Hojjatoleslam
E711876
Hojjatoleslam is a mid-ranking clerical title in Shia Islam, typically denoting a learned religious scholar below the rank of Ayatollah.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hojjatoleslam canonical | 2 |
| mujtahid | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8096973 — 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: Hojjatoleslam Context triple: [Mohammad Khatami, religiousTitle, Hojjatoleslam]
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A.
Sadr al-Din
Sadr al-Din is the given name of Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi, a prominent 13th-century Persian Sufi philosopher and leading disciple of Ibn Arabi.
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B.
Imam al-Aʿzam
Imam al-Aʿzam is the honorific title of Abu Hanifa, the eminent 8th-century Muslim jurist and theologian who founded the Hanafi school of Sunni Islamic law.
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C.
Al-Majusi
Al-Majusi (Haly Abbas) was a 10th-century Persian physician and medical scholar best known for his influential encyclopedic work "The Complete Book of the Medical Art," which shaped the development of Islamic and later European medicine.
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D.
Fard Muhammad
Fard Muhammad was the mysterious religious figure who founded the Nation of Islam in the early 20th century and is regarded by its followers as a divine messenger.
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E.
Sadr al-Muta’allihin
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.
- 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: Hojjatoleslam Target entity description: Hojjatoleslam is a mid-ranking clerical title in Shia Islam, typically denoting a learned religious scholar below the rank of Ayatollah.
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A.
Sadr al-Din
Sadr al-Din is the given name of Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi, a prominent 13th-century Persian Sufi philosopher and leading disciple of Ibn Arabi.
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B.
Imam al-Aʿzam
Imam al-Aʿzam is the honorific title of Abu Hanifa, the eminent 8th-century Muslim jurist and theologian who founded the Hanafi school of Sunni Islamic law.
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C.
Al-Majusi
Al-Majusi (Haly Abbas) was a 10th-century Persian physician and medical scholar best known for his influential encyclopedic work "The Complete Book of the Medical Art," which shaped the development of Islamic and later European medicine.
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D.
Fard Muhammad
Fard Muhammad was the mysterious religious figure who founded the Nation of Islam in the early 20th century and is regarded by its followers as a divine messenger.
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E.
Sadr al-Muta’allihin
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shia clerical rank
ⓘ
clerical title ⓘ religious title ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
hawza
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
seminary education ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity |
Najaf
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Qom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCountry | Islamic Republic of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canHoldPosition |
Friday prayer leader
ⓘ
religious judge ⓘ |
| canLead | congregational prayers ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Ayatollah
ⓘ
Grand Ayatollah ⓘ |
| denotes | learned religious scholar ⓘ |
| etymologyComponent |
Hojjat
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
al-Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic jurisprudence
ⓘ
Islamic theology ⓘ Quranic exegesis ⓘ |
| genderUsage | primarily male ⓘ |
| grantedBy |
Shia religious authorities
ⓘ
seminary scholars ⓘ |
| higherRank | Ayatollah ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Persian ⓘ |
| languageOfUse |
Arabic
ⓘ
Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lowerRank | Hujjat al-Islam wa al-Muslimin (in some usages) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meaning | Proof of Islam ⓘ |
| rankRelativeToAyatollah | below ⓘ |
| rankRelativeToSheikh | above ⓘ |
| religion | Shia Islam ⓘ |
| religiousSchool | Ja'fari jurisprudence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requires |
advanced religious studies
ⓘ
mastery of Arabic language ⓘ mastery of Islamic law ⓘ |
| requiresRecognitionOf | scholarly competence ⓘ |
| roleInCommunity |
preacher
ⓘ
religious guide ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| titlePlacement | before personal name ⓘ |
| tradition | Twelver Shia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsHonorific | yes ⓘ |
| usedBy | Shia clerics ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Afghanistan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Hojjatoleslam Description of subject: Hojjatoleslam is a mid-ranking clerical title in Shia Islam, typically denoting a learned religious scholar below the rank of Ayatollah.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
mujtahid