al-Maqdisī
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al-Maqdisī is the commonly used name for the 10th-century Arab geographer and traveler Al-Muqaddasī, renowned for his detailed description of the Islamic world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| al-Maqdisī canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5013222 — 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: al-Maqdisī Context triple: [Al-Muqaddasi, alternativeName, al-Maqdisī]
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Ayat Al-Qurmezi
Ayat Al-Qurmezi is a Bahraini poet and activist known for her role in the 2011 pro-democracy protests, during which she was imprisoned for reciting poems critical of the government.
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Al-Bujairi
Al-Bujairi is a historic district in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, known for its restored traditional architecture, cultural attractions, and scenic views overlooking the Wadi Hanifah.
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C.
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.
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Habis al-Majali
Habis al-Majali was a prominent Jordanian military commander and politician known for his leading role in Jordan’s armed forces during mid-20th-century Arab–Israeli conflicts and internal regional struggles.
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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.
- 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: al-Maqdisī Target entity description: al-Maqdisī is the commonly used name for the 10th-century Arab geographer and traveler Al-Muqaddasī, renowned for his detailed description of the Islamic world.
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A.
Ayat Al-Qurmezi
Ayat Al-Qurmezi is a Bahraini poet and activist known for her role in the 2011 pro-democracy protests, during which she was imprisoned for reciting poems critical of the government.
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B.
Al-Bujairi
Al-Bujairi is a historic district in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, known for its restored traditional architecture, cultural attractions, and scenic views overlooking the Wadi Hanifah.
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C.
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.
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D.
Habis al-Majali
Habis al-Majali was a prominent Jordanian military commander and politician known for his leading role in Jordan’s armed forces during mid-20th-century Arab–Israeli conflicts and internal regional struggles.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographer
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historian of geography ⓘ person ⓘ traveler ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
al-Maqdisi
NERFINISHED
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al-Muqaddasī al-Bashshārī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthCentury | 10th century ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Arabic-Islamic scholarship ⓘ |
| deathCentury | 10th century ⓘ |
| described |
Islamic world
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
cities of the Islamic world ⓘ provinces of the Islamic caliphate ⓘ social and economic conditions in Islamic lands ⓘ trade routes in the Islamic world ⓘ |
| era | Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Arabs
ⓘ
surface form:
Arab
|
| fieldOfWork |
Islamic studies
ⓘ
geography ⓘ travel literature ⓘ |
| genre |
geographical treatise
ⓘ
travel narrative ⓘ |
| givenName | Muḥammad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodDescribed | 10th-century Islamic world ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Islamic geographers
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medieval geographical literature ⓘ |
| knownFor |
detailed regional geography of the Islamic world
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systematic classification of Islamic provinces ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Arabic ⓘ |
| methodology |
first-hand travel observation
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use of administrative and scholarly sources ⓘ |
| nameInArabic | المقدسي NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameVariant | Al-Muqaddasī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notability | major source for medieval Islamic geography ⓘ |
| notableWork | Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
geographer ⓘ traveler ⓘ |
| patronymic | ibn Aḥmad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Jerusalem region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| workFocus |
administrative divisions of Islamic territories
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religious and cultural life in Islamic cities ⓘ topography and climate of regions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: al-Maqdisī Description of subject: al-Maqdisī is the commonly used name for the 10th-century Arab geographer and traveler Al-Muqaddasī, renowned for his detailed description of the Islamic world.
Referenced by (1)
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