Dar al-Sulh
E118898
Dar al-Sulh is a classical Islamic legal concept denoting territories outside direct Muslim rule that maintain peaceful relations with Muslim lands through treaties or truces.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dar al-Ahd | 2 |
| Dar al-Sulh canonical | 2 |
| Dār al-Ṣulḥ | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T954627 — 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: Dar al-Sulh Context triple: [Dar al-Islam, contrastedWith, Dar al-Sulh]
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A.
Dar al-Harb
Dar al-Harb is a classical Islamic jurisprudential term denoting territories outside Muslim rule where Islamic law does not prevail and with which relations may be characterized by potential or actual conflict.
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B.
Dar al-Islam
Dar al-Islam is the collective realm of Muslim-majority lands historically unified by Islamic law, culture, and religious authority.
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C.
Al-Awja
Al-Awja is a small village near Tikrit in northern Iraq, best known as the birthplace and burial site of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
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D.
Sulh-i Kul
Sulh-i Kul was a Mughal-era doctrine of universal peace and tolerance that promoted religious harmony and equal treatment of all faiths in the empire.
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E.
Kel Ajjer
Kel Ajjer is a prominent Tuareg confederation traditionally inhabiting the central Sahara region spanning parts of present-day Algeria and Libya.
- 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: Dar al-Sulh Target entity description: Dar al-Sulh is a classical Islamic legal concept denoting territories outside direct Muslim rule that maintain peaceful relations with Muslim lands through treaties or truces.
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A.
Dar al-Harb
Dar al-Harb is a classical Islamic jurisprudential term denoting territories outside Muslim rule where Islamic law does not prevail and with which relations may be characterized by potential or actual conflict.
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B.
Dar al-Islam
Dar al-Islam is the collective realm of Muslim-majority lands historically unified by Islamic law, culture, and religious authority.
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C.
Al-Awja
Al-Awja is a small village near Tikrit in northern Iraq, best known as the birthplace and burial site of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
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D.
Sulh-i Kul
Sulh-i Kul was a Mughal-era doctrine of universal peace and tolerance that promoted religious harmony and equal treatment of all faiths in the empire.
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E.
Kel Ajjer
Kel Ajjer is a prominent Tuareg confederation traditionally inhabiting the central Sahara region spanning parts of present-day Algeria and Libya.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic legal concept
ⓘ
classical Islamic jurisprudence term ⓘ |
| appliesIn | context of inter-state relations ⓘ |
| appliesTo | non-Muslim states with formal peace agreements with Muslim authorities ⓘ |
| condition | existence of a valid treaty or truce with Muslim authority ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Dar al-Harb
ⓘ
Dar al-Islam ⓘ |
| describes |
non-Muslim territories with peace treaties with Muslims
ⓘ
territories outside direct Muslim rule ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
territories in a state of war with Muslims
ⓘ
territories under direct Muslim sovereignty ⓘ |
| etymology | Arabic term meaning “abode of truce” or “abode of reconciliation” ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic law
ⓘ
fiqh ⓘ |
| goal |
maintenance of peaceful coexistence
ⓘ
regulation of warfare and peace with non-Muslim entities ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Dar al-Ahd (in some juristic usages) ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
based on treaty or truce
ⓘ
peaceful relations with Muslim lands ⓘ |
| hasConceptualOpposite | permanent state of war (Dar al-Harb) ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| hasNormativeStatus | permissible arrangement in Islamic law ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | viewed as intermediate category between Dar al-Islam and Dar al-Harb by some jurists ⓘ |
| hasScope | public law rather than private law ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
status of non-Muslim polities
ⓘ
war and peace in Islam ⓘ |
| implies |
recognition of mutual rights and obligations under treaty
ⓘ
suspension of active hostilities ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Quranic and prophetic teachings on treaties and peace ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
treaties (sulh) between Muslim and non-Muslim polities
ⓘ
truces (hudna) between Muslim and non-Muslim polities ⓘ |
| partOf |
Islamic international law
ⓘ
siyar ⓘ |
| regulates | relations between Muslim polities and treaty-bound non-Muslim polities ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Dar al-Ahd
ⓘ
linked to:
Dar al-Sulh
aman ⓘ hudna ⓘ sulh ⓘ |
| requires |
mutual consent of contracting parties
ⓘ
observance of treaty terms by both sides ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Islamic legal theory
ⓘ
Islamic political thought ⓘ |
| timePeriod | classical period of Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ |
| usedBy | classical Muslim jurists ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dar al-Sulh Description of subject: Dar al-Sulh is a classical Islamic legal concept denoting territories outside direct Muslim rule that maintain peaceful relations with Muslim lands through treaties or truces.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Dar al-Sulh
linked to: Dar al-Sulh
linked to: Dar al-Sulh