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Sheikh Yusuf (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's article on Sheikh Yusuf, the Makassarese Islamic scholar and resistance leader exiled by the Dutch East India Company to the Cape of Good Hope, covering his 2 April 1694 arrival, his settlement at Zandvliet farm, and his standing as the founder of South Africa's first documented Muslim community.

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3
A community edited tertiary reference, used here for the arrival date and the settlement's own name, both corroborated in South African Islamic historical scholarship this atlas did not independently access.
Notes
Used for the 2 April 1694 arrival date and the founding of the Zandvliet community.
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Wikipedia
Publication Year
2026
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Yusuf
Source Type
reference
Claims Backed By This Source (21 claims)

This source backs 21 claims across the atlas. As facts: 18 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Spread Events, 14 claims: 11 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
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