Muhammad al-Arabi al-Darqawi
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Muhammad al-Arabi al-Darqawi was a prominent 18th–19th century Moroccan Sufi master whose spiritual teachings and letters became foundational for the Darqawi branch of the Shadhili order.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Muhammad al-Arabi al-Darqawi canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7348397 — 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: Muhammad al-Arabi al-Darqawi Context triple: [Shadhili-Darqawi order, basedOnTeachingsOf, Muhammad al-Arabi al-Darqawi]
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Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni
Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni was a prominent Palestinian Arab nationalist and military commander who led irregular forces against Zionist and British forces during the 1936–39 Arab Revolt and the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
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B.
Abd al-Karim al-Jili
Abd al-Karim al-Jili was a prominent 14th–15th century Sufi mystic and philosopher best known for his metaphysical work "Al-Insan al-Kamil" ("The Perfect Man"), which elaborates on and systematizes Ibn Arabi’s doctrine of divine unity and human perfection.
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C.
Ahmad al-‘Alawi
Ahmad al-‘Alawi was a prominent 20th-century Algerian Sufi master and founder of the Alawiyya order, known for his spiritual teachings, poetry, and efforts to adapt Sufism to the modern world.
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D.
Abu Muhammad al-Masri
Abu Muhammad al-Masri is a senior Egyptian al-Qaeda leader and military strategist, widely regarded as one of the group’s most experienced and influential operatives.
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E.
Ahmad al-Khatib
Ahmad al-Khatib was a Syrian politician who briefly served as interim President of Syria following the 1970 Corrective Movement before being succeeded by Hafez al-Assad.
- 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: Muhammad al-Arabi al-Darqawi Target entity description: Muhammad al-Arabi al-Darqawi was a prominent 18th–19th century Moroccan Sufi master whose spiritual teachings and letters became foundational for the Darqawi branch of the Shadhili order.
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A.
Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni
Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni was a prominent Palestinian Arab nationalist and military commander who led irregular forces against Zionist and British forces during the 1936–39 Arab Revolt and the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
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B.
Abd al-Karim al-Jili
Abd al-Karim al-Jili was a prominent 14th–15th century Sufi mystic and philosopher best known for his metaphysical work "Al-Insan al-Kamil" ("The Perfect Man"), which elaborates on and systematizes Ibn Arabi’s doctrine of divine unity and human perfection.
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C.
Ahmad al-‘Alawi
Ahmad al-‘Alawi was a prominent 20th-century Algerian Sufi master and founder of the Alawiyya order, known for his spiritual teachings, poetry, and efforts to adapt Sufism to the modern world.
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D.
Abu Muhammad al-Masri
Abu Muhammad al-Masri is a senior Egyptian al-Qaeda leader and military strategist, widely regarded as one of the group’s most experienced and influential operatives.
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E.
Ahmad al-Khatib
Ahmad al-Khatib was a Syrian politician who briefly served as interim President of Syria following the 1970 Corrective Movement before being succeeded by Hafez al-Assad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Moroccan person
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Sufi master ⓘ Sufi shaykh ⓘ religious writer ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1760 ⓘ |
| century |
18th century
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19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1823 ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| doctrine |
emphasis on remembrance of God (dhikr)
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insistence on strict following of the Sharia ⓘ stress on spiritual sobriety over ecstatic excess ⓘ |
| familyName | al-Darqawi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Islamic spirituality
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Sufism ⓘ |
| founderOf | Darqawi branch of the Shadhili order NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Sufi letters
ⓘ
mystical teachings ⓘ |
| givenName | Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Shaykh
NERFINISHED
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Sidi ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ahmad al-Alawi
NERFINISHED
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Darqawi disciples in North Africa ⓘ |
| knownFor |
emphasis on poverty (faqr) and humility
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revival of Shadhili teachings in Morocco ⓘ spiritual letters to disciples ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Arabic ⓘ |
| legacy |
Darqawi zawiyas across North Africa
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inclusion of his letters in later Sufi curricula ⓘ |
| movement | Darqawi Sufi order NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Muhammad al-Arabi al-Darqawi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Rasāʾil al-Darqāwiyya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
Sufi teacher
ⓘ
letter-writer ⓘ spiritual guide ⓘ |
| partOf | Shadhili Sufi tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Banu Zarwal region, northern Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Rif region
NERFINISHED
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northern Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| sufiOrder | Shadhili order NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradition | Sunni Sufism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Muhammad al-Arabi al-Darqawi Description of subject: Muhammad al-Arabi al-Darqawi was a prominent 18th–19th century Moroccan Sufi master whose spiritual teachings and letters became foundational for the Darqawi branch of the Shadhili order.
Referenced by (2)
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