Ifni War
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The Ifni War was a brief colonial conflict in 1957–1958 between Spain and Moroccan-backed forces over the Spanish enclave of Ifni in northwest Africa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ifni War canonical | 17 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T282602 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ifni War Context triple: [Spanish Army, significantEvent, Ifni War]
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A.
Rif War
The Rif War was an early 20th-century colonial conflict in northern Morocco in which Spanish (and later French) forces fought against Berber Rif tribes led by Abd el-Krim.
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B.
Taphus
Taphus was the original name of the town that later became Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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C.
Bahir
Bahir is an early and influential mystical work of Jewish Kabbalah that explores esoteric interpretations of the Hebrew Bible and divine emanations.
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D.
War of the Reunions
The War of the Reunions was a short conflict (1683–1684) in which Louis XIV’s France fought Spain and its allies to consolidate territorial gains in the Spanish Netherlands and along France’s eastern frontier.
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E.
Beni
Beni is a sparsely populated, largely Amazonian department in northeastern Bolivia known for its tropical lowlands, cattle ranching, and rich indigenous cultures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ifni War Target entity description: The Ifni War was a brief colonial conflict in 1957–1958 between Spain and Moroccan-backed forces over the Spanish enclave of Ifni in northwest Africa.
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A.
Rif War
The Rif War was an early 20th-century colonial conflict in northern Morocco in which Spanish (and later French) forces fought against Berber Rif tribes led by Abd el-Krim.
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B.
Taphus
Taphus was the original name of the town that later became Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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C.
Bahir
Bahir is an early and influential mystical work of Jewish Kabbalah that explores esoteric interpretations of the Hebrew Bible and divine emanations.
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D.
War of the Reunions
The War of the Reunions was a short conflict (1683–1684) in which Louis XIV’s France fought Spain and its allies to consolidate territorial gains in the Spanish Netherlands and along France’s eastern frontier.
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E.
Beni
Beni is a sparsely populated, largely Amazonian department in northeastern Bolivia known for its tropical lowlands, cattle ranching, and rich indigenous cultures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial conflict
ⓘ
war ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Forgotten War
ⓘ
Ifni–Sahara War ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Army of Liberation
ⓘ
Moroccan-backed irregular forces ⓘ Spain ⓘ |
| cause |
Moroccan claims to former Spanish territories
ⓘ
territorial dispute over Ifni enclave ⓘ |
| colonialPower | Spain ⓘ |
| combatant1 | Spain ⓘ |
| combatant2 | Army of Liberation ⓘ |
| conflictIn | Cold War era ⓘ |
| conflictType | decolonization war ⓘ |
| countryClaimingTerritory | Morocco ⓘ |
| endDate | 1958-06 ⓘ |
| endedBy | ceasefire agreements between Spain and Morocco ⓘ |
| followedBy | retrocession of Ifni to Morocco ⓘ |
| involved |
Spanish Foreign Legion
ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Legion
Spanish colonial troops ⓘ Spanish paratroopers ⓘ |
| location |
Ifni
ⓘ
Northwest Africa ⓘ Spanish North Africa ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish West Africa
southern Morocco ⓘ |
| notableOperation | Spanish counteroffensive in early 1958 ⓘ |
| opponent |
Moroccan nationalist fighters
ⓘ
Spanish Armed Forces ⓘ |
| partOf |
post–World War II decolonization
ⓘ
process of Moroccan decolonization ⓘ |
| peaceArrangement | Anglo-Spanish-Moroccan negotiations ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Spanish colonial wars in Morocco
ⓘ
surface form:
Moroccan War of Independence
Spanish Sahara conflict ⓘ |
| result |
Spanish military victory
ⓘ
continued Spanish control of Ifni ⓘ transfer of parts of Spanish Sahara to Morocco in 1958 ⓘ |
| retrocessionDate | 1969-06-30 ⓘ |
| startDate | 1957-11 ⓘ |
| statusOfIfniAfterWar | Spanish overseas province ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Morocco ⓘ |
| theatre |
Ifni enclave
ⓘ
Spanish Sahara ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ifni War Description of subject: The Ifni War was a brief colonial conflict in 1957–1958 between Spain and Moroccan-backed forces over the Spanish enclave of Ifni in northwest Africa.
Referenced by (17)
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