Kitab al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin
E1022035
Kitab al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin is a seminal 9th-century Arabic work by Al-Jahiz on rhetoric, eloquence, and Arabic prose style, regarded as one of the foundational texts of Arabic literary criticism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kitab al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin canonical | 3 |
| Al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13130785 — 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: Kitab al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin Context triple: [Al-Jahiz, knownFor, Kitab al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin]
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A.
Kitab al-Tawasin
Kitab al-Tawasin is a seminal mystical and poetic work of Islamic Sufism, attributed to the famed mystic al-Hallaj and known for its esoteric reflections on divine love, unity, and martyrdom.
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B.
Kitab al-Tanbih wa-l-Ishraf
Kitab al-Tanbih wa-l-Ishraf is a 10th-century Arabic historical and geographical compendium by Al-Masudi that surveys world history, peoples, and lands from an Islamic perspective.
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C.
Kitab al-Farq
Kitab al-Farq is an Islamic scholarly treatise by Usman dan Fodio that addresses religious reform, proper Islamic practice, and the distinction between true faith and un-Islamic innovations in West African Muslim societies.
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D.
Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla
Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla is a theological and philosophical treatise by the Andalusian thinker Averroes in which he critically examines Islamic theological methods and defends a rationalist approach to understanding religious doctrine.
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E.
Ijaz al-Bayan
Ijaz al-Bayan is a significant mystical-philosophical treatise by the Sufi thinker Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi, exploring advanced themes in Islamic metaphysics and spiritual realization.
- 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: Kitab al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin Target entity description: Kitab al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin is a seminal 9th-century Arabic work by Al-Jahiz on rhetoric, eloquence, and Arabic prose style, regarded as one of the foundational texts of Arabic literary criticism.
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A.
Kitab al-Tawasin
Kitab al-Tawasin is a seminal mystical and poetic work of Islamic Sufism, attributed to the famed mystic al-Hallaj and known for its esoteric reflections on divine love, unity, and martyrdom.
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B.
Kitab al-Tanbih wa-l-Ishraf
Kitab al-Tanbih wa-l-Ishraf is a 10th-century Arabic historical and geographical compendium by Al-Masudi that surveys world history, peoples, and lands from an Islamic perspective.
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C.
Kitab al-Farq
Kitab al-Farq is an Islamic scholarly treatise by Usman dan Fodio that addresses religious reform, proper Islamic practice, and the distinction between true faith and un-Islamic innovations in West African Muslim societies.
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D.
Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla
Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla is a theological and philosophical treatise by the Andalusian thinker Averroes in which he critically examines Islamic theological methods and defends a rationalist approach to understanding religious doctrine.
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E.
Ijaz al-Bayan
Ijaz al-Bayan is a significant mystical-philosophical treatise by the Sufi thinker Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi, exploring advanced themes in Islamic metaphysics and spiritual realization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic prose work
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literary criticism work ⓘ rhetorical treatise ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Basra school of philology
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linked to:
Basra school of grammar
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| author | Al-Jahiz ⓘ |
| contains |
anecdotes
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exemplary speeches ⓘ historical reports ⓘ linguistic observations ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 9th century ⓘ |
| discusses |
eloquent speech
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errors in speech ⓘ linguistic clarity ⓘ oratory ⓘ social function of language ⓘ stylistic ornamentation ⓘ |
| field |
linguistics
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philology ⓘ rhetorical theory ⓘ |
| genre | adab literature ⓘ |
| hasAuthorBirthplace | Basra ⓘ |
| hasAuthorDeathPlace | Basra ⓘ |
| hasAuthorEthnicity | Arab ⓘ |
| hasAuthorReligion | Islam ⓘ |
| influenced |
Arabic literary criticism tradition
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Arabic rhetoric ⓘ later Arabic prose stylists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Quranic Arabic
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linked to:
Classical Arabic
early Arabic oratory ⓘ pre-Islamic Arabic poetry ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Arabic literary criticism
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Arabic prose style ⓘ eloquence ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ |
| movement | classical Arabic literature ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| partOf | classical Arabic adab canon ⓘ |
| regardedAs |
foundational text of Arabic literary criticism
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major work of Al-Jahiz ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | The Book of Eloquence and Exposition ⓘ |
| usedAs | reference for classical Arabic usage ⓘ |
| usedIn |
study of Arabic literary history
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study of Arabic rhetoric ⓘ |
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Subject: Kitab al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin Description of subject: Kitab al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin is a seminal 9th-century Arabic work by Al-Jahiz on rhetoric, eloquence, and Arabic prose style, regarded as one of the foundational texts of Arabic literary criticism.
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linked to: Kitab al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin