Zulaykha (in later Islamic tradition)
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Zulaykha, in later Islamic tradition, is the legendary Egyptian noblewoman renowned for her passionate but ultimately repentant love for the prophet Yusuf (Joseph), a story elaborated in classical Persian and Arabic literature and Sufi poetry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zulaykha (in later Islamic tradition) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7082115 — 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: Zulaykha (in later Islamic tradition) Context triple: [al-Aziz of Egypt, spouseAlsoKnownAs, Zulaykha (in later Islamic tradition)]
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A.
Khawla bint Qurra
Khawla bint Qurra was a woman from early Islamic history known as one of the wives of the Umayyad caliph Muawiya I.
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B.
Zaynab bint Jahsh
Zaynab bint Jahsh was a prominent early Muslim woman and one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad, known for her piety and charitable nature.
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C.
Sawda bint Zamʿa
Sawda bint Zamʿa was one of the early wives of the Prophet Muhammad, known for her piety, generosity, and role among the first Muslim women in Medina.
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D.
Zaynab bint Sulayman
Zaynab bint Sulayman was an Umayyad noblewoman known for her lineage within the ruling family of the early Islamic Caliphate.
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E.
Nutayla bint Janab
Nutayla bint Janab was a pre-Islamic Arab woman known primarily as one of the wives of Abd al-Muttalib, the grandfather of the Prophet Muhammad.
- 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: Zulaykha (in later Islamic tradition) Target entity description: Zulaykha, in later Islamic tradition, is the legendary Egyptian noblewoman renowned for her passionate but ultimately repentant love for the prophet Yusuf (Joseph), a story elaborated in classical Persian and Arabic literature and Sufi poetry.
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A.
Khawla bint Qurra
Khawla bint Qurra was a woman from early Islamic history known as one of the wives of the Umayyad caliph Muawiya I.
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B.
Zaynab bint Jahsh
Zaynab bint Jahsh was a prominent early Muslim woman and one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad, known for her piety and charitable nature.
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C.
Sawda bint Zamʿa
Sawda bint Zamʿa was one of the early wives of the Prophet Muhammad, known for her piety, generosity, and role among the first Muslim women in Medina.
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D.
Zaynab bint Sulayman
Zaynab bint Sulayman was an Umayyad noblewoman known for her lineage within the ruling family of the early Islamic Caliphate.
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E.
Nutayla bint Janab
Nutayla bint Janab was a pre-Islamic Arab woman known primarily as one of the wives of Abd al-Muttalib, the grandfather of the Prophet Muhammad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in Islamic tradition
ⓘ
legendary figure ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Sufi poetry
ⓘ
classical Arabic poetry ⓘ classical Persian poetry ⓘ later Islamic tradition ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Joseph (biblical figure)
ⓘ
Prophet Yusuf ⓘ
linked to:
Yusuf (Joseph) as-Siddiq
|
| associatedWork |
Yusuf and Zulaykha by Jami
ⓘ
linked to:
Yūsuf u Zulaykhā
Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami (attributed in some traditions) ⓘ
linked to:
Khamsa of Nizami
|
| basedOn |
Potiphar’s wife in later Islamic identification
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unnamed wife of al-Aziz in the Qur’anic story of Yusuf ⓘ |
| characterType |
penitent saintly figure in some Sufi retellings
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tragic lover ⓘ |
| culture |
Arabic literature
ⓘ
Persian literature ⓘ |
| developedIn |
Persian romantic masnavi tradition
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post-Qur’anic Islamic storytelling ⓘ |
| genreContext |
didactic mystical narrative
ⓘ
religious romance ⓘ |
| geographicSetting | Egypt ⓘ |
| hasSpiritualReadingBy | Sufi authors ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
Persian mystical love symbolism
ⓘ
later Islamic love narratives ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Arabic
ⓘ
Persian ⓘ |
| moralExemplumFor |
repentance
ⓘ
steadfastness of prophets (by contrast) ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
love
ⓘ
mystical union ⓘ repentance ⓘ temptation ⓘ |
| notableFor |
passionate love for Yusuf
ⓘ
repentance and spiritual transformation ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
great beauty
ⓘ
socially powerful woman ⓘ ultimately humbled seeker of God ⓘ |
| relationshipToYusuf |
initially a would-be seducer
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later a repentant lover ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Qur’anic story of Yusuf (as later elaborated) ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Islamic tradition ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
Egyptian noblewoman
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wife of the Egyptian official who purchased Yusuf ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
earthly love transformed into divine love
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the human soul yearning for God in Sufi interpretation ⓘ |
| timeOfStory | time of Prophet Yusuf ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Zulaykha (in later Islamic tradition) Description of subject: Zulaykha, in later Islamic tradition, is the legendary Egyptian noblewoman renowned for her passionate but ultimately repentant love for the prophet Yusuf (Joseph), a story elaborated in classical Persian and Arabic literature and Sufi poetry.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.