Al-Baqillani
E723908
Ash'ari theologian
Islamic scholar
Muslim theologian
Sunni Muslim
jurist
kalam scholar
theologian of the Islamic Golden Age
Al-Baqillani was a prominent 10th-century Muslim theologian and jurist of the Ash'ari school, renowned for his works in Islamic creed, jurisprudence, and rational theology (kalam).
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| al-Baqillani | 3 |
| Al-Baqillani canonical | 2 |
| Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Tayyib al-Baqillani | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8197876 — 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-Baqillani Context triple: [Al-Juwayni, influencedBy, Al-Baqillani]
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A.
Al-Samarqandi
Al-Samarqandi was a prominent medieval physician and scholar whose influential medical writings helped shape the development and practice of Islamic medicine.
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B.
Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini
Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini was a prominent 10th-century Islamic theologian and Shafi'i jurist known for his influential role in the development of Ash'ari kalam.
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C.
Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani
Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani was a 12th-century Hanafi jurist and Islamic scholar best known for his influential legal manual Al-Hidaya, a foundational text in Sunni Islamic jurisprudence.
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D.
Ibn Juzayy
Ibn Juzayy was a 14th-century Andalusian scholar and writer best known for compiling and editing the famous travel account of the explorer Ibn Battuta.
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E.
ibn Idris
Ibn Idris is the patronymic of the influential early Islamic jurist and theologian Al-Shafi'i, founder of the Shafi'i school of Sunni law.
- 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-Baqillani Target entity description: Al-Baqillani was a prominent 10th-century Muslim theologian and jurist of the Ash'ari school, renowned for his works in Islamic creed, jurisprudence, and rational theology (kalam).
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A.
Al-Samarqandi
Al-Samarqandi was a prominent medieval physician and scholar whose influential medical writings helped shape the development and practice of Islamic medicine.
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B.
Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini
Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini was a prominent 10th-century Islamic theologian and Shafi'i jurist known for his influential role in the development of Ash'ari kalam.
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C.
Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani
Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani was a 12th-century Hanafi jurist and Islamic scholar best known for his influential legal manual Al-Hidaya, a foundational text in Sunni Islamic jurisprudence.
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D.
Ibn Juzayy
Ibn Juzayy was a 14th-century Andalusian scholar and writer best known for compiling and editing the famous travel account of the explorer Ibn Battuta.
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E.
ibn Idris
Ibn Idris is the patronymic of the influential early Islamic jurist and theologian Al-Shafi'i, founder of the Shafi'i school of Sunni law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ash'ari theologian
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Islamic scholar ⓘ Muslim theologian ⓘ Sunni Muslim ⓘ jurist ⓘ kalam scholar ⓘ theologian of the Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| activity |
issuing legal opinions (fatwas)
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teaching kalam ⓘ writing theological treatises ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Baghdad
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Basra ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Basra ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Baghdad ⓘ |
| denomination | Sunni ⓘ |
| diedIn | Baghdad ⓘ |
| era |
10th century
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Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic jurisprudence
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Islamic theology ⓘ Qur'anic studies ⓘ hadith studies ⓘ usul al-fiqh ⓘ |
| fiqhSchool | Maliki ⓘ |
| fullName |
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Tayyib al-Baqillani
ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Baqillani
|
| influenced |
al-Ghazali
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linked to:
al‑Ghazali
al-Juwayni ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Juwayni
later Ash'ari theologians ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari ⓘ |
| knownFor |
defending Ash'ari theology
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refutations of Christians ⓘ refutations of Mu'tazilites ⓘ refutations of philosophers ⓘ systematizing Ash'ari kalam ⓘ works on Islamic creed ⓘ works on usul al-fiqh ⓘ |
| kunya | Abu Bakr ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
Islamic creed (aqida)
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Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) ⓘ hadith ⓘ kalam ⓘ usul al-fiqh ⓘ |
| name | Al-Baqillani ⓘ |
| notability | prominent 10th-century Muslim theologian and jurist of the Ash'ari school ⓘ |
| notableWork |
I'jaz al-Qur'an
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Kitab al-Insaf ⓘ Kitab al-Tamhid ⓘ al-Bayan 'an Usul al-Iman ⓘ |
| region | Iraq ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| schoolOfLaw | Maliki ⓘ |
| theologicalSchool | Ash'ari ⓘ |
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-Baqillani Description of subject: Al-Baqillani was a prominent 10th-century Muslim theologian and jurist of the Ash'ari school, renowned for his works in Islamic creed, jurisprudence, and rational theology (kalam).
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Al-Baqillani
linked to: Al-Baqillani
subject linked to:
Abu al-Ma'ali
linked to: Al-Baqillani
linked to: Al-Baqillani