Sonni Ali

King of the Songhai Empire
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Sonni Ali

Summary

Sonni Ali is a human[1]. He was born on +1464-01-01T00:00:00Z[2]. He died on +1492-01-01T00:00:00Z[3]. He worked as a sovereign[4]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (136 views/month, #7,186 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Sonni Ali was born on +1464-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].
  • Sonni Ali died on +1492-01-01T00:00:00Z[3].
  • A child of Sonni Ali was Sonni Baru[6].
  • Sonni Ali held citizenship in Dipper[7].
  • Sonni Ali's professions included sovereign[4].
  • Sonni Ali held the position of monarch[8].
  • Sonni Ali is recorded as male[9].
  • Sonni Ali's instance of is recorded as human[10].
  • Sonni Ali's ISNI is recorded as 0000000078687309[11].
  • Sonni Ali's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 64924872[12].
  • Sonni Ali's GND ID is recorded as 12384665X[13].
  • Sonni Ali's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79042970[14].
  • Sonni Ali's IdRef ID is recorded as 139053441[15].
  • The cause of death was drowning[16].
  • Sonni Ali's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04jx7f[17].
  • Sonni Ali's manner of death is recorded as accidental death[18].
  • Sonni Ali's described by source is recorded as Dictionary of African Biography[19].
  • Sonni Ali's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as French[20].
  • Sonni Ali's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as biography/Sonni-Ali[21].
  • Sonni Ali's CERL Thesaurus ID is recorded as cnp00577706[22].
  • Sonni Ali's FAST ID is recorded as 1848332[23].
  • Sonni Ali's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as sonni-ali[24].
  • Sonni Ali's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Sunni_Ali[25].
  • Sonni Ali's Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID is recorded as sonni-ali-detto-ber-il-grande[26].
  • Sonni Ali's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3867822[27].

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Origins and Family

Sonni Ali was born on +1464-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].

Career and Affiliations

Sonni Ali worked as a sovereign[4]. He held the position of monarch[8].

Personal Life

A child of Sonni Ali was Sonni Baru[6].

Death and Burial

Sonni Ali died on +1492-01-01T00:00:00Z[3]. The cause of death was drowning[16].

Why It Matters

Sonni Ali ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (136 views/month, #7,186 of 1,000,298).[5] He has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] He is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What did Sonni Ali do for work?

Sonni Ali worked as sovereign[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . Dictionary of African Biography. wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [2] . Encyclopædia Universalis. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] . Encyclopædia Universalis. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . 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. [5] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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