Hamid Algar
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Hamid Algar is a prominent scholar of Islamic studies and Sufism, known especially for his work on Iranian history, Shi'ism, and translations of key Islamic texts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hamid Algar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2721743 — 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: Hamid Algar Context triple: [Azerbaijani American, hasNotablePerson, Hamid Algar]
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A.
Ehsan Yarshater
Ehsan Yarshater was a prominent Iranian historian and Iranologist best known as the founding editor of the Encyclopaedia Iranica and a leading scholar of Persian language and literature.
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B.
Bahauddin Toukan
Bahauddin Toukan was a Jordanian diplomat and statesman known primarily as the father of Queen Alia al-Hussein of Jordan.
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C.
Najeeb Halaby
Najeeb Halaby was an American businessman, lawyer, and former head of the Federal Aviation Administration who was also the father of Queen Noor of Jordan.
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D.
Parviz Moin
Parviz Moin is a prominent mechanical engineer and computational fluid dynamicist known for pioneering work in direct numerical simulation of turbulence and for founding Stanford’s Center for Turbulence Research.
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E.
Beeban Kidron
Beeban Kidron is a British film director and producer known for works such as "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" and for her advocacy on digital rights and children's online safety.
- 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: Hamid Algar Target entity description: Hamid Algar is a prominent scholar of Islamic studies and Sufism, known especially for his work on Iranian history, Shi'ism, and translations of key Islamic texts.
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A.
Ehsan Yarshater
Ehsan Yarshater was a prominent Iranian historian and Iranologist best known as the founding editor of the Encyclopaedia Iranica and a leading scholar of Persian language and literature.
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B.
Bahauddin Toukan
Bahauddin Toukan was a Jordanian diplomat and statesman known primarily as the father of Queen Alia al-Hussein of Jordan.
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C.
Najeeb Halaby
Najeeb Halaby was an American businessman, lawyer, and former head of the Federal Aviation Administration who was also the father of Queen Noor of Jordan.
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D.
Parviz Moin
Parviz Moin is a prominent mechanical engineer and computational fluid dynamicist known for pioneering work in direct numerical simulation of turbulence and for founding Stanford’s Center for Turbulence Research.
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E.
Beeban Kidron
Beeban Kidron is a British film director and producer known for works such as "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" and for her advocacy on digital rights and children's online safety.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic studies scholar
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historian of Iran ⓘ person ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| academicStatus | emeritus professor at University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| educatedAt |
Cambridge University
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surface form:
University of Cambridge
|
| employer | University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Iranian history
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Islamic intellectual history ⓘ Islamic studies ⓘ Persian literature ⓘ Shia Islam ⓘ
surface form:
Shi'ism
Sufism ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
Islamic history
ⓘ
Middle Eastern studies ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
| hasRole | interpreter of Islamic thought for Western audiences ⓘ |
| hasWrittenOn |
Iranian Revolution
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surface form:
Islamic Revolution in Iran
Shi'i clerical establishment in Iran ⓘ Sufi orders in the Islamic world ⓘ modern Islamic movements ⓘ |
| knownFor |
scholarship on Iranian history
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scholarship on Shi'ism ⓘ studies of Sufism ⓘ studies of contemporary Islamic movements ⓘ translations of Islamic texts ⓘ writings on the Islamic Revolution in Iran ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Arabic
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English ⓘ Persian language ⓘ
surface form:
Persian
|
| notableWork |
studies on Naqshbandi Sufism
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translations of works by Imam Khomeini ⓘ writings on the role of the ulama in modern Iran ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
historian ⓘ professor ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| studies |
Islamic political thought
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Persian religious literature ⓘ Shi'i theology ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hamid Algar Description of subject: Hamid Algar is a prominent scholar of Islamic studies and Sufism, known especially for his work on Iranian history, Shi'ism, and translations of key Islamic texts.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.