Fathallah al-Shirwani
E871160
Fathallah al-Shirwani was a medieval Islamic astronomer and scholar associated with the renowned Maragha school of astronomy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fathallah al-Shirwani canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10322268 — 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: Fathallah al-Shirwani Context triple: [Maragha observatory, employed, Fathallah al-Shirwani]
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A.
Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi
Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi was a prominent 13th-century Persian Sufi philosopher and mystic, renowned for systematizing and elaborating the metaphysical teachings of Ibn Arabi.
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B.
Wajih al-Din Mas'ud
Wajih al-Din Mas'ud was a 14th-century Persian leader and religious figure best known as the founder of the Sarbadar movement in Khorasan.
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C.
Shihab al-Din
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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D.
Shihabuddin Omar
Shihabuddin Omar was a short-reigning Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate from the Khalji dynasty who briefly succeeded his father Alauddin Khalji before being overthrown.
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E.
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.
- 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: Fathallah al-Shirwani Target entity description: Fathallah al-Shirwani was a medieval Islamic astronomer and scholar associated with the renowned Maragha school of astronomy.
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A.
Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi
Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi was a prominent 13th-century Persian Sufi philosopher and mystic, renowned for systematizing and elaborating the metaphysical teachings of Ibn Arabi.
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B.
Wajih al-Din Mas'ud
Wajih al-Din Mas'ud was a 14th-century Persian leader and religious figure best known as the founder of the Sarbadar movement in Khorasan.
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C.
Shihab al-Din
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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D.
Shihabuddin Omar
Shihabuddin Omar was a short-reigning Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate from the Khalji dynasty who briefly succeeded his father Alauddin Khalji before being overthrown.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic scholar
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astronomer ⓘ medieval scientist ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Maragha school of astronomy
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linked to:
Maragha observatory
|
| culture | Islamic civilization ⓘ |
| discipline | theoretical astronomy ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Maragha observatory ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Islamic astronomy
ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ scholarly research ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Islamic scientific tradition
ⓘ
Maragha astronomers ⓘ
linked to:
Maragha observatory
|
| intellectualContext | post-Ptolemaic Islamic astronomy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Arabic ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Maragha school of astronomy
ⓘ
linked to:
Maragha observatory
|
| notableFor |
association with the Maragha astronomical tradition
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contributions to medieval Islamic astronomy ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronomer
ⓘ
scholar ⓘ |
| partOf | Islamic Golden Age scholarship ⓘ |
| region | Persianate world ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| tradition | Maragha astronomical tradition ⓘ |
| workLocation | Maragha observatory ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fathallah al-Shirwani Description of subject: Fathallah al-Shirwani was a medieval Islamic astronomer and scholar associated with the renowned Maragha school of astronomy.
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