Entity Periods

Period assignments linking entities to the historical periods when they are attested. An entity may span multiple periods. All Greek entities are assigned; Egyptian tradition is fully covered; total coverage exceeds 70%.

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confidence
{'description': 'high / medium / low — certainty of the period assignment'}
rationale
{'description': 'Justification with source citations'}

13 rows where period_id = "PER_ALAWITE"

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ENT_ALW_ALI,PER_ALAWITE Ali (the Ma'na / Meaning) ENT_ALW_ALI Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested: in Nusayri-Alawi doctrine Ali ibn Abi Talib is the Ma'na, the divine essence/Meaning behind manifestation. Homonym/same person as mainstream Shi'i Imam ENT_ISL_ALI, venerated differently (deified, not merely first Imam). SRC_FRIEDMAN_NUSAYRI reviewed
ENT_ALW_AYN_MIM_SIN_DOCTRINE,PER_ALAWITE Ayn-Mim-Sin (the trinitarian formula) ENT_ALW_AYN_MIM_SIN_DOCTRINE Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested core doctrine: the AMS confession encoding the triad Ma'na-Ism-Bab (Ali-Muhammad-Salman), recited as the foundational creed of the initiated (Bar-Asher & Kofsky 2002). SRC_BAR_ASHER_KOFSKY reviewed
ENT_ALW_BAB,PER_ALAWITE al-Bab (the Gate) ENT_ALW_BAB Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested doctrinal principle: the Gate, third hypostasis emanated from the Name, the mediator of esoteric knowledge, borne by Salman in the Muhammadan cycle. SRC_HALM_GNOSIS reviewed
ENT_ALW_IBN_NUSAYR,PER_ALAWITE Ibn Nusayr al-Namiri ENT_ALW_IBN_NUSAYR Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested historical figure (d. c. 868): Abu Shu'ayb Muhammad ibn Nusayr al-Namiri al-Numayri, the eponymous founder-prophet of the Nusayriyya, who claimed to be the Bab of the tenth Imam Ali al-Hadi / al-Askari (Friedman 2010). SRC_FRIEDMAN_NUSAYRI reviewed
ENT_ALW_ISM,PER_ALAWITE al-Ism (the Name) ENT_ALW_ISM Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested doctrinal principle: the Name, the second hypostasis emanated from the Ma'na, the veil of manifestation, borne by Muhammad in the Muhammadan cycle. SRC_HALM_GNOSIS reviewed
ENT_ALW_KHASIBI,PER_ALAWITE al-Husayn ibn Hamdan al-Khasibi ENT_ALW_KHASIBI Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested historical figure (d. c. 969): the organizer and systematizer of the Nusayri religion, author of the Kitab al-Hidaya al-Kubra, who established the community in Aleppo and Baghdad (Friedman 2010; Bar-Asher & Kofsky 2002). SRC_FRIEDMAN_NUSAYRI reviewed
ENT_ALW_MANA,PER_ALAWITE al-Ma'na (the Meaning) ENT_ALW_MANA Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested doctrinal principle (Halm 1982; Bar-Asher & Kofsky 2002): the hidden divine essence/Meaning, the first hypostasis of the triad, embodied in each cycle by Ali. SRC_HALM_GNOSIS reviewed
ENT_ALW_MUHAMMAD,PER_ALAWITE Muhammad (the Ism / Name) ENT_ALW_MUHAMMAD Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested: Muhammad is the Ism (Name) and the hijab/veil through which the Ma'na is manifested. Same person as the Prophet ENT_ISL_MUHAMMAD, theologically subordinated to Ali in Nusayri doctrine (homonym). SRC_FRIEDMAN_NUSAYRI reviewed
ENT_ALW_MUQADDASIYYA,PER_ALAWITE The Aytam / Five Incomparable Ones (al-Aytam al-Khamsa) ENT_ALW_MUQADDASIYYA Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested cosmological collective (Bar-Asher & Kofsky 2002): the five 'orphans/incomparables' (aytam), spiritual hierarchs emanated below the Bab who administer the cosmos. Publicly attested function only. SRC_BAR_ASHER_KOFSKY reviewed
ENT_ALW_SALMAN,PER_ALAWITE Salman (the Bab / Gate) ENT_ALW_SALMAN Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested: Salman al-Farisi is the Bab (Gate), the mediating gateway who transmits knowledge of the Ma'na. Same person as ENT_ISL_SALMAN, Companion of the Prophet (homonym). SRC_FRIEDMAN_NUSAYRI reviewed
ENT_ALW_SEVEN_CYCLES,PER_ALAWITE The Seven Cycles of Manifestation (al-Adwar al-Sab'a) ENT_ALW_SEVEN_CYCLES Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested doctrine (Halm 1982; Bar-Asher & Kofsky 2002): the Ma'na manifests through seven historical cycles, each with its own Ism and Bab, culminating in the Ali-Muhammad-Salman (Muhammadan) cycle. SRC_BAR_ASHER_KOFSKY reviewed
ENT_ALW_TAQAMMUS,PER_ALAWITE Tanasukh / Taqammus (transmigration of souls) ENT_ALW_TAQAMMUS Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested doctrine: belief in the transmigration/metempsychosis of souls (taqammus), tied to the cyclical descent of the divine and the moral state of the initiate (Friedman 2010). SRC_FRIEDMAN_NUSAYRI reviewed
ENT_ALW_TRINITY,PER_ALAWITE Ayn-Mim-Sin (the Alawite Trinity) ENT_ALW_TRINITY Alawite / Nusayri tradition PER_ALAWITE high Attested (Friedman 2010; Bar-Asher & Kofsky 2002) as the central Nusayri-Alawi triad of three letters: Ayn (Ali), Mim (Muhammad), Sin (Salman). Cohort hub. SRC_FRIEDMAN_NUSAYRI reviewed

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CREATE TABLE "entity_periods" (
   [entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [period_id] TEXT REFERENCES [periods]([period_id]),
   [confidence] TEXT,
   [rationale] TEXT,
   [source_id] TEXT,
   [review_status] TEXT,
   PRIMARY KEY ([entity_id], [period_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_periods_period_id]
    ON [entity_periods] ([period_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_periods_entity_id]
    ON [entity_periods] ([entity_id]);