askari

locally recruited African soldier serving in the army of a European colonial power.
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askari

Summary

askari ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (410 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • askari's image is recorded as Askari aus Deutsch-Ostafrika (Askari from German East Africa).jpg[2].
  • askari's GND ID is recorded as 4291533-8[3].
  • askari's subclass of is recorded as soldier[4].
  • askari's Commons category is recorded as Askari[5].
  • askari's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 54088[6].
  • askari's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qg8y[7].
  • askari's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 355.354[8].
  • askari's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0081045[9].
  • askari's Treccani ID is recorded as ascari[10].
  • askari's Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID is recorded as ascari[11].
  • askari's Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID is recorded as ascari[12].
  • askari's Lex ID is recorded as askari[13].
  • askari's 1914-1918-Online ID is recorded as askari[14].
  • askari's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as ascari[15].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for askari include Askari Monument[16], a memorial[17], in Tanzania[18] and Ascari[19], a destroyer[20].

Why It Matters

askari ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (410 views/month).[1] askari has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] askari is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for askari include Askari Monument[16], a memorial[17], in Tanzania[18] and Ascari[19], a destroyer[20].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). askari. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/askari
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_askari_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{askari}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/askari}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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