical compendium by the Persian physician al-Razi, widely studied in both the Islamic world and medieval Europe.
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D.
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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E.
Kitab al-Saydalah
Kitab al-Saydalah is a seminal medieval Islamic pharmacological treatise that systematically catalogues drugs, their properties, and their medical uses.
- 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-Tasrif Target entity description: Kitab al-Tasrif is a landmark 30-volume medical encyclopedia by the Andalusian physician Al-Zahrawi, renowned especially for its influential surgical section and detailed illustrations of surgical instruments.
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A.
Kitab al-Zakat
Kitab al-Zakat is the section of the hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari that compiles prophetic traditions related to almsgiving, charity, and the rules of obligatory zakat in Islam.
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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-Mansuri
Kitab al-Mansuri is a seminal 10th-century medical compendium by the Persian physician al-Razi, widely studied in both the Islamic world and medieval Europe.
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D.
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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E.
Kitab al-Saydalah
Kitab al-Saydalah is a seminal medieval Islamic pharmacological treatise that systematically catalogues drugs, their properties, and their medical uses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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medical encyclopedia ⓘ medieval Arabic medical text ⓘ |
| author |
Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi
NERFINISHED
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Al-Zahrawi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains | illustrations of surgical instruments ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Al-Andalus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
comprehensive medical compendium
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landmark in the history of surgery ⓘ |
| field |
medicine
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pharmacology ⓘ surgery ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cauterization methods
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clinical practice ⓘ dental procedures ⓘ dislocation treatment ⓘ fracture treatment ⓘ pharmaceutical preparations ⓘ surgical techniques ⓘ use of surgical instruments ⓘ |
| genre |
medicine
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surgery ⓘ |
| hasPart |
pharmacology section
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section on bone setting ⓘ section on cauterization ⓘ section on dentistry ⓘ section on obstetrics ⓘ section on ophthalmology ⓘ section on orthopedics ⓘ section on pharmacopoeia ⓘ surgical section ⓘ |
| influenced |
Guy de Chauliac
NERFINISHED
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Latin medical literature ⓘ Renaissance surgery ⓘ medieval European surgery ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| LatinTitle | Liber Alsaharavi de Chirurgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed descriptions of instruments
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practical clinical guidance ⓘ systematic classification of surgical operations ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 30 ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Cordoba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
10th century
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11th century ⓘ |
| translatedInto |
Hebrew
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Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ various European languages ⓘ |
| usedAs | medical textbook in medieval universities ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kitab al-Tasrif Description of subject: Kitab al-Tasrif is a landmark 30-volume medical encyclopedia by the Andalusian physician Al-Zahrawi, renowned especially for its influential surgical section and detailed illustrations of surgical instruments.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Al-Zahrawi