Relationships

2,079 typed, source-backed relationships between entities. Each row records a directed relationship (subject → type → object) with a justifying source and rationale note. See relationship_types for the full controlled vocabulary of 70 relationship types. Key types: reception_of / received_as (transmission across traditions), equated_with (interpretatio graeca / analogues), parent_of (genealogy), member_of (collective membership), emanates_from (Gnostic/Neoplatonic structure).

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subject_entity_id
{'description': 'The entity initiating or holding the relationship'}
relationship_type
{'description': 'Typed relationship from the controlled vocabulary (see relationship_types table)'}
object_entity_id
{'description': 'The entity receiving or targeted by the relationship'}
confidence
{'description': 'high / medium / low / speculative'}
rationale
{'description': 'Scholarly justification for the relationship, with source citations'}
source_id
{'description': 'Primary source justifying this relationship'}
period_id
{'description': 'Historical period in which this relationship is attested (null = all periods)'}

9 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_ISL_ALI"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
3041 Hasan ibn Ali ENT_ISL_HASAN child_of Ali ibn Abi Talib ENT_ISL_ALI high Hasan, the 2nd Imam, is the son of Ali. al-Shaykh al-Mufid, Kitab al-Irshad (The Book of Guidance into the Lives of the Twelve Imams), c. 1000 CE SRC_MUFID_IRSHAD reviewed  
3052 Fatima al-Zahra ENT_ISL_FATIMA consort_of Ali ibn Abi Talib ENT_ISL_ALI high Fatima is the wife of Ali. al-Shaykh al-Mufid, Kitab al-Irshad (The Book of Guidance into the Lives of the Twelve Imams), c. 1000 CE SRC_MUFID_IRSHAD reviewed  
5265 Abu Talib ENT_ISL_ABU_TALIB parent_of Ali ibn Abi Talib ENT_ISL_ALI high Abu Talib was the father of Ali ibn Abi Talib. Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah (the Life of the Messenger of God), c. 760 CE (recension of Ibn Hisham) SRC_IBN_ISHAQ_SIRA reviewed  
5267 Ja'far ibn Abi Talib ENT_ISL_JAFAR sibling_of Ali ibn Abi Talib ENT_ISL_ALI high Ja'far and Ali were brothers, both sons of Abu Talib. Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah (the Life of the Messenger of God), c. 760 CE (recension of Ibn Hisham) SRC_IBN_ISHAQ_SIRA reviewed  
6561 Shah Khoshin ENT_YRS_SHAH_KHOSHIN reception_of Ali ibn Abi Talib ENT_ISL_ALI high In the Yarsan chain of manifestations the theophany passes Khawandagar -> Ali -> Shah Khoshin; Shah Khoshin re-manifests the Essence borne by Ali (Hamzeh'ee, Mir-Hosseini). Object ENT_ISL_ALI verified existing. M. Reza Hamzeh'ee, The Yaresan: A Sociological, Historical and Religio-Historical Study of a Kurdish Community (1990) SRC_HAMZEHEE_YARESAN reviewed  
6562 Khawandagar ENT_YRS_KHAWANDAGAR reception_of Ali ibn Abi Talib ENT_ISL_ALI medium [REVERSED v2.1.60: reception_of subject must be the LATER/receiving construct. The Yarsan doctrine of Khawandagar manifesting in Ali (Yarsan corpus, 14th c. onward) reinterprets the earlier historical Ali ibn Abi Talib; the previous row followed the mythic (emanationist) chronology instead of the historical one.] Yarsan doctrine reinterprets the historical Imam Ali (existing ENT_ISL_ALI) as a manifestation of the Divine Essence succeeding the primordial Khawandagar in the chain of mazhariyya (Hamzeh'ee). Same entity, reinterpreted by Yarsan theology. Encyclopaedia of Islam entries SRC_ISLAM_EI2 needs_review  
6589 Ali (the Ma'na / Meaning) ENT_ALW_ALI reception_of Ali ibn Abi Talib ENT_ISL_ALI high The Alawite deified Ali (Ma'na) is a sectarian reception of the same historical Ali ibn Abi Talib venerated in mainstream/Twelver Shi'ism as first Imam (homonym, same person, divergent theology; Friedman 2010). Yaron Friedman, The Nusayri-Alawis: An Introduction to the Religion, History and Identity of the Leading Minority in Syria (Islamic History and Civilization 77; Leiden: Brill, 2010) SRC_FRIEDMAN_NUSAYRI reviewed  
6949 Kirklar Meclisi (Assembly of the Forty) ENT_ALV_KIRKLAR presided_over_by Ali ibn Abi Talib ENT_ISL_ALI medium In Alevi-Bektashi lore the assembly of the Forty is presided over by Ali (existing ENT_ISL_ALI), the central holy figure of the tradition. John Kingsley Birge, The Bektashi Order of Dervishes (Luzac/Hartford, 1937) SRC_BIRGE_BEKTASHI reviewed  
6950 Allah-Muhammad-Ali (the Alevi triad) ENT_ALV_TRINITY reception_of Ali ibn Abi Talib ENT_ISL_ALI high The Alevi Hak-Muhammad-Ali triad receives Ali ibn Abi Talib (existing) as the locus of divine manifestation. Markus Dressler, Writing Religion: The Making of Turkish Alevi Islam (Oxford UP, 2013) SRC_DRESSLER_WRITING reviewed  

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CREATE TABLE "entity_relationships" (
   [relationship_id] INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
   [subject_entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [relationship_type] TEXT REFERENCES [relationship_types]([relationship_type]),
   [object_entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [confidence] TEXT,
   [rationale] TEXT,
   [source_id] TEXT REFERENCES [sources]([source_id]),
   [review_status] TEXT,
   [period_id] TEXT REFERENCES [periods]([period_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_period_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([period_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_source_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([source_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_object_entity_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([object_entity_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_relationship_type]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([relationship_type]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_subject_entity_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([subject_entity_id]);