Ibn Sabin
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Ibn Sabin was a 13th-century Andalusian Sufi philosopher and mystic known for his radical metaphysical ideas and contributions to Islamic philosophical thought.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ibn Sabin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1296318 — 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: Ibn Sabin Context triple: [Ibn Arabi, influenced, Ibn Sabin]
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A.
Ibn al-Qasim
Ibn al-Qasim was a prominent early Maliki jurist and key transmitter of Imam Malik’s legal opinions, whose teachings greatly shaped the development of Maliki Islamic jurisprudence.
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B.
Ibn al-Bawwab
Ibn al-Bawwab was an influential 10th–11th century Persian calligrapher renowned for refining and codifying classical Arabic scripts, particularly in Qur’anic manuscripts.
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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.
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.
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E.
Samuel ibn Tibbon
Samuel ibn Tibbon was a medieval Jewish philosopher and translator best known for rendering Maimonides’ works, especially the Guide for the Perplexed, from Arabic into Hebrew, thereby shaping Jewish intellectual history.
- 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: Ibn Sabin Target entity description: Ibn Sabin was a 13th-century Andalusian Sufi philosopher and mystic known for his radical metaphysical ideas and contributions to Islamic philosophical thought.
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A.
Ibn al-Qasim
Ibn al-Qasim was a prominent early Maliki jurist and key transmitter of Imam Malik’s legal opinions, whose teachings greatly shaped the development of Maliki Islamic jurisprudence.
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B.
Ibn al-Bawwab
Ibn al-Bawwab was an influential 10th–11th century Persian calligrapher renowned for refining and codifying classical Arabic scripts, particularly in Qur’anic manuscripts.
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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.
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.
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E.
Samuel ibn Tibbon
Samuel ibn Tibbon was a medieval Jewish philosopher and translator best known for rendering Maimonides’ works, especially the Guide for the Perplexed, from Arabic into Hebrew, thereby shaping Jewish intellectual history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic philosopher
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Sufi philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ mystic ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
North Africa
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surface form:
Maghreb
Mecca ⓘ Andalusia ⓘ
surface form:
al-Andalus
|
| birthPlace |
Murcia
ⓘ
Andalusia ⓘ
surface form:
al-Andalus
|
| centuryOfActivity | 13th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Andalusia
ⓘ
surface form:
al-Andalus
|
| countryOfDeath | Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Mecca ⓘ |
| describedAs |
Andalusian Sufi philosopher
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Andalusian mystic ⓘ controversial thinker ⓘ |
| era | Medieval Islamic philosophy ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Arabs
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surface form:
Arab
|
| fieldOfWork |
Islamic philosophy
ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ mystical theology ⓘ |
| influenced | later Sufi thinkers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ibn Arabi
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surface form:
Ibn al-ʿArabī
Islamic theology ⓘ Neoplatonism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critique of Peripatetic philosophy
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doctrine of divine unity ⓘ radical metaphysical ideas ⓘ responses to the Sicilian Questions ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
Sufi metaphysics
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metaphysics ⓘ mysticism ⓘ |
| movement |
Islamic philosophy
ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ |
| name |
Ibn Sabin
self-link
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Muhammad ibn Abd al-Haqq ibn Sabin ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Budd al-ʿĀrif
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Risāla fī l-wuḥda ⓘ al-Masāʾil al-Ṣiqilliyya ⓘ |
| occupation |
mystic
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philosopher ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcept |
absolute unity of being
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negation of multiplicity in ultimate reality ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | wahdat al-wujūd ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Mecca ⓘ |
| religion |
Islam
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Sufism ⓘ |
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