Bayazid Bastami
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Bayazid Bastami was a 9th-century Persian Sufi mystic renowned for his ecstatic teachings and influential role in the early development of Islamic mysticism.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bayazid Bastami canonical | 2 |
| Abu Yazid al-Bistami | 1 |
| Bayazid Bistami | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22901678 — 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: Bayazid Bastami Context triple: [Tadhkirat al-Awliya, notableFigureIncluded, Bayazid Bastami]
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A.
Sadr al-Din
Sadr al-Din is the given name of Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi, a prominent 13th-century Persian Sufi philosopher and leading disciple of Ibn Arabi.
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B.
Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili
Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili was a prominent 13th–14th century Sufi leader and spiritual ancestor of Iran’s Safavid dynasty, revered as the founder of the Safaviyya order.
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C.
Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani
Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani was an influential 11th-century Ismaili theologian and philosopher known for his sophisticated metaphysical and cosmological writings within the Fatimid intellectual tradition.
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D.
Bayazid
Bayazid is an alternative name for Doğubayazıt, a town in eastern Turkey near the Iranian border known for its historical sites and mountainous landscape.
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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: Bayazid Bastami Target entity description: Bayazid Bastami was a 9th-century Persian Sufi mystic renowned for his ecstatic teachings and influential role in the early development of Islamic mysticism.
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A.
Sadr al-Din
Sadr al-Din is the given name of Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi, a prominent 13th-century Persian Sufi philosopher and leading disciple of Ibn Arabi.
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B.
Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili
Sheikh Safi al-Din Ardabili was a prominent 13th–14th century Sufi leader and spiritual ancestor of Iran’s Safavid dynasty, revered as the founder of the Safaviyya order.
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C.
Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani
Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani was an influential 11th-century Ismaili theologian and philosopher known for his sophisticated metaphysical and cosmological writings within the Fatimid intellectual tradition.
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D.
Bayazid
Bayazid is an alternative name for Doğubayazıt, a town in eastern Turkey near the Iranian border known for its historical sites and mountainous landscape.
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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 (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bayazid Bastami
linked to: Bayazid Bastami