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

28 rows where period_id = "PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL"

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ENT_SUF_AMIR_KHUSROW,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Amir Khusrow ENT_SUF_AMIR_KHUSROW Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Indo-Persian poet and musician (d. 1325), devoted disciple of Nizam al-Din Awliya and a father of the qawwali devotional song. SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM reviewed
ENT_SUF_BABA_FARID,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Farid al-Din Ganj-i-Shakar ENT_SUF_BABA_FARID Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Punjabi Chishti saint (d. 1265), 'Baba Farid'; his verses are included in the Sikh Guru Granth Sahib. Shrine at Pakpattan. SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM reviewed
ENT_SUF_BADAWI,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Ahmad al-Badawi ENT_SUF_BADAWI Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Saint of Tanta (d. 1276), eponym of the Badawiyya and one of the most popular saints of Egypt. SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM reviewed
ENT_SUF_BADAWIYYA,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Badawiyya ENT_SUF_BADAWIYYA Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Egyptian Sufi order centred on the shrine of Ahmad al-Badawi at Tanta, host to one of the largest mawlid festivals in Islam. SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM reviewed
ENT_SUF_BEKTASH,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Hajji Bektash Wali ENT_SUF_BEKTASH Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Anatolian saint (d. 1271) revered as the founder-patron of the Bektashiyya and of Alevi devotion. SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM reviewed
ENT_SUF_BEKTASHI,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Bektashiyya ENT_SUF_BEKTASHI Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Heterodox Anatolian Sufi order traced to Hajji Bektash Wali, later linked to the Janissaries and to Alevi communities. SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM reviewed
ENT_SUF_CHISHTI,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Chishtiyya ENT_SUF_CHISHTI Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Sufi order rooted in Chisht (Afghanistan) and established in India by Mu'in al-Din Chishti, central to the Islamization of the subcontinent. SRC_JAMI_NAFAHAT reviewed
ENT_SUF_DASUQI,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Ibrahim al-Dasuqi ENT_SUF_DASUQI Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Egyptian saint (d. 1296), eponym of the Dasuqiyya (Burhaniyya) and counted among the four great qutbs of Egyptian Sufism. SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM reviewed
ENT_SUF_HAFIZ,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Hafiz of Shiraz ENT_SUF_HAFIZ Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Persian lyric poet (d. 1390), 'Lisan al-Ghayb', whose ghazals fuse the imagery of love and wine with mystical longing; venerated and used for bibliomancy (fal). SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM reviewed
ENT_SUF_HAMADANI,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Sayyid Ali Hamadani ENT_SUF_HAMADANI Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Persian Kubrawi saint (d. 1385) credited with spreading Islam and Persianate culture in Kashmir; 'Shah-i Hamadan'. SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM reviewed
ENT_SUF_IRAQI,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Fakhr al-Din Iraqi ENT_SUF_IRAQI Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Persian Sufi poet (d. 1289), disciple of Qunawi's circle, whose Lama'at expounds Ibn al-Arabi's doctrine through the imagery of love. SRC_JAMI_NAFAHAT reviewed
ENT_SUF_JAMI,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Abd al-Rahman Jami ENT_SUF_JAMI Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Persian poet and Naqshbandi mystic (d. 1492), last of the great classical Persian poets; his Nafahat al-Uns is a major saints' hagiography. SRC_JAMI_NAFAHAT reviewed
ENT_SUF_JILI,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Abd al-Karim al-Jili ENT_SUF_JILI Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Yemeni-Iraqi mystic (d. c. 1424) whose al-Insan al-Kamil developed Ibn al-Arabi's doctrine of the Perfect Man. SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM reviewed
ENT_SUF_KHWAJA_AHRAR,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Khwaja Ubayd Allah Ahrar ENT_SUF_KHWAJA_AHRAR Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Naqshbandi master of Samarqand (d. 1490) who gave the order great political and economic weight under the Timurids. SRC_JAMI_NAFAHAT reviewed
