Risāla fī al-ṣaḥāba
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Risāla fī al-ṣaḥāba is a political-administrative treatise by the 8th-century Persian thinker Ibn al-Muqaffa‘, offering advice on governance and the conduct of officials in the early Abbasid period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Risāla fī al-ṣaḥāba canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13356794 — 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: Risāla fī al-ṣaḥāba Context triple: [Ibn al-Muqaffa', notableWork, Risāla fī al-ṣaḥāba]
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A.
Tabaqat of Ibn Sa'd
Tabaqat of Ibn Sa'd is a foundational early Islamic biographical compendium that systematically records the lives of the Prophet Muhammad, his companions, and subsequent generations of Muslim scholars.
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B.
Companions of the Prophet
The Companions of the Prophet are the men and women who personally met and followed the Islamic prophet Muhammad, forming the earliest Muslim community and transmitting his teachings.
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C.
Dar al-Hadith
Dar al-Hadith is a component structure within the Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil, historically associated with the study and transmission of Hadith (Prophetic traditions).
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D.
محراب النبي
محراب النبي هو الموضع داخل المسجد النبوي المنسوب إلى موضع صلاة النبي محمد ﷺ والمُعظَّم عند المسلمين كأحد أهم المعالم التاريخية والدينية في المسجد.
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E.
Tibb al-Nabawi
Tibb al-Nabawi is a body of traditional Islamic medicine based on the health-related teachings, practices, and sayings attributed to the Prophet Muhammad.
- 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: Risāla fī al-ṣaḥāba Target entity description: Risāla fī al-ṣaḥāba is a political-administrative treatise by the 8th-century Persian thinker Ibn al-Muqaffa‘, offering advice on governance and the conduct of officials in the early Abbasid period.
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A.
Tabaqat of Ibn Sa'd
Tabaqat of Ibn Sa'd is a foundational early Islamic biographical compendium that systematically records the lives of the Prophet Muhammad, his companions, and subsequent generations of Muslim scholars.
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B.
Companions of the Prophet
The Companions of the Prophet are the men and women who personally met and followed the Islamic prophet Muhammad, forming the earliest Muslim community and transmitting his teachings.
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C.
Dar al-Hadith
Dar al-Hadith is a component structure within the Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil, historically associated with the study and transmission of Hadith (Prophetic traditions).
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D.
محراب النبي
محراب النبي هو الموضع داخل المسجد النبوي المنسوب إلى موضع صلاة النبي محمد ﷺ والمُعظَّم عند المسلمين كأحد أهم المعالم التاريخية والدينية في المسجد.
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E.
Tibb al-Nabawi
Tibb al-Nabawi is a body of traditional Islamic medicine based on the health-related teachings, practices, and sayings attributed to the Prophet Muhammad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic prose work
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political-administrative treatise ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
improve efficiency of state administration
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promote just governance ⓘ strengthen caliphal authority ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Abbasid political centralization
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formation of early Abbasid bureaucracy ⓘ |
| author |
Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ
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linked to:
Ibn al-Muqaffa'
|
| circulation | Abbasid elite circles ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Persian-Arabic intellectual milieu ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 8th century ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic governance
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administrative theory ⓘ political thought ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
bureaucratic organization
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control and supervision of provincial governors ⓘ fiscal responsibility ⓘ justice in administration ⓘ loyalty of officials to the caliph ⓘ relationship between ruler and officials ⓘ selection of competent administrators ⓘ |
| genre |
advice literature
ⓘ
mirrors for princes ⓘ |
| hasForm | epistolary treatise ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Abbasid administrative ideology
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later Islamic mirrors-for-princes literature ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | Persianate view of Abbasid governance ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
early Abbasid period
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linked to:
Abbasid Caliphate
|
| influencedBy |
Islamic political thought
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Persian advice literature ⓘ Sasanian administrative traditions ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
Abbasid caliphal court
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linked to:
court of the Abbasid caliphs
Abbasid political elites ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
administrative reform
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conduct of officials ⓘ governance ⓘ political ethics ⓘ |
| proposes |
criteria for appointing officials
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guidelines for consultation (shūrā) ⓘ measures against corruption ⓘ methods for monitoring officials ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Treatise on the Companions (Officials) of the Caliph ⓘ |
| workOf | 8th-century Persian thinker ⓘ |
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