Shams al-Din

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Shams al-Din is an honorific Islamic title meaning "Sun of the Faith," historically borne by prominent religious and political figures such as sultans and scholars.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Al-Malik al-Kamil 1
Shams al-Din canonical 1
Shams al-Din Kart 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic-language honorific
Islamic honorific title
associatedWith Islamic scholarship
political authority
religious authority
component Shams NERFINISHED
al-Din NERFINISHED
componentMeaning Shams means Sun NERFINISHED
al-Din means the Faith NERFINISHED
function to denote high status in Islamic society
to honor religious learning
to signify piety
genderUsage primarily male
historicalUsage medieval Islamic world
pre-modern Muslim societies
language Arabic
meaning Sun of the Faith NERFINISHED
nameCategory theophoric-like title
orthographyVariant Shams ad-Din NERFINISHED
Shams ud-Din NERFINISHED
Shamsuddin NERFINISHED
religiousContext Islam
titleType honorific epithet
religious title
usedBy Islamic jurists
Islamic theologians
Muslim rulers
Muslim scholars
Sufi shaykhs
sultans

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah title Shams al-Din
Al-Kamil, Sultan of Egypt regnalName Shams al-Din
this entity surface form: Al-Malik al-Kamil
Karts of Herat foundedBy Shams al-Din
this entity surface form: Shams al-Din Kart