Aben Rushd
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Andalusian Muslim
Islamic philosopher
commentator on Aristotle
human
jurist
philosopher
physician
polymath
Aben Rushd is the Latinized name for Averroes, the influential 12th-century Andalusian Muslim philosopher, jurist, and commentator on Aristotle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aben Rushd canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3908096 — 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: Aben Rushd Context triple: [Averroes, alsoKnownAs, Aben Rushd]
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A.
Abir Muhaisen
Abir Muhaisen is one of the adopted daughters of Queen Alia al-Hussein of Jordan, raised within the Jordanian royal family.
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B.
Said Malek
Said Malek is the father of Academy Award–winning actor Rami Malek.
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C.
Abdel Hakim
Abdel Hakim is the given name of Abdel Hakim Amer, a prominent Egyptian military officer and political figure during the Nasser era.
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D.
al-Bahuti
Al-Bahuti was a prominent 16th–17th century Hanbali jurist and legal theorist whose works became standard references in later Hanbali jurisprudence.
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E.
الطارق
الطارق هو اسم سورة مكية في القرآن الكريم تُعنى بإثبات البعث وقدرة الله من خلال التأمل في خلق الإنسان والظواهر الكونية.
- 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: Aben Rushd Target entity description: Aben Rushd is the Latinized name for Averroes, the influential 12th-century Andalusian Muslim philosopher, jurist, and commentator on Aristotle.
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A.
Abir Muhaisen
Abir Muhaisen is one of the adopted daughters of Queen Alia al-Hussein of Jordan, raised within the Jordanian royal family.
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B.
Said Malek
Said Malek is the father of Academy Award–winning actor Rami Malek.
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C.
Abdel Hakim
Abdel Hakim is the given name of Abdel Hakim Amer, a prominent Egyptian military officer and political figure during the Nasser era.
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D.
al-Bahuti
Al-Bahuti was a prominent 16th–17th century Hanbali jurist and legal theorist whose works became standard references in later Hanbali jurisprudence.
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E.
الطارق
الطارق هو اسم سورة مكية في القرآن الكريم تُعنى بإثبات البعث وقدرة الله من خلال التأمل في خلق الإنسان والظواهر الكونية.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Andalusian Muslim
ⓘ
Islamic philosopher ⓘ commentator on Aristotle ⓘ human ⓘ jurist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ physician ⓘ polymath ⓘ |
| birthName |
Averroes
ⓘ
surface form:
Abu al-Walid Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rushd
|
| citizenship | Al-Andalus ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1126 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1198 ⓘ |
| era |
Islamic Golden Age
ⓘ
Medieval philosophy ⓘ |
| hasLatinizedName | Aben Rushd self-link ⓘ |
| hasName |
Averroes
ⓘ
Averroes ⓘ
surface form:
Ibn Rushd
|
| influenced |
Latin Averroists
ⓘ
Maimonides ⓘ
surface form:
Moses Maimonides
Siger of Brabant ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Aquinas
|
| knownFor |
defense of philosophy in Islam
ⓘ
extensive commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ influence on Jewish philosophy ⓘ influence on Latin Christian scholasticism ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
Islamic law
ⓘ
logic ⓘ medicine ⓘ philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bidayat al-Mujtahid wa Nihayat al-Muqtasid
ⓘ
Fasl al-Maqal ⓘ Long commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ Middle Commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ
surface form:
Middle commentaries on Aristotle
Middle Commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ
surface form:
Short commentaries on Aristotle
Tahafut al-Tahafut ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcept | unity of the intellect (as interpreted by Latin Averroists) ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Al-Andalus
ⓘ
Córdoba ⓘ present-day Spain ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Almohad dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Almohad Caliphate
Marrakesh ⓘ |
| profession |
court physician
ⓘ
qadi ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| schoolTradition |
Aristotelianism
ⓘ
Islamic philosophy ⓘ Peripatetic school ⓘ
surface form:
Peripatetic philosophy
|
| servedUnder |
Almohad dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Almohad Caliphate
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Referenced by (2)
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