Ibn ‘Ata’ Allah al-Iskandari

E194492

Egyptian person Hadith scholar Islamic jurist Muslim theologian Sufi master Sufi scholar

Ibn ‘Ata’ Allah al-Iskandari was a prominent 13th–14th century Egyptian Sufi scholar and spiritual master, best known for his influential aphorisms (al-Ḥikam) and his role in systematizing and spreading the teachings of the Shadhili Sufi order.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Ibn ‘Ata’ Allah al-Iskandari canonical	9
Ibn ʿAtaʾ Allah al-Iskandari	3
Ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari	2
Ibn Ata’ Allah al-Iskandari	1
Ibn ʿAtaʾ Allah al-Iskandarī	1
Tāj al-Dīn Abū’l-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Karīm ibn ‘Ata’ Allāh al-Iskandarī	1
Tāj al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm ibn ʿAtaʾ Allah al-Iskandarī	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1473756 — 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 ‘Ata’ Allah al-Iskandari
Context triple: [Shadhiliyya, influenced, Ibn ‘Ata’ Allah al-Iskandari]

A. Ibn Batta al-Ukbari
Ibn Batta al-Ukbari was a prominent 10th-century Muslim jurist and theologian known for his significant contributions to Hanbali jurisprudence and traditionalist creed.
B. 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.
C. Al-Rafi'i
Al-Rafi'i was a prominent medieval Islamic jurist and theologian renowned for his influential contributions to Shafi'i jurisprudence.
D. 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.
E. Ibn Sabin
Ibn Sabin was a 13th-century Andalusian Sufi philosopher and mystic known for his radical metaphysical ideas and contributions to Islamic philosophical thought.
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 ‘Ata’ Allah al-Iskandari
Target entity description: Ibn ‘Ata’ Allah al-Iskandari was a prominent 13th–14th century Egyptian Sufi scholar and spiritual master, best known for his influential aphorisms (al-Ḥikam) and his role in systematizing and spreading the teachings of the Shadhili Sufi order.

A. Ibn Batta al-Ukbari
Ibn Batta al-Ukbari was a prominent 10th-century Muslim jurist and theologian known for his significant contributions to Hanbali jurisprudence and traditionalist creed.
B. 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.
C. Al-Rafi'i
Al-Rafi'i was a prominent medieval Islamic jurist and theologian renowned for his influential contributions to Shafi'i jurisprudence.
D. 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.
E. Ibn Sabin
Ibn Sabin was a 13th-century Andalusian Sufi philosopher and mystic known for his radical metaphysical ideas and contributions to Islamic philosophical thought.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Egyptian person ⓘ Hadith scholar ⓘ Islamic jurist ⓘ Muslim theologian ⓘ Sufi master ⓘ Sufi scholar ⓘ
birthPlace	Alexandria ⓘ Egypt ⓘ
burialPlace	Cairo ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
deathPlace	Cairo ⓘ Egypt ⓘ
denomination	Sunni Islam ⓘ
employer	al-Azhar Mosque ⓘ linked to: Al-Azhar Mosque
era	13th century ⓘ 14th century ⓘ Mamluk period ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Hadith studies ⓘ Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ Islamic theology ⓘ Sufism ⓘ
fullName	Tāj al-Dīn Abū’l-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Karīm ibn ‘Ata’ Allāh al-Iskandarī ⓘ linked to: Ibn ‘Ata’ Allah al-Iskandari
givenName	Aḥmad ⓘ
honorificTitle	Tāj al-Dīn ⓘ
influencedBy	Abu’l-Hasan al-Shadhili ⓘ linked to: Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili Abu’l-‘Abbas al-Mursi ⓘ
knownFor	spreading the Shadhili Sufi order in Egypt and beyond ⓘ systematizing the teachings of the Shadhili Sufi order ⓘ writing influential Sufi aphorisms ⓘ
kunya	Abū’l-Faḍl ⓘ
languageOfWork	Arabic ⓘ
legalSchool	Maliki ⓘ
movement	Sufism ⓘ
name	Ibn ‘Ata’ Allah al-Iskandari ⓘ
notableWork	Laṭā’if al-Minan ⓘ Miftāḥ al-Falāḥ ⓘ Tāj al-‘Arūs al-Ḥāwī li-Tahdhīb al-Nufūs ⓘ al-Ḥikam al-‘Aṭā’iyya ⓘ linked to: al-Hikam al-‘Ata’iyya
occupation	Sufi shaykh ⓘ hadith scholar ⓘ jurist ⓘ teacher ⓘ theologian ⓘ
region	Egypt ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
spiritualLineage	Shadhili silsila ⓘ linked to: Shadhiliyya
studentOf	Abu’l-‘Abbas al-Mursi ⓘ
sufiOrder	Shadhili order ⓘ linked to: Shadhiliyya
taughtAt	al-Azhar Mosque ⓘ linked to: Al-Azhar Mosque
tradition	Sunni Sufism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

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

Shadhiliyya → influenced → Ibn ‘Ata’ Allah al-Iskandari ⓘ

Shadhiliyya → hasNotableFigure → Ibn ‘Ata’ Allah al-Iskandari ⓘ

al-Hikam al-‘Ata’iyya → author → Ibn Ata’ Allah al-Iskandari ⓘ