Qutb al-Din Shirazi
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Qutb al-Din Shirazi was a 13th-century Persian polymath, philosopher, astronomer, and commentator on Suhrawardi’s Illuminationist philosophy, known for his contributions to optics and astronomical models.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi | 4 |
| Qutb al-Din Shirazi canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6979503 — 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.
Target entity: Qutb al-Din Shirazi Context triple: [Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi, teacherOf, Qutb al-Din Shirazi]
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Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi
Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi was a seminal 17th-century Persian Islamic philosopher and theologian, best known for founding the transcendent theosophy (al-hikma al-muta‘aliya) school that synthesized Peripatetic, Illuminationist, and mystical thought.
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Mir Ali Tabrizi
Mir Ali Tabrizi was a renowned 14th-century Persian calligrapher credited with pioneering the elegant Nastaʿlīq script that became the classical style of Persian writing.
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Nizami Ganjavi
Nizami Ganjavi was a 12th-century Persian poet renowned for his romantic epic masterpieces, especially the Khamsa (Quintet), which profoundly influenced Persian and wider Islamic literature.
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Zainuddin Shirazi
Zainuddin Shirazi was a prominent Sufi saint of the Chishti order in medieval India, revered for his spiritual influence in the Deccan region.
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Abd al-Latif Mirza
Abd al-Latif Mirza was a Timurid prince and short-reigning ruler of Samarkand in the mid-15th century, known for his involvement in the dynastic struggles that followed the fragmentation of Timur’s empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Qutb al-Din Shirazi Target entity description: Qutb al-Din Shirazi was a 13th-century Persian polymath, philosopher, astronomer, and commentator on Suhrawardi’s Illuminationist philosophy, known for his contributions to optics and astronomical models.
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A.
Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi
Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi was a seminal 17th-century Persian Islamic philosopher and theologian, best known for founding the transcendent theosophy (al-hikma al-muta‘aliya) school that synthesized Peripatetic, Illuminationist, and mystical thought.
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B.
Mir Ali Tabrizi
Mir Ali Tabrizi was a renowned 14th-century Persian calligrapher credited with pioneering the elegant Nastaʿlīq script that became the classical style of Persian writing.
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C.
Nizami Ganjavi
Nizami Ganjavi was a 12th-century Persian poet renowned for his romantic epic masterpieces, especially the Khamsa (Quintet), which profoundly influenced Persian and wider Islamic literature.
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D.
Zainuddin Shirazi
Zainuddin Shirazi was a prominent Sufi saint of the Chishti order in medieval India, revered for his spiritual influence in the Deccan region.
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E.
Abd al-Latif Mirza
Abd al-Latif Mirza was a Timurid prince and short-reigning ruler of Samarkand in the mid-15th century, known for his involvement in the dynastic struggles that followed the fragmentation of Timur’s empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic scholar
ⓘ
commentator on Illuminationist philosophy ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ physician ⓘ polymath ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Tabriz ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity |
13th century
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14th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Ilkhanate
ⓘ
linked to:
Mongol Ilkhanate
|
| culture | Persian ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1236 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1311 ⓘ |
| era | Islamic Golden Age (late phase) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Persian ⓘ |
| familyName | Shirazi ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Illuminationist philosophy
ⓘ
linked to:
Illuminationism
Islamic theology ⓘ astronomy ⓘ logic ⓘ medicine ⓘ music theory ⓘ optics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| givenName |
Qutb al-Din
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linked to:
Qutb-ud-din
|
| influencedBy |
Avicenna
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Nasir al-Din al-Tusi ⓘ Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi ⓘ
linked to:
Suhrawardi
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| knownFor |
commentary on Suhrawardi’s Hikmat al-Ishraq
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contributions to astronomical models ⓘ optical explanations of atmospheric phenomena ⓘ studies of planetary motions ⓘ work on the nature of the rainbow ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Arabic
ⓘ
Persian ⓘ |
| movement |
Illuminationist philosophy
ⓘ
linked to:
Illuminationism
Islamic Peripatetic philosophy ⓘ
linked to:
Islamic Peripatetic school
|
| name | Qutb al-Din Shirazi ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage |
Persian
ⓘ
linked to:
Persian language
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| notableIdea |
Illuminationist interpretation of metaphysics
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refinement of Ptolemaic astronomical models ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Durrat al-Taj li-Ghurrat al-Dabbaj
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Ikhtiyarāt-i Muzaffarī ⓘ Nihayat al-idrak fi dirayat al-aflak ⓘ Sharh Hikmat al-Ishraq ⓘ
linked to:
Ḥikmat al-Ishrāq
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| occupation |
court physician
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judge ⓘ qadi ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Fars
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Persia ⓘ Shiraz ⓘ
linked to:
Shiraz, Iran
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| placeOfDeath |
Ilkhanate
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linked to:
Mongol Ilkhanate
Tabriz ⓘ |
| positionHeld | qadi of Shiraz ⓘ |
| religion |
Islam
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Shia Islam ⓘ |
| studentOf | Nasir al-Din al-Tusi ⓘ |
| workedAt | Maragha observatory ⓘ |
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Subject: Qutb al-Din Shirazi Description of subject: Qutb al-Din Shirazi was a 13th-century Persian polymath, philosopher, astronomer, and commentator on Suhrawardi’s Illuminationist philosophy, known for his contributions to optics and astronomical models.
Referenced by (6)
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