Badr al-Din al-Zarkashi
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Badr al-Din al-Zarkashi was a prominent 14th-century Shafi'i jurist and scholar of Islamic law and Qur'anic sciences, known for his extensive and influential legal and exegetical writings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Badr al-Din al-Zarkashi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9220417 — 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: Badr al-Din al-Zarkashi Context triple: [al-Bahr al-Muhit of al-Zarkashi, author, Badr al-Din al-Zarkashi]
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A.
Shihab al-Din
Shihab al-Din is an honorific title in the Islamic scholarly tradition meaning "Meteor of the Faith," often borne by distinguished religious scholars such as Ibn Hajar al-Haytami.
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B.
Fakhr al-Din
Fakhr al-Din is an honorific title meaning "Pride of the Religion," famously borne by the influential medieval Islamic theologian and philosopher Fakhr al-Din al-Razi.
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C.
Shams al-Din
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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D.
بدر الدين العيني
بدر الدين العيني هو فقيه ومحدّث حنفي بارز من علماء القرن التاسع الهجري، عُرف بشرحه الموسوعي لصحيح البخاري ومؤلفاته في الحديث والفقه والتاريخ.
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E.
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.
- 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: Badr al-Din al-Zarkashi Target entity description: Badr al-Din al-Zarkashi was a prominent 14th-century Shafi'i jurist and scholar of Islamic law and Qur'anic sciences, known for his extensive and influential legal and exegetical writings.
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A.
Shihab al-Din
Shihab al-Din is an honorific title in the Islamic scholarly tradition meaning "Meteor of the Faith," often borne by distinguished religious scholars such as Ibn Hajar al-Haytami.
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B.
Fakhr al-Din
Fakhr al-Din is an honorific title meaning "Pride of the Religion," famously borne by the influential medieval Islamic theologian and philosopher Fakhr al-Din al-Razi.
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C.
Shams al-Din
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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D.
بدر الدين العيني
بدر الدين العيني هو فقيه ومحدّث حنفي بارز من علماء القرن التاسع الهجري، عُرف بشرحه الموسوعي لصحيح البخاري ومؤلفاته في الحديث والفقه والتاريخ.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic scholar
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Shafi'i jurist ⓘ faqih ⓘ mufassir ⓘ person ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthRegion | Mamluk Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bornIn | Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| century | 14th century ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathRegion | Mamluk Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Mamluk era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
fiqh
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hadith ⓘ legal maxims ⓘ ulum al-Qur'an ⓘ usul al-fiqh ⓘ |
| fullName | Badr al-Din Muhammad ibn Bahadur ibn Abdullah al-Zarkashi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Islamic jurisprudence literature
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Qur'anic sciences literature ⓘ legal theory literature ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Shafi'i jurists
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later scholars of Qur'anic sciences ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Islamic jurisprudence
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Qur'anic exegesis ⓘ Qur'anic sciences ⓘ hadith studies ⓘ legal theory ⓘ usul al-fiqh ⓘ |
| kunya | Abu Abdullah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalSchool | Shafi'i NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| madhhab | Shafi'i NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Badr al-Din al-Zarkashi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Al-Bahr al-Muhit fi Usul al-Fiqh
NERFINISHED
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Al-Burhan fi Ulum al-Qur'an NERFINISHED ⓘ Al-I'lam bi-Ahkam al-Bunyan NERFINISHED ⓘ Al-Manthur fi al-Qawa'id al-Fiqhiyyah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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jurist ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| schoolOfThought | Shafi'i school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradition | Sunni Islamic scholarship ⓘ |
| wroteInLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Badr al-Din al-Zarkashi Description of subject: Badr al-Din al-Zarkashi was a prominent 14th-century Shafi'i jurist and scholar of Islamic law and Qur'anic sciences, known for his extensive and influential legal and exegetical writings.
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