Tahrir al-Majisti
E516303
Tahrir al-Majisti is Nasir al-Din al-Tusi’s influential Arabic revision and commentary on Ptolemy’s Almagest, which helped transmit and develop classical astronomical knowledge in the Islamic world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tahrir al-Majisti canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5372301 — 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: Tahrir al-Majisti Context triple: [Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, notableWork, Tahrir al-Majisti]
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A.
Al-Mujadila
Al-Mujadila is the 58th chapter (surah) of the Qur’an, known for addressing a woman’s complaint to the Prophet Muhammad and laying down rulings on social and legal matters.
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B.
Tahrir al-Wasilah
Tahrir al-Wasilah is a comprehensive Islamic legal manual by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini that outlines his jurisprudential rulings and political-religious views, including the foundations of his theory of Islamic governance.
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C.
Al-Istibsar
Al-Istibsar is one of the major Shia hadith compilations, authored by the scholar Shaykh al-Tusi and widely used in Twelver Shia jurisprudence.
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D.
El Mokattam
El Mokattam is a district in Cairo, Egypt, known for its elevated plateau, panoramic city views, and significant residential and religious sites.
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E.
Kitab al-Diyat
Kitab al-Diyat is a section of Islamic hadith literature that deals with legal rulings and compensations related to bodily injury and homicide.
- 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: Tahrir al-Majisti Target entity description: Tahrir al-Majisti is Nasir al-Din al-Tusi’s influential Arabic revision and commentary on Ptolemy’s Almagest, which helped transmit and develop classical astronomical knowledge in the Islamic world.
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A.
Al-Mujadila
Al-Mujadila is the 58th chapter (surah) of the Qur’an, known for addressing a woman’s complaint to the Prophet Muhammad and laying down rulings on social and legal matters.
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B.
Tahrir al-Wasilah
Tahrir al-Wasilah is a comprehensive Islamic legal manual by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini that outlines his jurisprudential rulings and political-religious views, including the foundations of his theory of Islamic governance.
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C.
Al-Istibsar
Al-Istibsar is one of the major Shia hadith compilations, authored by the scholar Shaykh al-Tusi and widely used in Twelver Shia jurisprudence.
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D.
El Mokattam
El Mokattam is a district in Cairo, Egypt, known for its elevated plateau, panoramic city views, and significant residential and religious sites.
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E.
Kitab al-Diyat
Kitab al-Diyat is a section of Islamic hadith literature that deals with legal rulings and compensations related to bodily injury and homicide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical treatise
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commentary ⓘ medieval scientific work ⓘ revision ⓘ |
| aim |
to clarify Ptolemy’s Almagest
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to develop classical astronomical knowledge ⓘ to systematize Ptolemaic astronomy ⓘ to transmit classical astronomical knowledge in the Islamic world ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Maragha school of astronomy
ⓘ
linked to:
Maragha observatory
Persian scholarly tradition ⓘ |
| author | Nasir al-Din al-Tusi ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Almagest
ⓘ
Ptolemaic astronomy ⓘ |
| commentaryOn |
Ptolemy’s models of planetary motion
ⓘ
Ptolemy’s star catalog ⓘ
linked to:
Almagest
Ptolemy’s trigonometry ⓘ |
| contains |
astronomical tables
ⓘ
geometrical arguments ⓘ mathematical demonstrations ⓘ |
| describedAs |
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi’s revision of Ptolemy’s Almagest
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commentary on Ptolemy’s Almagest ⓘ |
| field |
history of astronomy
ⓘ
history of science ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
planetary models
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spherical astronomy ⓘ theory of celestial motions ⓘ |
| genre | scientific commentary ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | medieval Islamic period ⓘ |
| influenced |
commentarial tradition on the Almagest
ⓘ
later Islamic astronomers ⓘ transmission of Greek astronomy in the Islamic world ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Almagest
ⓘ
Ptolemy ⓘ
linked to:
Ptolemaios
|
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
astronomy
ⓘ
mathematical astronomy ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence | Islamic world ⓘ |
| relatedPerson |
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
ⓘ
Ptolemy ⓘ
linked to:
Ptolemaios
|
| relatedWork | Tahrir al-Uqlidis ⓘ |
| roleInTransmission |
mediated Greek astronomy to Arabic readers
ⓘ
standard reference for Ptolemaic astronomy in the Islamic world ⓘ |
| scholarlyReception |
considered an influential work of Islamic astronomy
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used by later commentators on the Almagest ⓘ |
| titleInArabicScript | تحرير المجسطي ⓘ |
| tradition | Islamic astronomy ⓘ |
| workType | revision and commentary ⓘ |
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Subject: Tahrir al-Majisti Description of subject: Tahrir al-Majisti is Nasir al-Din al-Tusi’s influential Arabic revision and commentary on Ptolemy’s Almagest, which helped transmit and develop classical astronomical knowledge in the Islamic world.
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