Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah
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Indonesian writer
Islamic scholar
Quran commentator
novelist
person
politician
public intellectual
ulama
Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah, better known as Buya Hamka, was a prominent Indonesian Islamic scholar, novelist, and public intellectual whose works significantly shaped modern Indonesian literature and Islamic thought.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah canonical | 4 |
| Haji Abdul Karim Amrullah | 2 |
| Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5232778 — 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: Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah Context triple: [Buya Hamka, fullName, Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah]
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A.
Teuku Umar
Teuku Umar was a prominent Acehnese guerrilla leader who played a key role in resisting Dutch colonial forces during the Aceh War in Indonesia.
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B.
Sjahrir
Sjahrir is the surname of Sutan Sjahrir, an Indonesian nationalist leader and the country's first prime minister after independence.
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C.
Abdul Rahman Arif
Abdul Rahman Arif was the third President of Iraq, a military officer who led the country from 1966 until he was overthrown in a 1968 Ba'athist coup.
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D.
Sutan Ibrahim
Sutan Ibrahim, better known by his revolutionary alias Tan Malaka, was an influential Indonesian Marxist thinker, independence activist, and national hero.
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E.
Haji Agus Salim
Haji Agus Salim was a prominent Indonesian nationalist leader, diplomat, and intellectual from the Minangkabau community who played a key role in the country’s struggle for independence and early foreign policy.
- 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: Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah Target entity description: Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah, better known as Buya Hamka, was a prominent Indonesian Islamic scholar, novelist, and public intellectual whose works significantly shaped modern Indonesian literature and Islamic thought.
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A.
Teuku Umar
Teuku Umar was a prominent Acehnese guerrilla leader who played a key role in resisting Dutch colonial forces during the Aceh War in Indonesia.
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B.
Sjahrir
Sjahrir is the surname of Sutan Sjahrir, an Indonesian nationalist leader and the country's first prime minister after independence.
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C.
Abdul Rahman Arif
Abdul Rahman Arif was the third President of Iraq, a military officer who led the country from 1966 until he was overthrown in a 1968 Ba'athist coup.
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D.
Sutan Ibrahim
Sutan Ibrahim, better known by his revolutionary alias Tan Malaka, was an influential Indonesian Marxist thinker, independence activist, and national hero.
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E.
Haji Agus Salim
Haji Agus Salim was a prominent Indonesian nationalist leader, diplomat, and intellectual from the Minangkabau community who played a key role in the country’s struggle for independence and early foreign policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indonesian writer
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Islamic scholar ⓘ Quran commentator ⓘ novelist ⓘ person ⓘ politician ⓘ public intellectual ⓘ ulama ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Dutch East Indies
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Indonesia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1908-02-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1981-07-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Al-Azhar University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Minangkabau people
ⓘ
linked to:
Minangkabau
|
| familyName | Amrullah ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Indonesian literature
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Islamic theology ⓘ Quranic exegesis ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| genre |
Islamic literature
ⓘ
novel ⓘ religious essay ⓘ |
| givenName | Abdul Malik ⓘ |
| hasAlias |
Buya Hamka
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Hamka ⓘ
linked to:
Buya Hamka
|
| honorificTitle |
Buya
ⓘ
Haji ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern Indonesian Islamic thought
ⓘ
modern Indonesian literature ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Muhammadiyah reformist movement
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linked to:
Muhammadiyah
|
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Indonesian
ⓘ
Minangkabau ⓘ |
| memberOf | Muhammadiyah ⓘ |
| movement | modernist Islam ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Di Bawah Lindungan Ka'bah
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Lembaga Budi ⓘ Merantau ke Deli ⓘ Tafsir Al-Azhar ⓘ Tenggelamnya Kapal Van der Wijck ⓘ |
| occupation |
imam
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journalist ⓘ lecturer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Maninjau, Agam, West Sumatra ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Jakarta ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chairman of Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI)
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chairman of Majelis Ulama Indonesia ⓘ member of the Indonesian parliament ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah Description of subject: Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah, better known as Buya Hamka, was a prominent Indonesian Islamic scholar, novelist, and public intellectual whose works significantly shaped modern Indonesian literature and Islamic thought.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah
subject linked to:
Abdul Malik
linked to: Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah
subject linked to:
Abdul Malik
subject linked to:
Abdul Malik
linked to: Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah