Saʿdī of Shiraz
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Saʿdī of Shiraz was a 13th-century Persian poet and prose writer renowned for his moralistic and aphoristic works, especially the classics Golestān and Būstān.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saadi Shirazi | 2 |
| Saadi | 1 |
| Saʿdī | 1 |
| Saʿdī of Shiraz canonical | 1 |
| گلستان سعدی | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22150382 — 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: Saʿdī of Shiraz Context triple: [Golestān-e Saʿdī, author, Saʿdī of Shiraz]
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A.
Qutb al-Din Shirazi
Qutb al-Din Shirazi was a 13th-century Persian polymath, philosopher, astronomer, and commentator on Suhrawardi’s Illuminationist philosophy, known for his contributions to optics and astronomical models.
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B.
Hafez
Hafez was a 14th-century Persian lyric poet renowned for his ghazals, which explore themes of love, mysticism, and the divine, and remain central to Persian literature and culture.
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C.
Nizami Ganjavi
Nizami Ganjavi was a 12th-century Persian poet renowned for his romantic epic masterpieces, especially the Khamsa (Quintet), which profoundly influenced Persian and wider Islamic literature.
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D.
Nezami Aruzi
Nezami Aruzi was a 12th-century Persian poet, prose writer, and scholar best known for his influential literary anthology "Chahar Maqala" ("Four Discourses").
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E.
Mir Ali Tabrizi
Mir Ali Tabrizi was a renowned 14th-century Persian calligrapher credited with pioneering the elegant Nastaʿlīq script that became the classical style of Persian writing.
- 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: Saʿdī of Shiraz Target entity description: Saʿdī of Shiraz was a 13th-century Persian poet and prose writer renowned for his moralistic and aphoristic works, especially the classics Golestān and Būstān.
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A.
Qutb al-Din Shirazi
Qutb al-Din Shirazi was a 13th-century Persian polymath, philosopher, astronomer, and commentator on Suhrawardi’s Illuminationist philosophy, known for his contributions to optics and astronomical models.
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B.
Hafez
Hafez was a 14th-century Persian lyric poet renowned for his ghazals, which explore themes of love, mysticism, and the divine, and remain central to Persian literature and culture.
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C.
Nizami Ganjavi
Nizami Ganjavi was a 12th-century Persian poet renowned for his romantic epic masterpieces, especially the Khamsa (Quintet), which profoundly influenced Persian and wider Islamic literature.
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D.
Nezami Aruzi
Nezami Aruzi was a 12th-century Persian poet, prose writer, and scholar best known for his influential literary anthology "Chahar Maqala" ("Four Discourses").
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E.
Mir Ali Tabrizi
Mir Ali Tabrizi was a renowned 14th-century Persian calligrapher credited with pioneering the elegant Nastaʿlīq script that became the classical style of Persian writing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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