Hujwiri
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Hujwiri is the commonly used name for Ali ibn Uthman al-Hujwiri, an 11th-century Persian Sufi saint and author of the influential treatise Kashf al-Mahjub.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hujwiri canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7761766 — 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: Hujwiri Context triple: [Ali ibn Uthman al-Hujwiri, alsoKnownAs, Hujwiri]
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A.
Kalhori
Kalhori is a major dialect of Southern Kurdish spoken primarily in western Iran, particularly in parts of Kermanshah and Ilam provinces.
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B.
Hüdavendigâr
Hüdavendigâr is the honorific title of Ottoman sultan Murad I, renowned for expanding Ottoman rule deep into the Balkans in the 14th century.
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C.
Tajewala
Tajewala is a village in the Yamunanagar district of Haryana, India, historically known for the Tajewala Barrage on the Yamuna River, which was later replaced by the nearby Hathni Kund Barrage.
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D.
Jiwani
Jiwani is a coastal town in southwestern Pakistan near the Iranian border, strategically located along the Arabian Sea and known for its military and maritime significance.
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E.
Haji
Haji is an Islamic honorific title granted to a Muslim who has completed the pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj).
- 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: Hujwiri Target entity description: Hujwiri is the commonly used name for Ali ibn Uthman al-Hujwiri, an 11th-century Persian Sufi saint and author of the influential treatise Kashf al-Mahjub.
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A.
Kalhori
Kalhori is a major dialect of Southern Kurdish spoken primarily in western Iran, particularly in parts of Kermanshah and Ilam provinces.
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B.
Hüdavendigâr
Hüdavendigâr is the honorific title of Ottoman sultan Murad I, renowned for expanding Ottoman rule deep into the Balkans in the 14th century.
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C.
Tajewala
Tajewala is a village in the Yamunanagar district of Haryana, India, historically known for the Tajewala Barrage on the Yamuna River, which was later replaced by the nearby Hathni Kund Barrage.
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D.
Jiwani
Jiwani is a coastal town in southwestern Pakistan near the Iranian border, strategically located along the Arabian Sea and known for its military and maritime significance.
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E.
Haji
Haji is an Islamic honorific title granted to a Muslim who has completed the pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
11th-century person
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Persian writer ⓘ Sufi saint ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Ali Hujwiri
ⓘ
Data Ganj Bakhsh ⓘ
linked to:
Data Ganj Bakhsh Hajveri
Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh ⓘ
linked to:
Dātā Ganj Bakhsh
|
| associatedWithDynasty |
Ghaznavids
ⓘ
linked to:
Ghaznavid Empire
|
| century | 11th century ⓘ |
| countryOfBurial | Pakistan ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| describedAs |
a major classical authority on Sufism
ⓘ
one of the earliest Persian Sufi prose authors ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Hadith
ⓘ
Islamic mysticism ⓘ Quranic exegesis ⓘ |
| fullName |
Ali ibn Uthman al-Hujwiri
ⓘ
linked to:
al-Hujwiri
|
| genre |
Islamic theology
ⓘ
Sufi treatise ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Hazrat ⓘ |
| influenced | Sufi traditions in the Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| influencedBy | early Sufi masters ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influencing later Sufi thought in South Asia
ⓘ
writing one of the earliest comprehensive manuals of Sufism ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Persian ⓘ |
| legacy | venerated as a patron saint of Lahore ⓘ |
| mainWorkSubject |
biographies of earlier Sufis
ⓘ
doctrines and practices of Sufism ⓘ explanation of Sufi terminology ⓘ |
| movement | Sufism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Kashf al-Mahjub
ⓘ
Kashf al-Mahjub (Unveiling of the Veiled) ⓘ
linked to:
Kashf al-Mahjub
|
| occupation |
Sufi teacher
ⓘ
author ⓘ preacher ⓘ scholar of Sufism ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Ghazni
ⓘ
Lahore ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Lahore ⓘ |
| regionOfVeneration |
Punjab
ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousOrder | early Sunni Sufi tradition ⓘ |
| shrine | Data Darbar ⓘ |
| shrineLocation | Lahore ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Ghaznavid era ⓘ |
| writingStyle | didactic prose ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hujwiri Description of subject: Hujwiri is the commonly used name for Ali ibn Uthman al-Hujwiri, an 11th-century Persian Sufi saint and author of the influential treatise Kashf al-Mahjub.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
al-Hujwiri