Ali ibn Abi Talib

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Caliph Companion of Muhammad Imam Islamic religious leader

Ali ibn Abi Talib was the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, the fourth caliph in Sunni tradition and the first Imam in Shia Islam, revered for his piety, knowledge, and leadership.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Ali ibn Abi Talib canonical 147
Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib 5
Imam Ali 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Caliph ⓘ
Companion of Muhammad ⓘ
Imam ⓘ
Islamic religious leader ⓘ
assassin Ibn Muljam ⓘ
assassinatedIn Kufa Mosque ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Ghadir Khumm ⓘ
birthCountry Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
birthPlace Mecca ⓘ
birthRegion Hejaz ⓘ
branchOfIslam Shia Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
caliphOrder 4 ⓘ
causeOfDeath Assassination ⓘ
child Hasan ibn Ali ⓘ
Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
Umm Kulthum bint Ali ⓘ
Zaynab bint Ali ⓘ
clan Quraysh ⓘ
cousinOf Muhammad ⓘ
surface form: Prophet Muhammad
deathPlace Kufa ⓘ
deathRegion Iraq ⓘ
father Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ
fullName Ali ibn Abi Talib self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
givenName Ali ⓘ
honorificTitle Abu al-Hasan ⓘ
Amir al-Mu’minin ⓘ
surface form: Amir al-Mu'minin
knownFor Nahj al-Balagha (attributed sermons and sayings) ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
mother Fatimah bint Asad ⓘ
notableFor bravery ⓘ
eloquence ⓘ
knowledge ⓘ
leadership ⓘ
piety ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Badr ⓘ
Battle of Khandaq ⓘ
Battle of Khaybar ⓘ
Battle of Uhud ⓘ
positionHeld First Shia Imam ⓘ
Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
surface form: Fourth Rashidun Caliph
predecessorAsCaliph Caliph Uthman ibn Affan ⓘ
surface form: Uthman ibn Affan
religion Islam ⓘ
sonInLawOf Muhammad ⓘ
surface form: Prophet Muhammad
spouse Fatimah bint Muhammad ⓘ
successorAsCaliph Hasan ibn Ali ⓘ
tribe Banu Hashim ⓘ
veneratedIn Shia Islam ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ

Referenced by (163)

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

Shia Islam → recognizesAsSuccessorToMuhammad → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Shia Islam → venerates → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Sunni Islam → recognizesAsRightlyGuidedCaliphs → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Sunni Islam → acceptsCaliphateOf → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Ibadi Islam → recognizesCaliph → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Caliph Uthman ibn Affan → successor → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
subject surface form: Uthman ibn Affan
Conquest of Mecca → keyFigure → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Ja'fari school → basedOnTeachingsOf → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Zaynab bint Jahsh → contemporaryOf → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Quraysh → notableMember → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Battle of Badr → notableParticipant → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib → child → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib → householdMember → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Umm Salama → livedDuringCaliphateOf → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Ibrahim ibn Muhammad → paternalUncle → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Fatimah bint Muhammad → spouse → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Fatimah bint Muhammad → relative → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Rashidun Caliphate → hasLeader → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Muawiya I → predecessor → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Kufa → servedAsCapitalFor → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Kufa → associatedWith → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Zaydi Shia → venerates → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Hasan ibn Ali → father → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Hasan ibn Ali → succeeded → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Hasan ibn Ali → precededBy → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Husayn ibn Ali → father → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Imam Ali Shrine → dedicatedTo → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Imam Ali Shrine → burialPlaceOf → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Najaf → namedAfter → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Najaf → hasShrineOf → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Sayyids → lineageLinkedTo → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Ali ibn Abi Talib → fullName → Ali ibn Abi Talib self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
Twelver Shia → foundedOnTeachingsOf → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Twelver Shia → firstImam → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Ahl al-Bayt → includesAccordingToShia → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Ahl al-Bayt → includesAccordingToManySunniScholars → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Ashura → linkedPerson → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Alaouite dynasty → claimedAncestryFrom → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Kharijism → opposedLeader → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Early Islamic period → hasKeyFigure → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Balkh → associatedWithPerson → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ali ibn Abi Talib (by tradition)
Ali → writingVariant → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
this entity surface form: ʿAlī
Ali → hasGivenNameBearer → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
ʿAbd Allāh al-Mahdī Billāh → claimedDescentFrom → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Amir al-Mu’minin → usedFor → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Rashidun forces of Medina → notableCommander → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Household of Muhammad → hasMember → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Household of Muhammad → coreMembersInSunniView → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Household of Muhammad → coreMembersInShiaView → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Fath Makkah → associatedWithFigure → Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