Abd al-Rahman
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Abd al-Rahman is the given name of the prominent medieval Islamic scholar and historian Ibn al-Jawzi.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Abd al-Rahman canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4875858 — 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: Abd al-Rahman Context triple: [Ibn al-Jawzi, givenName, Abd al-Rahman]
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A.
Abd al-Rahman
Abd al-Rahman is the given name of the renowned 14th-century Arab historian and sociologist Ibn Khaldun.
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B.
Abd al-Rahman I
Abd al-Rahman I was the founder of the independent Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba in al-Andalus, establishing a powerful Islamic state in Iberia in the 8th century.
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C.
Abd al-Rahman II
Abd al-Rahman II was an Umayyad emir of Córdoba (r. 822–852) known for consolidating Muslim rule in al-Andalus and fostering a flourishing court culture of arts, architecture, and learning.
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D.
Abd al-Rahman ibn Abbas
Abd al-Rahman ibn Abbas was a son of al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib and thus a member of the extended family (Banu Hashim) of the Prophet Muhammad in early Islamic history.
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E.
Abd al-Rahman III
Abd al-Rahman III was the 10th-century Umayyad ruler of al-Andalus who transformed his realm into the powerful Caliphate of Córdoba, overseeing a period of political consolidation and cultural flourishing in Islamic Spain.
- 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: Abd al-Rahman Target entity description: Abd al-Rahman is the given name of the prominent medieval Islamic scholar and historian Ibn al-Jawzi.
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A.
Abd al-Rahman
Abd al-Rahman is the given name of the renowned 14th-century Arab historian and sociologist Ibn Khaldun.
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B.
Abd al-Rahman I
Abd al-Rahman I was the founder of the independent Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba in al-Andalus, establishing a powerful Islamic state in Iberia in the 8th century.
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C.
Abd al-Rahman II
Abd al-Rahman II was an Umayyad emir of Córdoba (r. 822–852) known for consolidating Muslim rule in al-Andalus and fostering a flourishing court culture of arts, architecture, and learning.
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D.
Abd al-Rahman ibn Abbas
Abd al-Rahman ibn Abbas was a son of al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib and thus a member of the extended family (Banu Hashim) of the Prophet Muhammad in early Islamic history.
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E.
Abd al-Rahman III
Abd al-Rahman III was the 10th-century Umayyad ruler of al-Andalus who transformed his realm into the powerful Caliphate of Córdoba, overseeing a period of political consolidation and cultural flourishing in Islamic Spain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hanbali scholar
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Islamic scholar ⓘ historian ⓘ person ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| era | medieval Islam ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Islamic history
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Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ Islamic theology ⓘ Quranic exegesis ⓘ hadith studies ⓘ |
| fullName | Abd al-Rahman ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ubayd Allah ibn al-Jawzi ⓘ |
| givenName | Abd al-Rahman ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| madhhab |
Hanbali
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linked to:
Hanbali school
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| mainInterest |
Islamic preaching
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moral exhortation ⓘ |
| name | Ibn al-Jawzi ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa-l-Umam
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linked to:
Al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa’l-Umam
Manaqib Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal ⓘ
linked to:
Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Sifat al-Safwa ⓘ Talbis Iblis ⓘ Zad al-Masir fi Ilm al-Tafsir ⓘ |
| occupation |
jurist
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preacher ⓘ theologian ⓘ traditionist ⓘ |
| region | Iraq ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| tradition | Sunni scholarly tradition ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Abd al-Rahman Description of subject: Abd al-Rahman is the given name of the prominent medieval Islamic scholar and historian Ibn al-Jawzi.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Abd al-Rahman ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ubayd Allah ibn al-Jawzi
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givenName
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Abd al-Rahman
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subject linked to:
Abd al-Rahman