Ghaus-e Azam

E157671

honorific title

Ghaus-e Azam is a revered title for Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, a prominent 12th-century Islamic scholar and Sufi saint regarded as the spiritual founder of the Qadiriyya order.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Ghaus-e-Azam	2
Ghaus	1
Ghaus al-Azam	1
Ghaus-e Aazam	1
Ghaus-e Azam canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1386816 — 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: Ghaus-e Azam
Context triple: [Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, alsoKnownAs, Ghaus-e Azam]

A. Baba-e-Qaum
Baba-e-Qaum is an honorific title meaning "Father of the Nation," commonly used for Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding leader of Pakistan.
B. Masjid-i Jahan-Numa
Masjid-i Jahan-Numa is one of the largest and most famous congregational mosques in India, built in the 17th century by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in Old Delhi.
C. Al-Sultan al-Azam
Al-Sultan al-Azam is an honorific royal title meaning "The Most Great Sultan," historically associated with the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.
D. Shaheed-e-Azam
Shaheed-e-Azam is an honorific title meaning "Great Martyr," most famously associated with Indian revolutionary Bhagat Singh for his sacrifice in the struggle against British colonial rule.
E. Ghar Hira
Ghar Hira is a small cave near Mecca in present-day Saudi Arabia, revered in Islam as the place where the Prophet Muhammad is believed to have received his first revelation from the Angel Gabriel.
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: Ghaus-e Azam
Target entity description: Ghaus-e Azam is a revered title for Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, a prominent 12th-century Islamic scholar and Sufi saint regarded as the spiritual founder of the Qadiriyya order.

A. Baba-e-Qaum
Baba-e-Qaum is an honorific title meaning "Father of the Nation," commonly used for Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founding leader of Pakistan.
B. Masjid-i Jahan-Numa
Masjid-i Jahan-Numa is one of the largest and most famous congregational mosques in India, built in the 17th century by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in Old Delhi.
C. Al-Sultan al-Azam
Al-Sultan al-Azam is an honorific royal title meaning "The Most Great Sultan," historically associated with the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.
D. Shaheed-e-Azam
Shaheed-e-Azam is an honorific title meaning "Great Martyr," most famously associated with Indian revolutionary Bhagat Singh for his sacrifice in the struggle against British colonial rule.
E. Ghar Hira
Ghar Hira is a small cave near Mecca in present-day Saudi Arabia, revered in Islam as the place where the Prophet Muhammad is believed to have received his first revelation from the Angel Gabriel.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	honorific title ⓘ
associatedFigure	Baghdad-based Sufi saint ⓘ
associatedFigureRole	spiritual founder of the Qadiriyya order ⓘ
associatedWith	Qadiriyya Sufi tradition ⓘ surface form: Qadiriyya order Sufism ⓘ
associatedWithCity	Baghdad ⓘ
associatedWithOrder	Qadiriyya Sufi tradition ⓘ surface form: Qadiriyya Sufi order
category	Islamic religious title ⓘ
centuryOfProminence	12th century ⓘ
commemoration	annual urs of Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani ⓘ
devotionalPractice	recitation of manqabat (praise hymns) ⓘ seeking intercession ⓘ
epithetCategory	saintly title ⓘ
genderAssociation	male saint ⓘ
honorificFor	Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani ⓘ surface form: Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
honorificForm	Ghaus-e Azam self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ghaus-e Aazam Ghawth al-Azam ⓘ
honorificRank	high-ranking Sufi saint ⓘ
invokedAs	protector ⓘ spiritual helper ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Arabic ⓘ Persian ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ surface form: Urdu
linkedConcept	karamat (saintly miracles) ⓘ wilayah (sainthood) ⓘ
meaning	The Greatest Succor ⓘ The Supreme Helper ⓘ
refersTo	Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani ⓘ surface form: Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
regionOfProminence	South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent Iraq ⓘ wider Muslim world ⓘ
religiousFunction	designation of supreme spiritual pole (ghawth) ⓘ
religiousTradition	Islam ⓘ
scriptForm	غوث الأعظم ⓘ Sadaat ⓘ surface form: غوثِ اعظم
titleHolder	Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani ⓘ surface form: Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
titleScope	universal among Qadiriyya followers ⓘ
titleStatus	revered ⓘ widely used ⓘ
titleType	Sufi honorific ⓘ
usedBy	Sufi devotees ⓘ followers of Qadiriyya order ⓘ
usedIn	Sufi litanies ⓘ devotional poetry ⓘ supplications ⓘ
veneratedIn	Middle Eastern Islam ⓘ South Asian Islam ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani → alsoKnownAs → Ghaus-e Azam ⓘ

subject surface form: Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

Ghaus-e Azam → honorificForm → Ghaus-e Azam self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ghaus-e Aazam

Ghawth al-Azam → transliterationVariant → Ghaus-e Azam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ghaus-e-Azam

Ghawth al-Azam → transliterationVariant → Ghaus-e Azam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ghaus al-Azam

ghawth → hasAlternativeSpelling → Ghaus-e Azam ⓘ

subject surface form: Ghawth

this entity surface form: Ghaus