Kitab al-Sirr al-Asrar
E437659
Kitab al-Sirr al-Asrar is a seminal medieval Arabic work on alchemy and practical chemistry traditionally attributed to the polymath al-Razi.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kitab al-Sirr al-Asrar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4405931 — 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: Kitab al-Sirr al-Asrar Context triple: [Al-Razi, notableWork, Kitab al-Sirr al-Asrar]
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A.
Mashahid al-Asrar
Mashahid al-Asrar is a seminal mystical treatise by the Sufi philosopher Ibn Arabi that explores visionary experiences and esoteric spiritual insights.
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B.
Mishkat al-Anwar
Mishkat al-Anwar is a seminal mystical-philosophical treatise in Islamic thought that explores the metaphor of divine light and the nature of spiritual knowledge.
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C.
Kitab al-Sab'in
Kitab al-Sab'in is a seminal alchemical treatise attributed to the early Islamic polymath Jabir ibn Hayyan, exploring theoretical and practical aspects of chemistry and transmutation.
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D.
Kitab al-Ilm
Kitab al-Ilm is the section of Sahih al-Bukhari devoted to prophetic teachings and rulings about knowledge, its virtues, and its proper transmission in Islam.
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E.
Kitab al-Tawasin
Kitab al-Tawasin is a seminal mystical and poetic work of Islamic Sufism, attributed to the famed mystic al-Hallaj and known for its esoteric reflections on divine love, unity, and martyrdom.
- 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: Kitab al-Sirr al-Asrar Target entity description: Kitab al-Sirr al-Asrar is a seminal medieval Arabic work on alchemy and practical chemistry traditionally attributed to the polymath al-Razi.
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A.
Mashahid al-Asrar
Mashahid al-Asrar is a seminal mystical treatise by the Sufi philosopher Ibn Arabi that explores visionary experiences and esoteric spiritual insights.
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B.
Mishkat al-Anwar
Mishkat al-Anwar is a seminal mystical-philosophical treatise in Islamic thought that explores the metaphor of divine light and the nature of spiritual knowledge.
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C.
Kitab al-Sab'in
Kitab al-Sab'in is a seminal alchemical treatise attributed to the early Islamic polymath Jabir ibn Hayyan, exploring theoretical and practical aspects of chemistry and transmutation.
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D.
Kitab al-Ilm
Kitab al-Ilm is the section of Sahih al-Bukhari devoted to prophetic teachings and rulings about knowledge, its virtues, and its proper transmission in Islam.
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E.
Kitab al-Tawasin
Kitab al-Tawasin is a seminal mystical and poetic work of Islamic Sufism, attributed to the famed mystic al-Hallaj and known for its esoteric reflections on divine love, unity, and martyrdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alchemy treatise
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medieval Arabic alchemical text ⓘ practical chemistry manual ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
development of early chemistry
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history of Islamic science ⓘ |
| attributionStatus | disputed ⓘ |
| author |
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyya al-Razi
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linked to:
Al-Razi (Rhazes)
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| circulation | manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| describes |
chemical operations
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preparation of inorganic compounds ⓘ preparation of organic remedies ⓘ use of mineral acids ⓘ |
| field |
alchemy
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chemistry ⓘ pharmacy ⓘ |
| focus |
classification of substances
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description of apparatus ⓘ practical laboratory practice ⓘ |
| genre | scientific treatise ⓘ |
| hasPart |
sections on equipment
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sections on procedures ⓘ sections on substances ⓘ |
| importance |
key text for history of laboratory techniques
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major source on medieval Islamic alchemy ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Islamic alchemical literature
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medieval Latin alchemy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Greek chemical traditions
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earlier Hellenistic alchemy ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| region | Islamic world ⓘ |
| relatedWork | al-Razi’s other alchemical writings ⓘ |
| scholarlyTopic |
authorship analysis
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comparison with Latin alchemical texts ⓘ textual transmission ⓘ |
| subject |
calcination
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chemical substances ⓘ distillation ⓘ laboratory techniques ⓘ preparation of medicinal compounds ⓘ purification of substances ⓘ sublimation ⓘ |
| timePeriod | medieval Islamic period ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Book of the Secret of Secrets ⓘ |
| traditionalAttribution |
al-Razi
ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Razi (Rhazes)
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kitab al-Sirr al-Asrar Description of subject: Kitab al-Sirr al-Asrar is a seminal medieval Arabic work on alchemy and practical chemistry traditionally attributed to the polymath al-Razi.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Al-Razi (Rhazes)