William Chittick
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William Chittick is a prominent contemporary scholar of Islamic thought and Sufism, especially known for his extensive studies and translations of Ibn Arabi and related mystical traditions.
All labels observed (1)
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| William Chittick canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1296321 — 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: William Chittick Context triple: [Ibn Arabi, influenced, William Chittick]
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A.
Leonard M. Isitt
Leonard M. Isitt was a senior Royal New Zealand Air Force officer who represented New Zealand at the formal Japanese surrender ceremony ending World War II.
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B.
John L. Lumley
John L. Lumley was a prominent American fluid dynamicist known for his pioneering contributions to the understanding and modeling of turbulence.
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C.
Andrew Heiskell
Andrew Heiskell was an American publishing executive and philanthropist best known as a longtime leader of Time Inc. and a prominent figure in New York’s cultural and civic life.
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D.
Omar Pound
Omar Pound was an American-born writer, editor, and teacher of literature and Islamic studies, known both for his own scholarly work and as the son of poet Ezra Pound.
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E.
William Irwin
William Irwin was a 19th-century American politician who served as Governor of California from 1875 to 1880.
- 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: William Chittick Target entity description: William Chittick is a prominent contemporary scholar of Islamic thought and Sufism, especially known for his extensive studies and translations of Ibn Arabi and related mystical traditions.
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A.
Leonard M. Isitt
Leonard M. Isitt was a senior Royal New Zealand Air Force officer who represented New Zealand at the formal Japanese surrender ceremony ending World War II.
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B.
John L. Lumley
John L. Lumley was a prominent American fluid dynamicist known for his pioneering contributions to the understanding and modeling of turbulence.
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C.
Andrew Heiskell
Andrew Heiskell was an American publishing executive and philanthropist best known as a longtime leader of Time Inc. and a prominent figure in New York’s cultural and civic life.
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D.
Omar Pound
Omar Pound was an American-born writer, editor, and teacher of literature and Islamic studies, known both for his own scholarly work and as the son of poet Ezra Pound.
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E.
William Irwin
William Irwin was a 19th-century American politician who served as Governor of California from 1875 to 1880.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic studies scholar
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Sufism scholar ⓘ person ⓘ scholar ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
Islamic studies
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comparative mysticism ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
| affiliation | Institute of Global Studies at Stony Brook University ⓘ |
| almaMater | University of Tehran ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| educatedAt | University of Tehran ⓘ |
| employer | Stony Brook University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Ibn Arabi studies
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Islamic philosophy ⓘ Islamic thought ⓘ Sufism ⓘ mysticism ⓘ |
| genre |
academic writing
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philosophy of religion ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
| hasAcademicRank | professor emeritus ⓘ |
| hasTranslated |
Persian Sufi texts
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works of Ibn Arabi ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Henry Corbin
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Ibn Arabi ⓘ Seyyed Hossein Nasr ⓘ |
| knownFor |
scholarship on Persian Sufi literature
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studies of Ibn Arabi ⓘ translations of Ibn Arabi ⓘ works on Islamic mysticism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Persian ⓘ
linked to:
Persian language
|
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Imaginal Worlds
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linked to:
al-‘alam al-mithali (imaginal world)
In Search of the Lost Heart ⓘ The Self-Disclosure of God ⓘ The Sufi Path of Knowledge ⓘ The Sufi Path of Love ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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professor ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| placeOfWork | New York ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
Ibn Arabi
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Islamic metaphysics ⓘ Quranic hermeneutics ⓘ Rumi ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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