Kamusü’l-A’lâm
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Kamusü’l-A’lâm is a multi-volume Ottoman Turkish encyclopedia and geographical dictionary that became one of the most important reference works of the late Ottoman period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kamusü’l-A’lâm canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18397814 — 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: Kamusü’l-A’lâm Context triple: [Şemseddin Sami, notableWork, Kamusü’l-A’lâm]
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A.
Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk
Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk is an 11th-century Arabic–Turkic dictionary and encyclopedic work by Mahmud al-Kashgari that documents and maps early Turkic languages, culture, and geography.
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B.
Qayyúmu’l-Asmáʼ
Qayyúmu’l-Asmáʼ is a foundational Bábí scripture consisting of esoteric commentaries on the Qur’anic surah of Joseph, regarded by Bahá’ís as one of the Báb’s most important and revelatory works.
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C.
al-Fihrist
al-Fihrist is a seminal bibliographical and biographical catalog of early Shia scholars and their works compiled by the prominent theologian Shaykh al-Tusi.
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D.
Al-Hawi
Al-Hawi is a monumental 10th-century medical encyclopedia by the Persian physician al-Razi, compiling and critically evaluating the medical knowledge of Greco-Roman, Indian, and earlier Islamic sources.
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E.
Ghiyath al-Dunya wa al-Din
Ghiyath al-Dunya wa al-Din was an honorific royal epithet signifying "Support of the World and the Faith," borne by the Delhi Sultan Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq.
- 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: Kamusü’l-A’lâm Target entity description: Kamusü’l-A’lâm is a multi-volume Ottoman Turkish encyclopedia and geographical dictionary that became one of the most important reference works of the late Ottoman period.
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A.
Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk
Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk is an 11th-century Arabic–Turkic dictionary and encyclopedic work by Mahmud al-Kashgari that documents and maps early Turkic languages, culture, and geography.
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B.
Qayyúmu’l-Asmáʼ
Qayyúmu’l-Asmáʼ is a foundational Bábí scripture consisting of esoteric commentaries on the Qur’anic surah of Joseph, regarded by Bahá’ís as one of the Báb’s most important and revelatory works.
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C.
al-Fihrist
al-Fihrist is a seminal bibliographical and biographical catalog of early Shia scholars and their works compiled by the prominent theologian Shaykh al-Tusi.
-
D.
Al-Hawi
Al-Hawi is a monumental 10th-century medical encyclopedia by the Persian physician al-Razi, compiling and critically evaluating the medical knowledge of Greco-Roman, Indian, and earlier Islamic sources.
-
E.
Ghiyath al-Dunya wa al-Din
Ghiyath al-Dunya wa al-Din was an honorific royal epithet signifying "Support of the World and the Faith," borne by the Delhi Sultan Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.