Sadr al-Muta’allihin
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Sadr al-Muta’allihin is the honorific title of Mulla Sadra, the influential 17th-century Persian philosopher who founded the school of Transcendent Theosophy in Islamic philosophy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sadr al-Muta’allihin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6569700 — 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: Sadr al-Muta’allihin Context triple: [Mulla Sadra, alsoKnownAs, Sadr al-Muta’allihin]
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A.
Ali Zayn al-Abidin
Ali Zayn al-Abidin was the fourth Shia Imam, revered for his piety, scholarship, and foundational role in shaping early Shia theology and jurisprudence.
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Abu Abd Allah
Abu Abd Allah is the honorific kunya of Husayn ibn Ali, the revered grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and a central figure in Islamic, particularly Shia, history.
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C.
al-Mahdi
Al-Mahdi was the third Abbasid caliph, known for consolidating the dynasty’s power and overseeing a period of political stability and cultural flourishing in the Islamic Golden Age.
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D.
al-Mahdi
al-Mahdi was the religious and political leader who led a late 19th-century Islamic revival and anti-colonial uprising in Sudan, founding the Mahdist state.
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E.
Shaykh al-Akbar
Shaykh al-Akbar is the renowned honorific title of the influential Sufi mystic and philosopher Ibn Arabi, revered for his profound contributions to Islamic metaphysics and spirituality.
- 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: Sadr al-Muta’allihin Target entity description: Sadr al-Muta’allihin is the honorific title of Mulla Sadra, the influential 17th-century Persian philosopher who founded the school of Transcendent Theosophy in Islamic philosophy.
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A.
Ali Zayn al-Abidin
Ali Zayn al-Abidin was the fourth Shia Imam, revered for his piety, scholarship, and foundational role in shaping early Shia theology and jurisprudence.
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B.
Abu Abd Allah
Abu Abd Allah is the honorific kunya of Husayn ibn Ali, the revered grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and a central figure in Islamic, particularly Shia, history.
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C.
al-Mahdi
Al-Mahdi was the third Abbasid caliph, known for consolidating the dynasty’s power and overseeing a period of political stability and cultural flourishing in the Islamic Golden Age.
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D.
al-Mahdi
al-Mahdi was the religious and political leader who led a late 19th-century Islamic revival and anti-colonial uprising in Sudan, founding the Mahdist state.
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E.
Shaykh al-Akbar
Shaykh al-Akbar is the renowned honorific title of the influential Sufi mystic and philosopher Ibn Arabi, revered for his profound contributions to Islamic metaphysics and spirituality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic philosopher
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Persian philosopher ⓘ person ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sadr ad-Din Muhammad Shirazi
NERFINISHED
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Sadr al-Muta’allihin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Safavid Iran
NERFINISHED
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Shiraz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | c. 1571 ⓘ |
| citizenship | Safavid Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Basra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1640 ⓘ |
| denomination | Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
17th century
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Safavid era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Persian ⓘ |
| honorificTitleOf | Mulla Sadra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Shi‘i seminaries in Iran and Iraq
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contemporary Islamic philosophy ⓘ later Iranian philosophers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ibn Arabi
NERFINISHED
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Ibn Sina NERFINISHED ⓘ Mir Damad NERFINISHED ⓘ Nasir al-Din al-Tusi NERFINISHED ⓘ Suhrawardi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Transcendent Theosophy
NERFINISHED
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al-hikma al-muta’aliya NERFINISHED ⓘ the gradation of existence (tashkik al-wujud) ⓘ the primacy of existence (asalat al-wujud) ⓘ the substantial motion (al-haraka al-jawhariyya) NERFINISHED ⓘ the unity of the intellect and the intelligible ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
Islamic theology
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Quranic exegesis ⓘ epistemology ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ mysticism ⓘ ontology ⓘ philosophy of existence ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Sharh Usul al-Kafi
NERFINISHED
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Tafsir al-Qur’an (Quranic commentaries) NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Asfar al-arba‘a NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Hikma al-muta’aliya fi-l-asfar al-‘aqliyya al-arba‘a NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
Quran commentator
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mystic ⓘ philosopher ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Illuminationism (influenced)
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Peripatetic philosophy (influenced) ⓘ Transcendent Theosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
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Subject: Sadr al-Muta’allihin Description of subject: Sadr al-Muta’allihin is the honorific title of Mulla Sadra, the influential 17th-century Persian philosopher who founded the school of Transcendent Theosophy in Islamic philosophy.
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