Sokoto Caliphate

independent Islamic Caliphate, in West Africa from 1804 to 1903
Organization historical_country Q600524
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Sokoto Caliphate

Summary

Sokoto Caliphate is a historical country[1]. It draws 1,153 Wikipedia views per month (historical_country category, ranking #166 of 1,549).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sokoto Caliphate is located in Sokoto State[3].
  • Sokoto Caliphate is in the country of Nigeria[4].
  • Sokoto Caliphate's continent is recorded as Africa[5].
  • Sokoto Caliphate's instance of is recorded as historical country[6].
  • Sokoto Caliphate's official language is recorded as English[7].
  • Sokoto Caliphate's official language is recorded as Arabic[8].
  • Sokoto Caliphate's official language is recorded as Hausa[9].
  • Sokoto Caliphate's official language is recorded as Swahili[10].
  • Sokoto Caliphate's official language is recorded as Fula[11].
  • Sokoto Caliphate's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 130323648[12].
  • Sokoto Caliphate's GND ID is recorded as 4136184-2[13].
  • Sokoto Caliphate's locator map image is recorded as Sokoto caliphate.png[14].
  • Sokoto Caliphate's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n91109959[15].
  • Sokoto Caliphate's part of is recorded as Africa[16].
  • Sokoto Caliphate's Commons category is recorded as Sokoto Caliphate[17].
  • +1804-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sokoto Caliphate[18].
  • Sokoto Caliphate was dissolved in +1903-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].
  • Sokoto Caliphate's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 13.067222222222222, 'lon': 5.247777777777777}[20].
  • Sokoto Caliphate's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03g05l[21].
  • Sokoto Caliphate's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sultans of Sokoto[22].
  • Sokoto Caliphate's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sokoto Caliphate[23].
  • Sokoto Caliphate's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0063283[24].
  • Sokoto Caliphate's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
  • Sokoto Caliphate's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[26].
  • Sokoto Caliphate's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[27].

Body

Founding

+1804-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sokoto Caliphate[18].

Identity

Sokoto Caliphate's part of is recorded as Africa[16].

Dissolution

Sokoto Caliphate was dissolved in +1903-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].

Why It Matters

Sokoto Caliphate draws 1,153 Wikipedia views per month (historical_country category, ranking #166 of 1,549).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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