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Shamsa

Intricately decorated rosette or medallion which is used in many contexts, including manuscripts, carpets, ornamental metalwork and architectural decoration such as the underside of domes
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Shamsa

Summary

Shamsa ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (94 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Shamsa is a type of plant-derived motif[2].
  • Shamsa is a type of Islamic geometric pattern[3].
  • Shamsa's Commons category is recorded as Shamsa[4].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include plant-derived motif[2] and Islamic geometric pattern[3].

Why It Matters

Shamsa ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (94 views/month).[1] Shamsa has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_shamsa_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Shamsa}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/shamsa}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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  1. 9d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → plant-derived motif, Islamic geometric pattern
    Subclass of → —
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