Mantiq al-Tayr
E568331
Mantiq al-Tayr is a renowned 12th-century Persian Sufi allegorical poem that narrates a group of birds’ spiritual quest to find their divine king, the Simurgh.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mantiq al-Tayr canonical | 4 |
| منطق الطیر | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6116123 — 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: Mantiq al-Tayr Context triple: [Farid ud-Din Attar, notableWork, Mantiq al-Tayr]
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A.
Baqi al-Gharqad
Baqi al-Gharqad is a historic Islamic cemetery in Medina, Saudi Arabia, revered as the burial place of many of the Prophet Muhammad’s family members and companions.
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B.
Kitab al-Mu‘alajat al-Buqratiyya
Kitab al-Mu‘alajat al-Buqratiyya is a seminal medieval Arabic medical compendium that systematically presents clinical treatments and therapies within the tradition of Islamic medicine.
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C.
دلالة الحائرين
دلالة الحائرين هو كتاب فلسفي-كلامي لابن ميمون (موسى بن ميمون) يبحث في التوفيق بين الفلسفة الأرسطية والعقيدة اليهودية ويُعد من أهم مؤلفات الفكر الديني اليهودي في العصور الوسطى.
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D.
Al-Risala
Al-Risala is a foundational Islamic legal treatise by Imam al-Shafi'i that systematically outlines the principles and methodology of Sunni jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh).
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E.
Kitab al-Sirr al-Asrar
Kitab al-Sirr al-Asrar is a seminal medieval Arabic work on alchemy and practical chemistry traditionally attributed to the polymath al-Razi.
- 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: Mantiq al-Tayr Target entity description: Mantiq al-Tayr is a renowned 12th-century Persian Sufi allegorical poem that narrates a group of birds’ spiritual quest to find their divine king, the Simurgh.
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A.
Baqi al-Gharqad
Baqi al-Gharqad is a historic Islamic cemetery in Medina, Saudi Arabia, revered as the burial place of many of the Prophet Muhammad’s family members and companions.
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B.
Kitab al-Mu‘alajat al-Buqratiyya
Kitab al-Mu‘alajat al-Buqratiyya is a seminal medieval Arabic medical compendium that systematically presents clinical treatments and therapies within the tradition of Islamic medicine.
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C.
دلالة الحائرين
دلالة الحائرين هو كتاب فلسفي-كلامي لابن ميمون (موسى بن ميمون) يبحث في التوفيق بين الفلسفة الأرسطية والعقيدة اليهودية ويُعد من أهم مؤلفات الفكر الديني اليهودي في العصور الوسطى.
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D.
Al-Risala
Al-Risala is a foundational Islamic legal treatise by Imam al-Shafi'i that systematically outlines the principles and methodology of Sunni jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh).
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E.
Kitab al-Sirr al-Asrar
Kitab al-Sirr al-Asrar is a seminal medieval Arabic work on alchemy and practical chemistry traditionally attributed to the polymath al-Razi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Persian poem
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Sufi poem ⓘ allegorical poem ⓘ didactic poem ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Nishapur
ⓘ
linked to:
Neyshabur
|
| author |
Attar of Nishapur
ⓘ
Farid al-Din Attar ⓘ
linked to:
Farid ud-Din Attar
|
| centralTheme |
Sufi path
ⓘ
mystical union with the divine ⓘ search for God ⓘ self-annihilation (fana) ⓘ spiritual quest ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Persia ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 12th century ⓘ |
| ending | the birds discover that Simurgh is a reflection of their own transformed selves ⓘ |
| genre |
Sufi literature
ⓘ
mystical poetry ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslations | yes ⓘ |
| influence |
Islamic mysticism
ⓘ
Persian literature ⓘ Sufi thought ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
Valley of Bewilderment
ⓘ
linked to:
Valley of Detachment
Valley of Detachment ⓘ Valley of Knowledge ⓘ Valley of Love ⓘ Valley of Poverty and Annihilation ⓘ Valley of Unity ⓘ Valley of the Quest ⓘ |
| language | Persian ⓘ |
| literaryForm | masnavi ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | considered one of the masterpieces of Persian Sufi poetry ⓘ |
| mainCharacters |
Simurgh
ⓘ
birds ⓘ hoopoe ⓘ
linked to:
Eurasian hoopoe
|
| narrativePerspective | didactic narrator through the hoopoe ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
منطق الطیر
ⓘ
linked to:
Mantiq al-Tayr
|
| philosophicalOrientation |
monism
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mystical love ⓘ |
| plotElement | the birds traverse seven valleys representing stages of the spiritual path ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A group of birds set out to find their king, the Simurgh, guided by the hoopoe. ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Islam
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Sufism ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | rhyming couplets ⓘ |
| setting | mythical journey through seven valleys ⓘ |
| structure | frame narrative with embedded tales and anecdotes ⓘ |
| symbolism |
Simurgh symbolizes God or ultimate reality
ⓘ
birds symbolize human souls ⓘ hoopoe symbolizes the spiritual guide or Sufi master ⓘ |
| translatedTitle |
The Conference of the Birds
ⓘ
linked to:
Conference of the Birds
The Speech of the Birds ⓘ
linked to:
The Conference of the Birds
|
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: Mantiq al-Tayr Description of subject: Mantiq al-Tayr is a renowned 12th-century Persian Sufi allegorical poem that narrates a group of birds’ spiritual quest to find their divine king, the Simurgh.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mantiq al-Tayr