Badr al-Din al-Ayni
E794069
Badr al-Din al-Ayni was a prominent 15th-century Hanafi jurist, historian, and hadith scholar of the Mamluk era, known for his influential works in Islamic law and exegesis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Badr al-Din al-Ayni canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9352677 — 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-Ayni Context triple: [Umdat al-Qari, author, Badr al-Din al-Ayni]
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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.
Ibn al-Fuwati
Ibn al-Fuwati was a 13th-century Muslim historian, librarian, and biographer known for his detailed accounts of the Mongol era and scholarly life in Baghdad.
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C.
Badr al-Din al-Zarkashi
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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D.
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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E.
Qadi Zada al-Rumi
Qadi Zada al-Rumi was a prominent 15th-century mathematician and astronomer of the Islamic world, known for his influential work at the Samarkand observatory and his role in advancing mathematical astronomy.
- 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-Ayni Target entity description: Badr al-Din al-Ayni was a prominent 15th-century Hanafi jurist, historian, and hadith scholar of the Mamluk era, known for his influential works in Islamic law and exegesis.
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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.
Ibn al-Fuwati
Ibn al-Fuwati was a 13th-century Muslim historian, librarian, and biographer known for his detailed accounts of the Mongol era and scholarly life in Baghdad.
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C.
Badr al-Din al-Zarkashi
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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D.
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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E.
Qadi Zada al-Rumi
Qadi Zada al-Rumi was a prominent 15th-century mathematician and astronomer of the Islamic world, known for his influential work at the Samarkand observatory and his role in advancing mathematical astronomy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hanafi jurist
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Islamic scholar ⓘ Mamluk-era scholar ⓘ person ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Mamluk scholarly elite ⓘ |
| centuryActive | 15th century ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| era | Mamluk Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Islamic history
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Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ Quranic exegesis ⓘ hadith studies ⓘ |
| fullName | Badr al-Din Mahmud ibn Ahmad al-Ayni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fiqh commentary
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hadith commentary ⓘ historical chronicle ⓘ |
| givenName | Mahmud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadithCanonCommentedOn | Sahih al-Bukhari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Badr al-Din NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Hanafi jurists
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later hadith commentators ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Abu Hanifa
NERFINISHED
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Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Hanafi legal commentary on al-Hidaya
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chronicles of the Mamluk period ⓘ commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalTextCommentedOn | al-Hidaya by al-Marghinani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| madhhab | Hanafi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notability |
important source for Mamluk political and social history
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major authority in Hanafi jurisprudence in the Mamluk era ⓘ |
| notableWork |
al-Binaya Sharh al-Hidaya
NERFINISHED
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al-Sayf al-Muhannad fi Sirat al-Malik al-Mu’ayyad NERFINISHED ⓘ ʿIqd al-Juman fi Tarikh Ahl al-Zaman NERFINISHED ⓘ ʿUmdat al-Qari fi Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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qadi ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Egypt
NERFINISHED
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Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| schoolTradition | Hanafi school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Badr al-Din al-Ayni Description of subject: Badr al-Din al-Ayni was a prominent 15th-century Hanafi jurist, historian, and hadith scholar of the Mamluk era, known for his influential works in Islamic law and exegesis.
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