Al-Muqaddasi
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Al-Muqaddasi was a prominent 10th-century Arab geographer best known for his detailed regional descriptions of the Islamic world during the Islamic Golden Age.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Al-Muqaddasi canonical | 2 |
| Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Muqaddasi | 1 |
| al-Maqdisi | 1 |
| al-Muqaddasī | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T743317 — 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.
Target entity: Al-Muqaddasi Context triple: [Islamic Golden Age, notableScholar, Al-Muqaddasi]
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Al-Masudi
Al-Masudi was a 10th-century Arab historian and geographer, often called the "Herodotus of the Arabs" for his extensive historical and geographical writings.
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Al-Idrisi
Al-Idrisi was a 12th-century Arab Muslim geographer and cartographer renowned for creating one of the most advanced world maps and geographical encyclopedias of the medieval period.
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Ibn Muqla
Ibn Muqla was a 10th-century Abbasid vizier and master calligrapher renowned for codifying the proportional rules that shaped classical Arabic scripts, especially Naskh.
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Al-Sufi
Al-Sufi was a renowned 10th-century Persian astronomer and scholar best known for his influential star catalog and detailed descriptions of constellations in "The Book of Fixed Stars."
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Ibn al-Jawzi
Ibn al-Jawzi was a prominent 12th-century Hanbali scholar, preacher, and prolific author from Baghdad, renowned for his works on theology, history, and spiritual exhortation in the Islamic world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Al-Muqaddasi Target entity description: Al-Muqaddasi was a prominent 10th-century Arab geographer best known for his detailed regional descriptions of the Islamic world during the Islamic Golden Age.
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A.
Al-Masudi
Al-Masudi was a 10th-century Arab historian and geographer, often called the "Herodotus of the Arabs" for his extensive historical and geographical writings.
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B.
Al-Idrisi
Al-Idrisi was a 12th-century Arab Muslim geographer and cartographer renowned for creating one of the most advanced world maps and geographical encyclopedias of the medieval period.
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C.
Ibn Muqla
Ibn Muqla was a 10th-century Abbasid vizier and master calligrapher renowned for codifying the proportional rules that shaped classical Arabic scripts, especially Naskh.
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D.
Al-Sufi
Al-Sufi was a renowned 10th-century Persian astronomer and scholar best known for his influential star catalog and detailed descriptions of constellations in "The Book of Fixed Stars."
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E.
Ibn al-Jawzi
Ibn al-Jawzi was a prominent 12th-century Hanbali scholar, preacher, and prolific author from Baghdad, renowned for his works on theology, history, and spiritual exhortation in the Islamic world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arab scholar
ⓘ
geographer ⓘ historical person ⓘ medieval writer ⓘ travel writer ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Al-Muqaddasi
ⓘ
surface form:
al-Maqdisi
al-Maqdisī ⓘ Al-Muqaddasi ⓘ
surface form:
al-Muqaddasī
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| approximateFloruit | c. 985 CE ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| centuryActive | 10th century ⓘ |
| contributedTo | development of Islamic geography ⓘ |
| culture | Islamic civilization ⓘ |
| describedAspect |
administrative divisions
ⓘ
cities ⓘ economic conditions ⓘ languages and dialects ⓘ natural environment ⓘ religious life ⓘ roads ⓘ trade routes ⓘ |
| describedRegion |
Arabian Peninsula
ⓘ
Bilad al-Sham@ar ⓘ
surface form:
Bilad al-Sham
Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form:
Egypt
Iraq ⓘ Islamic world ⓘ Khorasan ⓘ
surface form:
Khurasan
North Africa ⓘ
surface form:
Maghreb
Transoxiana ⓘ |
| era | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Arabs
ⓘ
surface form:
Arab
|
| fieldOfWork |
geography
ⓘ
regional description ⓘ travel literature ⓘ |
| fullName |
Al-Muqaddasi
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Muqaddasi
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| historicalImportance | primary source for 10th-century Islamic world ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Muslim geographers
ⓘ
modern historical geography of the Middle East ⓘ |
| knownFor |
detailed regional descriptions of the Islamic world
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systematic classification of Islamic lands ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Arabic ⓘ |
| methodology |
first-hand observation through travel
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use of administrative and economic criteria in regional division ⓘ |
| name | Al-Muqaddasi self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork | Ahsan al-Taqasim fi Ma'rifat al-Aqalim ⓘ |
| notableWorkEnglishTitle | The Best Divisions for Knowledge of the Regions ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| workGenre |
geographical treatise
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travel narrative ⓘ |
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Subject: Al-Muqaddasi Description of subject: Al-Muqaddasi was a prominent 10th-century Arab geographer best known for his detailed regional descriptions of the Islamic world during the Islamic Golden Age.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.