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kaftan

long, coatlike garment, traditionally fastened at the waist with a sash
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kaftan
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Summary

kaftan ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,947 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: clothing[2], traditional costume[3]
  • Commons category: Kaftans[4]
  • Country of origin: Mesopotamia[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kaftans[6]
  • Commons gallery: Kaftan[7]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9]

Why It Matters

kaftan has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] kaftan is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → topic/caftan
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopædia britannica online id: topic/caftan"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → Mesopotamia
    Local thumb → —
    Subclass of → clothing, traditional costume
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 25705, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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