al-Maʿruf al-Karkhi
E611351
al-Maʿruf al-Karkhi was an early 9th-century Sufi saint of Baghdad renowned for his asceticism, spiritual insight, and influence on later Islamic mysticism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| al-Maʿruf al-Karkhi canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6552940 — 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-Maʿruf al-Karkhi Context triple: [Sari al-Saqati, disciple, al-Maʿruf al-Karkhi]
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A.
Abu Nasr al-Sarraj al-Tusi
Abu Nasr al-Sarraj al-Tusi was a 10th-century Persian Sufi scholar best known for his seminal work "Kitab al-Luma'," one of the earliest comprehensive treatises on Sufism.
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B.
Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi
Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi was an influential 11th-century Shafi'i jurist and theologian, renowned for his legal writings and for shaping Sunni scholarship in Baghdad.
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C.
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi was a 13th-century Persian polymath renowned for his influential works in astronomy, mathematics, philosophy, and theology.
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D.
Abd al-Razzaq al-Kashani
Abd al-Razzaq al-Kashani was a prominent 13th–14th century Persian Sufi mystic and commentator known for systematizing and elaborating the metaphysical teachings of Ibn Arabi within the Akbarian tradition.
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E.
Al-Samaw'al
Al-Samaw'al was a 12th-century Muslim mathematician best known for his early work on algebraic symbolism and the systematic use of negative numbers.
- 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-Maʿruf al-Karkhi Target entity description: al-Maʿruf al-Karkhi was an early 9th-century Sufi saint of Baghdad renowned for his asceticism, spiritual insight, and influence on later Islamic mysticism.
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A.
Abu Nasr al-Sarraj al-Tusi
Abu Nasr al-Sarraj al-Tusi was a 10th-century Persian Sufi scholar best known for his seminal work "Kitab al-Luma'," one of the earliest comprehensive treatises on Sufism.
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B.
Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi
Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi was an influential 11th-century Shafi'i jurist and theologian, renowned for his legal writings and for shaping Sunni scholarship in Baghdad.
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C.
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi was a 13th-century Persian polymath renowned for his influential works in astronomy, mathematics, philosophy, and theology.
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D.
Abd al-Razzaq al-Kashani
Abd al-Razzaq al-Kashani was a prominent 13th–14th century Persian Sufi mystic and commentator known for systematizing and elaborating the metaphysical teachings of Ibn Arabi within the Akbarian tradition.
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E.
Al-Samaw'al
Al-Samaw'al was a 12th-century Muslim mathematician best known for his early work on algebraic symbolism and the systematic use of negative numbers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baghdadi saint
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Muslim mystic ⓘ Sufi saint ⓘ ascetic ⓘ |
| associatedWith | early Baghdad Sufi circle ⓘ |
| century | 9th century ⓘ |
| city | Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn | Sufi hagiographical works ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| epithet | al-Karkhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorific | al-Maʿruf ⓘ |
| influenced |
Baghdadi Sufi milieu
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later Sufi orders ⓘ |
| knownFor |
asceticism
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influence on later Islamic mysticism ⓘ miracle stories in Sufi tradition ⓘ piety ⓘ spiritual insight ⓘ |
| languageContext | Arabic-speaking Islamic milieu ⓘ |
| legacy |
figure of reference for later Sufi authors
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venerated as a saint in Sufi hagiography ⓘ |
| movement | Sufism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| role |
Sufi master
ⓘ
spiritual guide ⓘ |
| sourceType | primarily known from Sufi biographical literature ⓘ |
| spiritualStatus | wali (friend of God) ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Abbasid era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradition | Sunni Sufism ⓘ |
| virtueEmphasized |
love of God
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renunciation of the world ⓘ trust in God ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: al-Maʿruf al-Karkhi Description of subject: al-Maʿruf al-Karkhi was an early 9th-century Sufi saint of Baghdad renowned for his asceticism, spiritual insight, and influence on later Islamic mysticism.
Referenced by (2)
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