Ali Shariati (ideologue)

E126384

Iranian intellectual Islamic thinker human revolutionary ideologue sociologist

Ali Shariati was an influential Iranian sociologist, Islamic thinker, and revolutionary ideologue whose writings helped shape the intellectual foundations of the Iranian Revolution.

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Label	Occurrences
Ali Shariati	4
Ali Shariati (ideologue) canonical	1
Sara Shariati	1
Shariati	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1062989 — 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: Ali Shariati (ideologue)
Context triple: [Iranian Revolution, significantParticipant, Ali Shariati (ideologue)]

A. Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini was an Iranian Shia cleric and revolutionary leader who founded the Islamic Republic of Iran and served as its paramount political and religious authority after the 1979 revolution.
B. Parviz Mirza
Parviz Mirza was a Mughal prince of the early 17th century, known as one of Emperor Jahangir’s sons and a contender in the empire’s succession struggles.
C. Fedallah
Fedallah is a mysterious, prophetic Parsee harpooner who serves as Captain Ahab’s shadowy confidant in Herman Melville’s novel *Moby-Dick*.
D. Omid Kordestani
Omid Kordestani is an Iranian-American business executive best known for senior leadership roles at major tech companies including Google and Twitter.
E. Bahauddin Toukan
Bahauddin Toukan was a Jordanian diplomat and statesman known primarily as the father of Queen Alia al-Hussein of Jordan.
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: Ali Shariati (ideologue)
Target entity description: Ali Shariati was an influential Iranian sociologist, Islamic thinker, and revolutionary ideologue whose writings helped shape the intellectual foundations of the Iranian Revolution.

A. Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini was an Iranian Shia cleric and revolutionary leader who founded the Islamic Republic of Iran and served as its paramount political and religious authority after the 1979 revolution.
B. Parviz Mirza
Parviz Mirza was a Mughal prince of the early 17th century, known as one of Emperor Jahangir’s sons and a contender in the empire’s succession struggles.
C. Fedallah
Fedallah is a mysterious, prophetic Parsee harpooner who serves as Captain Ahab’s shadowy confidant in Herman Melville’s novel *Moby-Dick*.
D. Omid Kordestani
Omid Kordestani is an Iranian-American business executive best known for senior leadership roles at major tech companies including Google and Twitter.
E. Bahauddin Toukan
Bahauddin Toukan was a Jordanian diplomat and statesman known primarily as the father of Queen Alia al-Hussein of Jordan.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Iranian intellectual ⓘ Islamic thinker ⓘ human ⓘ revolutionary ideologue ⓘ sociologist ⓘ
birthDate	1933-11-23 ⓘ
causeOfDeath	heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Iran ⓘ
deathDate	1977-06-19 ⓘ
denomination	Shia Islam ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Mashhad ⓘ linked to: Ferdowsi University of Mashhad University of Paris ⓘ linked to: Sorbonne University
employer	Hosseiniyeh Ershad ⓘ University of Mashhad ⓘ linked to: Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
familyName	Shariati ⓘ linked to: Ali Shariati (ideologue)
fieldOfWork	Islamic studies ⓘ political thought ⓘ revolutionary theory ⓘ sociology ⓘ
givenName	Ali ⓘ
hasChild	Ihsan Shariati ⓘ Sara Shariati ⓘ linked to: Ali Shariati (ideologue) Sosan Shariati ⓘ
ideology	Islamic socialism ⓘ anti-clerical Shi'ism ⓘ
influenced	Iranian Revolution ⓘ Islamic revolutionary movements in Iran ⓘ Islamist intellectuals in the Muslim world ⓘ
influencedBy	Ali Shariati's father, Mohammad-Taqi Shariati ⓘ Frantz Fanon ⓘ Jean-Paul Sartre ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ Shia Islamic theology ⓘ
knownFor	critiquing both Western capitalism and Eastern socialism ⓘ developing a revolutionary interpretation of Shia Islam ⓘ inspiring young Iranian activists before the 1979 Revolution ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Persian ⓘ linked to: Persian language
movement	Islamic socialism ⓘ Third Worldism ⓘ anti-imperialism ⓘ
name	Ali Shariati ⓘ linked to: Ali Shariati (ideologue)
nativeName	علی شریعتی ⓘ
notableWork	Fatemeh is Fatemeh ⓘ Hajj ⓘ Man and Islam ⓘ Red Shi'ism vs. Black Shi'ism ⓘ Religion vs. Religion ⓘ
occupation	lecturer ⓘ political activist ⓘ sociologist ⓘ writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Mazinan ⓘ Razavi Khorasan Province ⓘ Sabzevar County ⓘ
placeOfDeath	England ⓘ Southampton ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
spouse	Pouran Shariat Razavi ⓘ

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