Abdul Alhazred
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Abdul Alhazred is the fictional mad Arab occultist created by H. P. Lovecraft, best known as the legendary author of the forbidden grimoire the Necronomicon in the Cthulhu Mythos.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Abdul Alhazred canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8316328 — 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.
Target entity: Abdul Alhazred Context triple: [Necronomicon, fictionalAuthor, Abdul Alhazred]
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A.
Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, and writer who founded the religion of Thelema and became one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern Western esotericism.
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Henry Corbin
Henry Corbin was a 20th-century French philosopher and Islamic scholar best known for his pioneering studies of Iranian Shi'ism and Sufi mysticism, particularly through his interpretations of visionary and esoteric traditions.
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C.
Kazimierz Sabbat
Kazimierz Sabbat was a Polish politician who served as Prime Minister and later President of the Polish government-in-exile, symbolically upholding Poland’s pre-communist statehood during the Cold War.
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D.
Eliphas Levi
Eliphas Levi was a 19th-century French occultist and writer whose works profoundly shaped modern Western esotericism and ceremonial magic.
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E.
Schmendiman
Schmendiman is a comically overconfident, dim-witted inventor in Steve Martin’s play "Picasso at the Lapin Agile," representing misguided modern ambition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Abdul Alhazred Target entity description: Abdul Alhazred is the fictional mad Arab occultist created by H. P. Lovecraft, best known as the legendary author of the forbidden grimoire the Necronomicon in the Cthulhu Mythos.
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A.
Aleister Crowley
Aleister Crowley was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, and writer who founded the religion of Thelema and became one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern Western esotericism.
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B.
Henry Corbin
Henry Corbin was a 20th-century French philosopher and Islamic scholar best known for his pioneering studies of Iranian Shi'ism and Sufi mysticism, particularly through his interpretations of visionary and esoteric traditions.
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C.
Kazimierz Sabbat
Kazimierz Sabbat was a Polish politician who served as Prime Minister and later President of the Polish government-in-exile, symbolically upholding Poland’s pre-communist statehood during the Cold War.
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D.
Eliphas Levi
Eliphas Levi was a 19th-century French occultist and writer whose works profoundly shaped modern Western esotericism and ceremonial magic.
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E.
Schmendiman
Schmendiman is a comically overconfident, dim-witted inventor in Steve Martin’s play "Picasso at the Lapin Agile," representing misguided modern ambition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in the Cthulhu Mythos
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fictional character ⓘ occultist ⓘ |
| AlAzifLaterKnownAs | Necronomicon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Nameless City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cthulhu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cthulhu Mythos NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Old Ones NERFINISHED ⓘ Necronomicon NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyarlathotep NERFINISHED ⓘ Yog-Sothoth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalActivity |
communing with eldritch entities
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exploring ancient ruins ⓘ writing occult texts ⓘ |
| fictionalBirthCountry | Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalBirthplace | Sana'a NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalDeathCause | mysterious supernatural attack ⓘ |
| fictionalDeathDescription | torn to pieces in broad daylight by an invisible entity ⓘ |
| fictionalDeathPlace | Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalEra | 8th century ⓘ |
| fictionalEthnicity | Arab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalNationality | Arab ⓘ |
| fictionalReligion | paganism ⓘ |
| genre | cosmic horror ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Lovecraft’s fascination with the Middle East ⓘ |
| inUniverseLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| inUniverseReputation |
madman
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poet ⓘ sorcerer ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Arabic ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
The Call of Cthulhu
NERFINISHED
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The Dunwich Horror NERFINISHED ⓘ The Haunter of the Dark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameCoinedBy | H. P. Lovecraft in childhood ⓘ |
| nickname | the Mad Arab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Necronomicon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | occultist ⓘ |
| roleInMythos | author of primary forbidden grimoire ⓘ |
| settingUniverse | Lovecraftian horror ⓘ |
| studied | forbidden lore ⓘ |
| traveledTo |
Irem, the City of Pillars
NERFINISHED
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Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruins of Babylon NERFINISHED ⓘ empty deserts of Arabia ⓘ |
| wrote | Al Azif NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Abdul Alhazred Description of subject: Abdul Alhazred is the fictional mad Arab occultist created by H. P. Lovecraft, best known as the legendary author of the forbidden grimoire the Necronomicon in the Cthulhu Mythos.
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