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)'}

6 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_WALAYA"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
1026 Ali ibn Abi Talib ENT_ISL_ALI embodies Walaya ENT_WALAYA high Ali is central to walaya in Shi'a and esoteric Islamic traditions. Encyclopaedia of Islam entries SRC_ISLAM_EI2 reviewed  
2529 al-Junayd al-Baghdadi ENT_SUF_JUNAYD embodies Walaya ENT_WALAYA medium Junayd, "lord of the order", is a paradigm of realised sainthood (walaya). Annemarie Schimmel, Mystical Dimensions of Islam (University of North Carolina Press, 1975) SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM reviewed Classical Islam PER_ISL_CLASSICAL
2530 Abu Yazid al-Bistami ENT_SUF_BISTAMI embodies Walaya ENT_WALAYA medium Bistami is among the archetypal awliya (friends of God). Annemarie Schimmel, Mystical Dimensions of Islam (University of North Carolina Press, 1975) SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM reviewed Classical Islam PER_ISL_CLASSICAL
2568 Ibn al-Arabi ENT_SUF_IBN_ARABI embodies Walaya ENT_WALAYA medium Ibn al-Arabi theorised the hierarchy and seal of sainthood (khatm al-awliya). Ibn al-Arabi, Fusus al-Hikam ("The Bezels of Wisdom"), c. 1229 CE SRC_IBN_ARABI_FUSUS reviewed Classical Islam PER_ISL_CLASSICAL
2569 Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani ENT_SUF_JILANI embodies Walaya ENT_WALAYA medium Al-Jilani, "sultan of the saints", is a paradigm of realised walaya. Annemarie Schimmel, Mystical Dimensions of Islam (University of North Carolina Press, 1975) SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM reviewed Classical Islam PER_ISL_CLASSICAL
3074 Imamah ENT_ISL_IMAMAH aligned_with Walaya ENT_WALAYA high The Imamate (imamah) and walaya are the paired core doctrines of Shi'a Islam. al-Kulayni, al-Kafi (Kitab al-Hujja), c. 940 CE SRC_KULAYNI_KAFI 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]);