Shihab al-Din
E688597
Shihab al-Din is an honorific title in the Islamic scholarly tradition meaning "Meteor of the Faith," often borne by distinguished religious scholars such as Ibn Hajar al-Haytami.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| شهاب الدين | 2 |
| Shahab al-Din | 1 |
| Shihab ad-Din | 1 |
| Shihab al-Din canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7654193 — 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: Shihab al-Din Context triple: [Ibn Hajar al-Haytami, honorificTitle, Shihab al-Din]
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A.
Abu al-Hasan
Abu al-Hasan is an honorific epithet of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth caliph of Islam and cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.
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B.
Burhan al-Din
Burhan al-Din is an Islamic honorific title meaning "Proof of the Religion," traditionally bestowed on distinguished religious scholars and jurists.
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C.
Abu al-Hasan Ali
Abu al-Hasan Ali was a 15th-century Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada in al-Andalus, remembered as one of the last Muslim kings in the Iberian Peninsula.
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D.
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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E.
Ibn al-Fuwati
Ibn al-Fuwati was a 13th-century Muslim historian, librarian, and biographer known for his detailed accounts of the Mongol era and scholarly life in Baghdad.
- 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: Shihab al-Din Target entity description: Shihab al-Din is an honorific title in the Islamic scholarly tradition meaning "Meteor of the Faith," often borne by distinguished religious scholars such as Ibn Hajar al-Haytami.
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A.
Abu al-Hasan
Abu al-Hasan is an honorific epithet of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth caliph of Islam and cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.
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B.
Burhan al-Din
Burhan al-Din is an Islamic honorific title meaning "Proof of the Religion," traditionally bestowed on distinguished religious scholars and jurists.
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C.
Abu al-Hasan Ali
Abu al-Hasan Ali was a 15th-century Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada in al-Andalus, remembered as one of the last Muslim kings in the Iberian Peninsula.
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D.
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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E.
Ibn al-Fuwati
Ibn al-Fuwati was a 13th-century Muslim historian, librarian, and biographer known for his detailed accounts of the Mongol era and scholarly life in Baghdad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic honorific title
ⓘ
religious honorific ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hadith scholarship
ⓘ
Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ Islamic theology ⓘ Quranic exegesis ⓘ |
| componentMeaning |
Shihab means meteor or shooting star
ⓘ
linked to:
Shihabi
al-Din means of the religion or of the faith ⓘ |
| componentOf | Arabic theophoric names ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Islamic civilization ⓘ |
| denotes | distinguished status in religious scholarship ⓘ |
| follows | givenName in Arabic naming conventions ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Shihab
ⓘ
al-Din ⓘ
linked to:
ad-Dīn
|
| hasLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| hasMeaning |
Meteor of the Faith
ⓘ
linked to:
The Ever-Relenting
|
| honors | Islamic faith ⓘ |
| precedes | familyName in Arabic naming conventions ⓘ |
| stillInUse | true ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfUse |
early modern Islamic era
ⓘ
medieval Islamic era ⓘ |
| transliterationOf |
شهاب الدين
ⓘ
linked to:
Shihab al-Din
|
| usedAsTitleFor |
Ibn Hajar al-Haytami
ⓘ
multiple medieval Muslim scholars ⓘ |
| usedBy | Muslim religious scholars ⓘ |
| usedIn | Islamic scholarly tradition ⓘ |
| variantSpelling |
Shahab al-Din
ⓘ
linked to:
Shihab al-Din
Shihab ad-Din ⓘ
linked to:
Shihab al-Din
Shihabuddin ⓘ
linked to:
Shihabuddin Omar
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shihab al-Din Description of subject: Shihab al-Din is an honorific title in the Islamic scholarly tradition meaning "Meteor of the Faith," often borne by distinguished religious scholars such as Ibn Hajar al-Haytami.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Shihab al-Din
linked to: Shihab al-Din
linked to: Shihab al-Din