Yūsuf u Zulaykhā
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Yūsuf u Zulaykhā is a celebrated Persian narrative poem by Jami that romantically and mystically retells the Qur’anic story of Joseph and Potiphar’s wife.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yūsuf u Zulaykhā canonical | 2 |
| Yusuf and Zulaikha | 1 |
| Yusuf and Zulaykha by Jami | 1 |
| Yusuf u Zulaykha | 1 |
| Yusuf u Züleyha | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5630004 — 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: Yūsuf u Zulaykhā Context triple: [Jami, notableWork, Yūsuf u Zulaykhā]
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A.
Khosrow and Shirin
Khosrow and Shirin is a classic romantic epic poem by the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi, recounting the legendary love story between the Sasanian king Khosrow II and the Armenian princess Shirin.
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B.
Leyli and Majnun
Leyli and Majnun is a classic Azerbaijani-Turkic narrative poem by Fuzuli that retells the legendary tragic love story of Layla and Majnun within the Islamic literary tradition.
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C.
Bir al-Abd
Bir al-Abd is a town in Egypt’s North Sinai region, known for its location along the Mediterranean coast and its role as a local administrative and commercial center.
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D.
Al-Kisāʾī
Al-Kisāʾī was a prominent early Arabic grammarian and Qurʾān reciter, renowned as one of the leading scholars of the Kufan linguistic tradition.
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E.
Al-Mumtahanah
Al-Mumtahanah is the 60th chapter of the Qur’an, known for its guidance on relations with non-Muslims and the testing of faith among believers.
- 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: Yūsuf u Zulaykhā Target entity description: Yūsuf u Zulaykhā is a celebrated Persian narrative poem by Jami that romantically and mystically retells the Qur’anic story of Joseph and Potiphar’s wife.
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A.
Khosrow and Shirin
Khosrow and Shirin is a classic romantic epic poem by the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi, recounting the legendary love story between the Sasanian king Khosrow II and the Armenian princess Shirin.
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B.
Leyli and Majnun
Leyli and Majnun is a classic Azerbaijani-Turkic narrative poem by Fuzuli that retells the legendary tragic love story of Layla and Majnun within the Islamic literary tradition.
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C.
Bir al-Abd
Bir al-Abd is a town in Egypt’s North Sinai region, known for its location along the Mediterranean coast and its role as a local administrative and commercial center.
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D.
Al-Kisāʾī
Al-Kisāʾī was a prominent early Arabic grammarian and Qurʾān reciter, renowned as one of the leading scholars of the Kufan linguistic tradition.
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E.
Al-Mumtahanah
Al-Mumtahanah is the 60th chapter of the Qur’an, known for its guidance on relations with non-Muslims and the testing of faith among believers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Persian narrative poem
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masnavi ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Islamic mysticism
ⓘ
linked to:
Sufism
Sufism ⓘ |
| author | Jami ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Qur’anic story of Joseph
ⓘ
story of Joseph and Potiphar’s wife ⓘ |
| characterOrigin |
Potiphar’s wife (Zulaykha)
ⓘ
linked to:
Potiphar's wife
Prophet Joseph (Yusuf) ⓘ
linked to:
Prophet Yusuf
|
| circulation | widely read in Persianate world ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
beauty as a manifestation of the divine
ⓘ
dreams and their interpretation ⓘ trial and imprisonment ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | celebrated work in Persian Sufi poetry ⓘ |
| didacticFunction | moral and spiritual instruction ⓘ |
| form | rhyming couplets ⓘ |
| genre |
Sufi literature
ⓘ
mystical poem ⓘ romantic poem ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | later Persian retellings of Yusuf and Zulaykha story ⓘ |
| influenced | later Islamic mystical love narratives ⓘ |
| interpretation | allegory of the soul’s longing for God ⓘ |
| language | Persian ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
extended metaphor of love
ⓘ
symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Timurid-era Persian literature ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Persian classical literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Yusuf
ⓘ
Zulaykha ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | allegorical ⓘ |
| portrays |
Yusuf as embodiment of divine beauty
ⓘ
Zulaykha’s transformation from worldly to spiritual love ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Islamic ⓘ |
| religiousFigureDepicted |
Prophet Yusuf
ⓘ
linked to:
Yusuf (Joseph) as-Siddiq
|
| religiousSource |
Qur’an
ⓘ
linked to:
Quran
|
| scripturalEpisodeRetold | surah Yusuf narrative ⓘ |
| setting |
ancient Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Pharaonic Egypt
|
| theme |
chastity
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divine love ⓘ human love ⓘ patience ⓘ repentance ⓘ spiritual transformation ⓘ union with God ⓘ |
| workOf |
Nur al-Din ‘Abd al-Rahman Jami
ⓘ
linked to:
Nūr al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī
|
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
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Input
Subject: Yūsuf u Zulaykhā Description of subject: Yūsuf u Zulaykhā is a celebrated Persian narrative poem by Jami that romantically and mystically retells the Qur’anic story of Joseph and Potiphar’s wife.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Yūsuf u Zulaykhā
linked to: Yūsuf u Zulaykhā
subject linked to:
Zulaykha (in later Islamic tradition)
linked to: Yūsuf u Zulaykhā
linked to: Yūsuf u Zulaykhā