Maghazi of al-Waqidi
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Maghazi of al-Waqidi is an early Islamic historical work detailing the military campaigns of the Prophet Muhammad, authored by the 8th–9th century historian al-Waqidi.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kitab al-Maghazi | 1 |
| Maghazi (Prophetic campaigns) | 1 |
| Maghazi literature | 1 |
| Maghazi of al-Waqidi canonical | 1 |
| al-Waqidi’s Kitab al-Maghazi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maghazi of al-Waqidi Context triple: [Islamic biographical literature (sira), hasNotableWork, Maghazi of al-Waqidi]
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A.
Companions of the Prophet
The Companions of the Prophet are the men and women who personally met and followed the Islamic prophet Muhammad, forming the earliest Muslim community and transmitting his teachings.
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B.
Kitab al-Jihad
Kitab al-Jihad is a book within the hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari that compiles prophetic traditions related to warfare, struggle, and related legal and ethical rulings in Islam.
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C.
Kitab al-Ibar
Kitab al-Ibar is a monumental 14th-century universal history by Ibn Khaldun, best known for its pioneering introduction, the Muqaddimah, which laid the foundations of modern historiography and sociology.
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D.
Sitt al-Mulk
Sitt al-Mulk was a powerful Fatimid princess and de facto ruler of Egypt in the early 11th century, known for her political acumen and role in stabilizing the caliphate.
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E.
Kitab al-Mansuri
Kitab al-Mansuri is a seminal 10th-century medical compendium by the Persian physician al-Razi, widely studied in both the Islamic world and medieval Europe.
- 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: Maghazi of al-Waqidi Target entity description: Maghazi of al-Waqidi is an early Islamic historical work detailing the military campaigns of the Prophet Muhammad, authored by the 8th–9th century historian al-Waqidi.
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A.
Companions of the Prophet
The Companions of the Prophet are the men and women who personally met and followed the Islamic prophet Muhammad, forming the earliest Muslim community and transmitting his teachings.
-
B.
Kitab al-Jihad
Kitab al-Jihad is a book within the hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari that compiles prophetic traditions related to warfare, struggle, and related legal and ethical rulings in Islam.
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C.
Kitab al-Ibar
Kitab al-Ibar is a monumental 14th-century universal history by Ibn Khaldun, best known for its pioneering introduction, the Muqaddimah, which laid the foundations of modern historiography and sociology.
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D.
Sitt al-Mulk
Sitt al-Mulk was a powerful Fatimid princess and de facto ruler of Egypt in the early 11th century, known for her political acumen and role in stabilizing the caliphate.
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E.
Kitab al-Mansuri
Kitab al-Mansuri is a seminal 10th-century medical compendium by the Persian physician al-Razi, widely studied in both the Islamic world and medieval Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic historical source
ⓘ
historical work ⓘ maghazi literature ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Abbasid-era scholarship
ⓘ
traditionist circles in Medina ⓘ |
| author | al-Waqidi ⓘ |
| circulation | transmitted in early Abbasid period ⓘ |
| contains |
chronological accounts of campaigns
ⓘ
isnad chains ⓘ lists of participants in battles ⓘ narrative reports ⓘ |
| criticizedFor | weak reliability of some isnads ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition |
early 9th century
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late 8th century ⓘ |
| documents |
relations between Muslims and Jewish tribes of Medina
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relations between Muslims and Quraysh ⓘ |
| evaluatedBy | Muslim hadith critics ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Tabuk expedition
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battles of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ campaign of Badr ⓘ campaign of Hunayn ⓘ campaign of Khaybar ⓘ campaign of Uhud ⓘ campaign of al-Khandaq (Trench) ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of the Trench
conquest of Mecca ⓘ
linked to:
Conquest of Mecca
expeditions of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to:
Muhammad’s military campaigns
|
| genre | sira and maghazi ⓘ |
| historicalValue | major early source for the Prophet’s campaigns ⓘ |
| influenced |
later biographical literature on Muhammad
ⓘ
later historical writing in Islam ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
life of the Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
linked to:
life of Muhammad
military campaigns of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition |
Baghdad
ⓘ
Medina ⓘ |
| preservation | partly preserved through later compilations ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Sunni Islamic tradition ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
critical editions and translations
ⓘ
modern academic studies on early Islamic historiography ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
7th century Arabia
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Prophetic era ⓘ |
| typeOfWork | prose narrative ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceBy |
Ibn Sa'd
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later maghazi compilers ⓘ later sira authors ⓘ |
| valuedFor |
detailed narrative of battles
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topographical and logistical details ⓘ |
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subject linked to:
expedition of al-Ushayra
linked to: Maghazi of al-Waqidi