Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli
E685742
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli was a prominent 15th-century Egyptian Shafi'i scholar and Qur'anic exegete, best known for co-authoring the influential Quranic commentary Tafsir al-Jalalayn.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli canonical | 2 |
| Jalal al-Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Mahalli | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7719747 — 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: Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli Context triple: [Al-Suyuti, coAuthorWith, Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli]
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A.
Jalāl al-Dīn
Jalāl al-Dīn is the given name of the 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic widely known in the West as Rumi.
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B.
Sadr al-Din
Sadr al-Din is the given name of Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi, a prominent 13th-century Persian Sufi philosopher and leading disciple of Ibn Arabi.
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C.
Jalal al-Din Karatay
Jalal al-Din Karatay was a prominent 13th-century Seljuk statesman and vizier known for his political influence and patronage of Islamic architecture and education in Anatolia.
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D.
Qavam al-Din
Qavam al-Din was a prominent Timurid-era miniature painter known for his refined contributions to the Persian miniature tradition.
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E.
Gawhar Shad
Gawhar Shad was a powerful and influential Timurid queen and patron of art and architecture in 15th-century Persia and Central Asia.
- 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: Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli Target entity description: Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli was a prominent 15th-century Egyptian Shafi'i scholar and Qur'anic exegete, best known for co-authoring the influential Quranic commentary Tafsir al-Jalalayn.
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A.
Jalāl al-Dīn
Jalāl al-Dīn is the given name of the 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic widely known in the West as Rumi.
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B.
Sadr al-Din
Sadr al-Din is the given name of Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi, a prominent 13th-century Persian Sufi philosopher and leading disciple of Ibn Arabi.
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C.
Jalal al-Din Karatay
Jalal al-Din Karatay was a prominent 13th-century Seljuk statesman and vizier known for his political influence and patronage of Islamic architecture and education in Anatolia.
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D.
Qavam al-Din
Qavam al-Din was a prominent Timurid-era miniature painter known for his refined contributions to the Persian miniature tradition.
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E.
Gawhar Shad
Gawhar Shad was a powerful and influential Timurid queen and patron of art and architecture in 15th-century Persia and Central Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Egyptian scholar
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Muslim scholar ⓘ Qur'anic exegete ⓘ Shafi'i jurist ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 15th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith | al-Azhar milieu ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli
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Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Suyuti
|
| coAuthorOf |
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
ⓘ
linked to:
Tafsīr al-Jalālayn
|
| denomination | Sunni ⓘ |
| era |
Mamluk period
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linked to:
Mamluk Sultanate
|
| fieldOfWork |
Islamic jurisprudence
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Qur'anic exegesis ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| fullName |
Jalal al-Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Mahalli
ⓘ
linked to:
Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli
|
| hasRole |
author
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mufti ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| impact |
Tafsir al-Jalalayn became a widely used Sunni tafsir
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linked to:
Tafsīr al-Jalālayn
|
| influenced |
Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti
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linked to:
Al-Suyuti
later Sunni exegetes ⓘ students of Shafi'i jurisprudence ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
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linked to:
Tafsīr al-Jalālayn
|
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legacy |
his tafsir is memorized and taught in many madrasas
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standard reference in Sunni seminaries ⓘ |
| madhhab |
Shafi'i
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linked to:
Shafi'i school
|
| notableWork |
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
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linked to:
Tafsīr al-Jalālayn
commentary on al-Minhaj of al-Nawawi ⓘ works in Shafi'i fiqh ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Cairo ⓘ |
| region | Egypt ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| schoolTradition | classical Sunni scholarship ⓘ |
| taughtDiscipline |
Qur'anic exegesis
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Shafi'i jurisprudence ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| tradition |
Ash'ari theology
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linked to:
Ash'ari
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| workGenre |
fiqh commentary
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tafsir ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
concise exegesis
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focus on clear meaning of Qur'anic text ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli Description of subject: Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli was a prominent 15th-century Egyptian Shafi'i scholar and Qur'anic exegete, best known for co-authoring the influential Quranic commentary Tafsir al-Jalalayn.
Referenced by (3)
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