Dar al-Ahd (in some juristic usages)
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Dar al-Ahd (in some juristic usages) is a classical Islamic legal term for a non-Muslim territory that maintains its status through a formal covenant or treaty of peace with the Muslim polity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dar al-Ahd (in some juristic usages) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5264205 — 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-Ahd (in some juristic usages) Context triple: [Dar al-Sulh, hasAlternativeName, Dar al-Ahd (in some juristic usages)]
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A.
Tahdhib al-Ahkam
Tahdhib al-Ahkam is a major Shi'a hadith and jurisprudential compilation by Shaykh al-Tusi, regarded as one of the Four Books of Twelver Shi'ism.
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B.
Ijma
Ijma is an Islamic legal principle referring to the consensus of qualified scholars on a religious or legal issue, serving as a source of Sharia alongside the Quran and Sunnah.
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C.
Hujjat al-Islam
Hujjat al-Islam is an honorific title meaning "Proof of Islam," famously associated with the influential Muslim theologian and philosopher Al-Ghazali.
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D.
Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist is a Shia Islamic political doctrine that grants ultimate religious and political authority to a senior Islamic jurist as the supreme leader of the state.
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E.
Al-Mujadila
Al-Mujadila is the 58th chapter (surah) of the Qur’an, known for addressing a woman’s complaint to the Prophet Muhammad and laying down rulings on social and legal matters.
- 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-Ahd (in some juristic usages) Target entity description: Dar al-Ahd (in some juristic usages) is a classical Islamic legal term for a non-Muslim territory that maintains its status through a formal covenant or treaty of peace with the Muslim polity.
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A.
Tahdhib al-Ahkam
Tahdhib al-Ahkam is a major Shi'a hadith and jurisprudential compilation by Shaykh al-Tusi, regarded as one of the Four Books of Twelver Shi'ism.
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B.
Ijma
Ijma is an Islamic legal principle referring to the consensus of qualified scholars on a religious or legal issue, serving as a source of Sharia alongside the Quran and Sunnah.
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C.
Hujjat al-Islam
Hujjat al-Islam is an honorific title meaning "Proof of Islam," famously associated with the influential Muslim theologian and philosopher Al-Ghazali.
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D.
Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist is a Shia Islamic political doctrine that grants ultimate religious and political authority to a senior Islamic jurist as the supreme leader of the state.
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E.
Al-Mujadila
Al-Mujadila is the 58th chapter (surah) of the Qur’an, known for addressing a woman’s complaint to the Prophet Muhammad and laying down rulings on social and legal matters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic international law category
ⓘ
classical Islamic legal concept ⓘ juridical status of territory ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
non-Muslim majority territories
ⓘ
polities that have concluded a peace treaty with a Muslim state ⓘ |
| dependsOn | continued good faith performance of treaty obligations ⓘ |
| hasConceptualOpposite | abode with no covenant or peace treaty (Dār al-Ḥarb) ⓘ |
| hasCondition |
non-aggression between the Muslim polity and the treaty territory
ⓘ
observance of treaty terms by both parties ⓘ protection of envoys and merchants ⓘ protection of life and property of Muslims in the treaty territory ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
recognition of certain rights for subjects of each side in the other’s territory
ⓘ
regulation of travel and trade between the territories ⓘ suspension of active hostilities between the parties ⓘ |
| hasDoctrinalDebateOn | whether modern nation-states with peace treaties fall under this category ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContext | early and medieval Muslim relations with neighboring empires and polities ⓘ |
| hasKeyElement |
existence of a binding covenant (ʿahd) or treaty
ⓘ
peaceful relations with the Muslim polity ⓘ recognition of non-Muslim political authority ⓘ security guarantees for Muslims and non-Muslims covered by the treaty ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfTerm | Arabic ⓘ |
| hasLegalBasisIn |
classical fiqh discussions of siyar (Islamic law of war and peace)
ⓘ
treaty practices of the Prophet Muhammad with non-Muslim tribes and polities ⓘ |
| hasLiteralMeaning | abode of covenant ⓘ |
| hasNormativeGoal |
maintenance of peaceful coexistence
ⓘ
protection of covenants and promises (ḥifẓ al-ʿuhūd) ⓘ |
| hasSourceLanguageTerm | دار العهد ⓘ |
| hasTemporalAspect | status continues as long as the treaty remains in force ⓘ |
| hasVariantUsage |
sometimes treated as a subcategory of non-Muslim abodes under treaty
ⓘ
sometimes treated as synonymous with Dār al-Ṣulḥ ⓘ |
| isCharacterizedBy |
legal security (amān) for those covered by the covenant
ⓘ
mutual obligations defined by treaty ⓘ |
| isConditionedBy | classical doctrines of pacta sunt servanda in Islamic law ⓘ |
| isContrastedWith |
Dār al-Islām
ⓘ
linked to:
Dar al-Islam
Dār al-Ḥarb ⓘ
linked to:
Dar al-Harb
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| isDefinedAs | non-Muslim territory under a formal covenant or treaty of peace with a Muslim polity ⓘ |
| isDiscussedWithin |
Shii legal literature
ⓘ
Sunni legal schools ⓘ |
| isPartOf | classical tripartite or multipartite division of the world in Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ |
| isRelatedConcept |
Dār al-Amān
ⓘ
Dār al-Ṣulḥ ⓘ
linked to:
Dar al-Sulh
|
| isUsedBy | some classical Muslim jurists ⓘ |
| mayBeTerminatedBy |
expiry of the agreed treaty period
ⓘ
material breach of the covenant ⓘ |
| requires | explicit or implicit covenant recognized by Muslim authorities ⓘ |
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Subject: Dar al-Ahd (in some juristic usages) Description of subject: Dar al-Ahd (in some juristic usages) is a classical Islamic legal term for a non-Muslim territory that maintains its status through a formal covenant or treaty of peace with the Muslim polity.
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