al-Sulami
E700919
al-Sulami was an early Muslim scholar and Sufi author known for his influential works on Sufism, including treatises on Sufi ethics, biographies, and Qur’anic exegesis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| al-Sulami canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7859980 — 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: al-Sulami Context triple: [Sahl al-Tustari, influenced, al-Sulami]
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A.
Al-Subki
Al-Subki is a prominent medieval Islamic scholar and jurist renowned for his influential contributions to Shafi'i jurisprudence and theology.
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B.
Abdul-Ghani al-Asadi
Abdul-Ghani al-Asadi is a senior Iraqi military commander known for leading elite counterterrorism forces in major operations against ISIS, including the campaign to retake Mosul.
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C.
Al-Bujairi
Al-Bujairi is a historic district in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, known for its restored traditional architecture, cultural attractions, and scenic views overlooking the Wadi Hanifah.
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D.
Al-Hariri of Basra
Al-Hariri of Basra was a renowned 11th–12th century Arab poet and prose writer best known for his highly sophisticated collection of maqāmāt (rhymed prose tales) that became classics of Arabic literature.
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E.
Satam al-Suqami
Satam al-Suqami was a Saudi national and al-Qaeda member who participated as one of the hijackers in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
- 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: al-Sulami Target entity description: al-Sulami was an early Muslim scholar and Sufi author known for his influential works on Sufism, including treatises on Sufi ethics, biographies, and Qur’anic exegesis.
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A.
Al-Subki
Al-Subki is a prominent medieval Islamic scholar and jurist renowned for his influential contributions to Shafi'i jurisprudence and theology.
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B.
Abdul-Ghani al-Asadi
Abdul-Ghani al-Asadi is a senior Iraqi military commander known for leading elite counterterrorism forces in major operations against ISIS, including the campaign to retake Mosul.
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C.
Al-Bujairi
Al-Bujairi is a historic district in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, known for its restored traditional architecture, cultural attractions, and scenic views overlooking the Wadi Hanifah.
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D.
Al-Hariri of Basra
Al-Hariri of Basra was a renowned 11th–12th century Arab poet and prose writer best known for his highly sophisticated collection of maqāmāt (rhymed prose tales) that became classics of Arabic literature.
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E.
Satam al-Suqami
Satam al-Suqami was a Saudi national and al-Qaeda member who participated as one of the hijackers in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic theologian
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Muslim scholar ⓘ Quran commentator ⓘ Sufi author ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Islamic mysticism
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Islamic studies ⓘ |
| genre |
Quranic commentary
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biographical literature ⓘ religious literature ⓘ |
| influenced |
Islamic mysticism
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later Sufi authors ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Quranic exegesis from a Sufi perspective
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Sufi biographical collections ⓘ early systematic writings on Sufism ⓘ influential Sufi treatises ⓘ works on Sufi ethics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
Quranic exegesis
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Sufi ethics ⓘ Sufism ⓘ |
| movement | Sufism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Quranic exegesis works
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Sufi biographies ⓘ treatises on Sufi ethics ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
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: al-Sulami Description of subject: al-Sulami was an early Muslim scholar and Sufi author known for his influential works on Sufism, including treatises on Sufi ethics, biographies, and Qur’anic exegesis.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.