Shams al-Din

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Shams al-Din is an honorific Islamic title meaning "Sun of the Faith," historically borne by prominent religious and political figures such as sultans and scholars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic-language honorific ⓘ
Islamic honorific title ⓘ
associatedWith Islamic scholarship ⓘ
political authority ⓘ
religious authority ⓘ
component Shams ⓘ
al-Din ⓘ
linked to: ad-Dīn
componentMeaning Shams means Sun ⓘ
linked to: Shams

al-Din means the Faith ⓘ
linked to: ad-Dīn
function to denote high status in Islamic society ⓘ
to honor religious learning ⓘ
to signify piety ⓘ
genderUsage primarily male ⓘ
historicalUsage medieval Islamic world ⓘ
pre-modern Muslim societies ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
meaning Sun of the Faith ⓘ
nameCategory theophoric-like title ⓘ
orthographyVariant Shams ad-Din ⓘ
linked to: Shams al-Din

Shams ud-Din ⓘ
linked to: Shams-ud-Dīn

Shamsuddin ⓘ
religiousContext Islam ⓘ
titleType honorific epithet ⓘ
religious title ⓘ
usedBy Islamic jurists ⓘ
Islamic theologians ⓘ
Muslim rulers ⓘ
Muslim scholars ⓘ
Sufi shaykhs ⓘ
sultans ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah → title → Shams al-Din ⓘ
Al-Kamil, Sultan of Egypt → regnalName → Al-Malik al-Kamil ⓘ
linked to: Shams al-Din
Karts of Herat → foundedBy → Shams al-Din Kart ⓘ
linked to: Shams al-Din
Sultan of Gujarat → usedTitle → Shams al-Din ⓘ
Shams of Tabriz → name → Shams al-Din Muhammad ⓘ
linked to: Shams al-Din
Shams Tabrizi → name → Shams al-Din Muhammad ⓘ
linked to: Shams al-Din
Second Battle of Homs (1271) → commander → Shams al-Din Sunqur al-Ashqar ⓘ
linked to: Shams al-Din
Shamsuddin → hasAlternativeTransliteration → Shamseddin ⓘ
linked to: Shams al-Din
Shamsuddin → hasAlternativeTransliteration → Shams al Din ⓘ
linked to: Shams al-Din
Shams al-Din → orthographyVariant → Shams ad-Din ⓘ
linked to: Shams al-Din
Al-Shahid al-Awwal → alsoKnownAs → Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Makki al-ʿAmili ⓘ
linked to: Shams al-Din
Al-Shahid al-Awwal → title → Shams al-Din ⓘ