Abu al-Ma'ali Abd al-Malik ibn Abd Allah al-Juwayni
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Abu al-Ma'ali Abd al-Malik ibn Abd Allah al-Juwayni was an influential 11th-century Sunni Muslim theologian and jurist of the Ash'ari school, renowned as the teacher of al-Ghazali and a leading Shafi'i scholar in Nishapur.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Abu al-Ma'ali Abd al-Malik ibn Abd Allah al-Juwayni canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8197837 — 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: Abu al-Ma'ali Abd al-Malik ibn Abd Allah al-Juwayni Context triple: [Al-Juwayni, fullName, Abu al-Ma'ali Abd al-Malik ibn Abd Allah al-Juwayni]
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Abu Idris al-Khawlani
Abu Idris al-Khawlani was a prominent early Muslim scholar and jurist of the Tabi'un generation, known for his piety and transmission of hadith from leading Companions.
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B.
Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh
Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh was an Iraqi army officer and nationalist leader who played a key role in the pro-Axis coup and subsequent Anglo-Iraqi War of 1941.
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C.
Abu Salih al-Samman
Abu Salih al-Samman was a prominent early Muslim hadith transmitter and tabi‘i known for narrating traditions from leading Companions, contributing significantly to the preservation of prophetic reports.
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D.
Abu al-Najib
Abu al-Najib was a prominent 12th-century Persian Sufi master and founder of the Suhrawardiyya Sufi order.
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E.
Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh
Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh, better known by his regnal title al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh, was the last caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate in Egypt, whose reign ended with the dynasty’s collapse and the rise of Saladin.
- 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: Abu al-Ma'ali Abd al-Malik ibn Abd Allah al-Juwayni Target entity description: Abu al-Ma'ali Abd al-Malik ibn Abd Allah al-Juwayni was an influential 11th-century Sunni Muslim theologian and jurist of the Ash'ari school, renowned as the teacher of al-Ghazali and a leading Shafi'i scholar in Nishapur.
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A.
Abu Idris al-Khawlani
Abu Idris al-Khawlani was a prominent early Muslim scholar and jurist of the Tabi'un generation, known for his piety and transmission of hadith from leading Companions.
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B.
Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh
Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh was an Iraqi army officer and nationalist leader who played a key role in the pro-Axis coup and subsequent Anglo-Iraqi War of 1941.
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C.
Abu Salih al-Samman
Abu Salih al-Samman was a prominent early Muslim hadith transmitter and tabi‘i known for narrating traditions from leading Companions, contributing significantly to the preservation of prophetic reports.
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D.
Abu al-Najib
Abu al-Najib was a prominent 12th-century Persian Sufi master and founder of the Suhrawardiyya Sufi order.
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E.
Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh
Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh, better known by his regnal title al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh, was the last caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate in Egypt, whose reign ended with the dynasty’s collapse and the rise of Saladin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic jurist
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Muslim scholar ⓘ Sunni Muslim theologian ⓘ mujtahid ⓘ mutakallim ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Khorasan Shafi'i scholarly tradition
NERFINISHED
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Nishapur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Nishapur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1028 ⓘ |
| century | 11th century ⓘ |
| creed | Ash'ari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Nishapur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1085 ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| doctrine | affirmation of Sunni orthodoxy against Mu'tazilism ⓘ |
| era | Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Persian ⓘ |
| familyName | al-Juwayni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Islamic theology
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Shafi'i jurisprudence ⓘ fiqh ⓘ kalam ⓘ usul al-fiqh ⓘ |
| fullName | Abu al-Ma'ali Abd al-Malik ibn Abd Allah al-Juwayni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Abd al-Malik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Imam al-Haramayn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
NERFINISHED
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later Ash'ari theologians ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leadership in Shafi'i school in Nishapur
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systematizing Ash'ari theology ⓘ teaching al-Ghazali ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalSchool | Shafi'i NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
NERFINISHED
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Abu al-Qasim al-Ansari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Nihayat al-matlab fi dirayat al-madhhab
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al-Burhan fi usul al-fiqh NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Irshad ila qawati' al-adilla fi usul al-i'tiqad NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Waraqat fi usul al-fiqh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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teacher ⓘ |
| region |
Greater Iran
NERFINISHED
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Khorasan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Nizamiyya of Nishapur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Abu al-Ma'ali Abd al-Malik ibn Abd Allah al-Juwayni Description of subject: Abu al-Ma'ali Abd al-Malik ibn Abd Allah al-Juwayni was an influential 11th-century Sunni Muslim theologian and jurist of the Ash'ari school, renowned as the teacher of al-Ghazali and a leading Shafi'i scholar in Nishapur.
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