Ala al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi ibn al-Nafis
E428407
13th-century physician
Islamic scholar
Quran commentator
human
jurist
medical writer
philosopher
physician
polymath
theologian
Ala al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi ibn al-Nafis, commonly known as Ibn al-Nafis, was a 13th-century Syrian physician and polymath best known for his pioneering description of the pulmonary circulation of the blood.
All labels observed (2)
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| Ala al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi ibn al-Nafis canonical | 1 |
| Ala al-Din Ali ibn Abi al-Hazm al-Qurashi | 1 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ala al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi ibn al-Nafis Context triple: [Ibn al-Nafis, fullName, Ala al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi ibn al-Nafis]
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Abu al-Hasan Ali
Abu al-Hasan Ali was a 15th-century Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada in al-Andalus, remembered as one of the last Muslim kings in the Iberian Peninsula.
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Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman was a 14th-century Marinid sultan of Morocco known for expanding his realm across North Africa and briefly unifying much of the Maghreb under his rule.
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Abu al-Hasan
Abu al-Hasan is an honorific epithet of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth caliph of Islam and cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.
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Ibn al-Fuwati
Ibn al-Fuwati was a 13th-century Muslim historian, librarian, and biographer known for his detailed accounts of the Mongol era and scholarly life in Baghdad.
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Ibn al-Salah
Ibn al-Salah was a prominent 13th-century Kurdish Muslim hadith scholar and jurist best known for his foundational work "Muqaddimah Ibn al-Salah" on hadith sciences.
- 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: Ala al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi ibn al-Nafis Target entity description: Ala al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi ibn al-Nafis, commonly known as Ibn al-Nafis, was a 13th-century Syrian physician and polymath best known for his pioneering description of the pulmonary circulation of the blood.
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A.
Abu al-Hasan Ali
Abu al-Hasan Ali was a 15th-century Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada in al-Andalus, remembered as one of the last Muslim kings in the Iberian Peninsula.
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B.
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman was a 14th-century Marinid sultan of Morocco known for expanding his realm across North Africa and briefly unifying much of the Maghreb under his rule.
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C.
Abu al-Hasan
Abu al-Hasan is an honorific epithet of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth caliph of Islam and cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.
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D.
Ibn al-Fuwati
Ibn al-Fuwati was a 13th-century Muslim historian, librarian, and biographer known for his detailed accounts of the Mongol era and scholarly life in Baghdad.
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E.
Ibn al-Salah
Ibn al-Salah was a prominent 13th-century Kurdish Muslim hadith scholar and jurist best known for his foundational work "Muqaddimah Ibn al-Salah" on hadith sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
13th-century physician
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Islamic scholar ⓘ Quran commentator ⓘ human ⓘ jurist ⓘ medical writer ⓘ philosopher ⓘ physician ⓘ polymath ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Ibn al-Nafis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Syria
NERFINISHED
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near Damascus ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1213 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Ayyubid Sultanate
NERFINISHED
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Mamluk Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Cairo
NERFINISHED
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Mamluk Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1288 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Bimaristan al-Nuri in Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
13th century
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Islamic Golden Age (late phase) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Arabs
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surface form:
Arab
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| fieldOfWork |
Islamic jurisprudence
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anatomy ⓘ medicine ⓘ philosophy ⓘ physiology ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influenced | later European anatomists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Avicenna
NERFINISHED
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Galen NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic theology ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Arabic ⓘ |
| name | Ala al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi ibn al-Nafis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commentary on Avicenna’s Canon of Medicine
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critique of Galenic anatomy ⓘ description of pulmonary circulation of the blood ⓘ medical encyclopedia al-Shamil fi al-Tibb NERFINISHED ⓘ philosophical novel Theologus Autodidactus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | chief physician at al-Mansuri Hospital in Cairo ⓘ |
| rejectedClaimOf | Galen’s invisible pores in the interventricular septum ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| theory | blood passes from right ventricle to left ventricle via lungs, not through interventricular septum ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cairo
NERFINISHED
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Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote |
Commentary on the Anatomy of the Canon (Sharh Tashrih al-Qanun)
NERFINISHED
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Theologus Autodidactus (al-Risala al-Kamiliyya fi al-Sira al-Nabawiyya) NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Shamil fi al-Tibb NERFINISHED ⓘ commentaries on Galen ⓘ commentaries on Hippocrates ⓘ works on usul al-fiqh (principles of Islamic jurisprudence) ⓘ |
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Ala al-Din Ali ibn Abi al-Hazm al-Qurashi