Entity Sources

2,936 links between entities and the sources that attest them, with evidence type and passage-level notes. The primary evidence layer: every entity classification traces to at least one record here.

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evidence_type
{'description': 'e.g. Direct attestation, Secondary analysis, Epigraphic, Numismatic'}
source_note
{'description': 'Specific passage citations and notes on how this source attests the entity'}

4 rows where entity_id = "ENT_ISL_ALI"

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ENT_ISL_ALI,SRC_ISLAM_EI2,scholarly attestation Ali ibn Abi Talib ENT_ISL_ALI Encyclopaedia of Islam entries SRC_ISLAM_EI2 scholarly attestation Attested in Encyclopaedia of Islam (EI2).
ENT_ISL_ALI,SRC_NAHJ_AL_BALAGHA,direct attestation Ali ibn Abi Talib ENT_ISL_ALI Nahj al-Balagha (Peak of Eloquence): sermons, letters and sayings of Ali ibn Abi Talib, comp. al-Sharif al-Radi, c. 1009 CE SRC_NAHJ_AL_BALAGHA direct attestation Nahj al-Balagha (his sermons, letters and sayings).
ENT_ISL_ALI,SRC_QURAN,direct attestation Ali ibn Abi Talib ENT_ISL_ALI Qur’an SRC_QURAN direct attestation Quran 5:55 (the wilaya verse, in the Shi'a reading).
ENT_ISL_ALI,SRC_TABARI_HISTORY,direct attestation Ali ibn Abi Talib ENT_ISL_ALI al-Tabari, Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk (History of the Prophets and Kings), c. 915 CE SRC_TABARI_HISTORY direct attestation al-Tabari, History (the caliphate of Ali).

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CREATE TABLE "entity_sources" (
   [entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [source_id] TEXT REFERENCES [sources]([source_id]),
   [evidence_type] TEXT,
   [source_note] TEXT,
   PRIMARY KEY ([entity_id], [source_id], [evidence_type])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_sources_source_id]
    ON [entity_sources] ([source_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_sources_entity_id]
    ON [entity_sources] ([entity_id]);