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)'}

8 rows where subject_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
1015 Ali ibn Abi Talib ENT_ISL_ALI teaches Hidden Knowledge ENT_HIDDEN_KNOWLEDGE medium Ali is associated with esoteric knowledge in Shi'a and Sufi traditions. Encyclopaedia of Islam entries SRC_ISLAM_EI2 reviewed  
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  
3056 Ali ibn Abi Talib ENT_ISL_ALI member_of Ahl al-Bayt ENT_ISL_AHL_BAYT high Ali is one of the Five of the Cloak. Qur’an SRC_QURAN reviewed  
3062 Ali ibn Abi Talib ENT_ISL_ALI member_of The Fourteen Infallibles ENT_ISL_INFALLIBLES high Ali is one of the Fourteen Infallibles. al-Kulayni, al-Kafi (Kitab al-Hujja), c. 940 CE SRC_KULAYNI_KAFI reviewed  
5242 Ali ibn Abi Talib ENT_ISL_ALI member_of The Rashidun — the Rightly-Guided Caliphs ENT_ISL_RASHIDUN high Ali was the fourth and last of the Rashidun caliphs (656-661 CE). Encyclopaedia of Islam entries SRC_ISLAM_EI2 reviewed  
5246 Ali ibn Abi Talib ENT_ISL_ALI member_of The Sahaba — Companions of the Prophet ENT_ISL_SAHABA high Ali was a companion, cousin, and son-in-law of the Prophet. Encyclopaedia of Islam entries SRC_ISLAM_EI2 reviewed  
5262 Ali ibn Abi Talib ENT_ISL_ALI member_of The Ten Promised Paradise (al-Ashara al-Mubashshara) ENT_ISL_TEN_PROMISED high Ali is named among the Ten Promised Paradise. Encyclopaedia of Islam entries SRC_ISLAM_EI2 reviewed  
6562 Ali ibn Abi Talib ENT_ISL_ALI reception_of Khawandagar ENT_YRS_KHAWANDAGAR medium 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 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]);