ENT_SUF_LAL_DED,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Lal Ded ENT_SUF_LAL_DED Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Kashmiri mystic poet (d. c. 1392), 'Lalla', whose vakhs voice a non-dual devotion bridging Shaiva and Sufi piety; revered by Hindus and Muslims alike. SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM reviewed
ENT_SUF_MANERI,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Sharaf al-Din Maneri ENT_SUF_MANERI Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Indian Sufi master of Bihar (d. 1381) of the Firdausiyya (a Suhrawardi branch), famed for his Maktubat (Hundred Letters) of spiritual counsel. SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM reviewed
ENT_SUF_NAQSHBAND,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Baha al-Din Naqshband ENT_SUF_NAQSHBAND Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Central Asian saint of Bukhara (d. 1389), eponym of the Naqshbandiyya, who emphasized silent remembrance and presence in the world. SRC_JAMI_NAFAHAT reviewed
ENT_SUF_NAQSHBANDI,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Naqshbandiyya ENT_SUF_NAQSHBANDI Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Major Sunni Sufi tariqa traced to Baha al-Din Naqshband, distinguished by silent dhikr (dhikr-i khafi) and tracing its silsila to Abu Bakr. SRC_JAMI_NAFAHAT reviewed
ENT_SUF_NIMATULLAH,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Shah Ni'matullah Wali ENT_SUF_NIMATULLAH Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Persian saint and poet (d. 1431), founder of the Ni'matullahi order; his shrine at Mahan is a major Iranian pilgrimage site. SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM reviewed
ENT_SUF_NIMATULLAHI,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Ni'matullahiyya ENT_SUF_NIMATULLAHI Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Persian Sufi order founded by Shah Ni'matullah Wali, the most widespread tariqa in Iran. SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM reviewed
ENT_SUF_NIZAM_AWLIYA,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Nizam al-Din Awliya ENT_SUF_NIZAM_AWLIYA Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Pre-eminent Chishti saint of Delhi (d. 1325), 'Mahbub-i Ilahi'; his dargah is a major South Asian pilgrimage centre. SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM reviewed
ENT_SUF_NURI,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Nur al-Din Nurani ENT_SUF_NURI Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Kashmiri saint (d. c. 1440), 'Nund Rishi', patron-founder of the Kashmiri Rishi order; venerated as Alamdar-i Kashmir. SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM reviewed
ENT_SUF_QUNAWI,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi ENT_SUF_QUNAWI Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Persian-Anatolian metaphysician (d. 1274), stepson and chief successor of Ibn al-Arabi who systematized his teaching of the oneness of being. SRC_JAMI_NAFAHAT reviewed
ENT_SUF_RUMI,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Rumi ENT_SUF_RUMI Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Died 1273 CE, after the 1258 fall of Baghdad. SRC_RUMI_MASNAVI reviewed
ENT_SUF_SAFI_ARDABILI,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Safi al-Din Ardabili ENT_SUF_SAFI_ARDABILI Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Persian saint of Ardabil (d. 1334), eponym of the Safaviyya order from which the Safavid dynasty later arose. SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM reviewed
ENT_SUF_SAMA,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Sama ENT_SUF_SAMA Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Crystallised in the Mevlevi practice (13th c. onward). SRC_RUMI_MASNAVI reviewed
ENT_SUF_SHABISTARI,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Mahmud Shabistari ENT_SUF_SHABISTARI Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Persian Sufi poet (d. 1340) whose Gulshan-i Raz (Rose Garden of Mystery) is a classic verse summary of Ibn al-Arabi's metaphysics. SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM reviewed
ENT_SUF_YUNUS_EMRE,PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL Yunus Emre ENT_SUF_YUNUS_EMRE Medieval Islam PER_ISL_MEDIEVAL high Turkish saint-poet (d. 1321), father of Turkish-language Sufi poetry whose hymns of divine love remain central to Anatolian devotion. SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM 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]);