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Samori Ture

1830 - 1900

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Samory Toure (c. 1828 – June 2, 1900), also known as Samori Toure, Samory Touré, or Almamy Samore Lafiya Toure, was a Mandinka Muslim cleric, military strategist, and founder of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic empire that was stretched across present-day north and eastern Guinea, north-eastern Sierra Leone, southern Mali, northern Côte d'Ivoire and part of southern Burkina Faso. A deeply religious Muslim of the Maliki school of religious jurisprudence of Sunni Islam, he organized his empire and justified its expansion with Islamic principles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samori Ture has received more than 478,724 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Samori Ture is the 5,770th most popular politician (up from 5,901st in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Guinea (up from 7th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Guinean Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 480k

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  • 57.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Samori Ture ranks 5,770 out of 15,577. Before him are Emperor Heizei, Vasil Kolarov, Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, and Frederick IV, Duke of Swabia. After him are Tigranes I, Stefan Czarniecki, Domnall mac Ailpín, Tahir ibn Husayn, Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, and Xanthippus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Samori Ture ranks 25. Before him are Frederic Leighton, Ōkubo Toshimichi, Princess Elisabeth of Saxony, Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, and Jules de Goncourt. After him are Albert Bierstadt, Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, Princess Eugénie of Sweden, Karl Goldmark, Theodor Leschetizky, and Alexei Savrasov. Among people deceased in 1900, Samori Ture ranks 32. Before him are Naim Frashëri, Birsa Munda, Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Zdeněk Fibich, Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg, and Kuroda Kiyotaka. After him are Robert Luther, Vasily Kalinnikov, Joseph Bertrand, Eugenio Beltrami, Mihály Munkácsy, and David Edward Hughes.

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In Guinea

Among people born in Guinea, Samori Ture ranks 5 out of 43. Before him are Alpha Condé (1938), Lansana Conté (1934), Ahmed Sékou Touré (1922), and Robert Sarah (1945). After him are Mory Kanté (1950), Louis Lansana Beavogui (1923), Moussa Dadis Camara (1964), Nanfadima Magassouba (null), Solomana Kante (1922), Cellou Dalein Diallo (1952), and Ibrahima Kassory Fofana (1954).

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Among POLITICIANS In Guinea

Among politicians born in Guinea, Samori Ture ranks 4. Before him are Alpha Condé (1938), Lansana Conté (1934), and Ahmed Sékou Touré (1922). After him are Louis Lansana Beavogui (1923), Moussa Dadis Camara (1964), Nanfadima Magassouba (null), Cellou Dalein Diallo (1952), Ibrahima Kassory Fofana (1954), Jean-Marie Doré (1938), Mohamed Said Fofana (1952), and Eugène Camara (1942).

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