Fourth Frontier War
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The Fourth Frontier War was an 1811–1812 conflict between the British Cape Colony and the Xhosa peoples along the eastern frontier, marked by British efforts to expel Xhosa communities from the Zuurveld region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fourth Frontier War canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11680993 — 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: Fourth Frontier War Context triple: [eastern frontier of the Cape Colony, significantEvent, Fourth Frontier War]
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A.
Third Frontier War
The Third Frontier War was an early 19th-century conflict between British colonial forces and Xhosa groups in southern Africa, forming part of the protracted Cape Frontier Wars over land and power.
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B.
Seventh Frontier War
The Seventh Frontier War was a mid-19th-century conflict between the Xhosa peoples and British colonial forces in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, forming part of the protracted Xhosa Wars over land and sovereignty.
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C.
Fifth Frontier War
The Fifth Frontier War is a major interstellar conflict in the Traveller role-playing game universe, forming one of the central large-scale wars in the setting’s history.
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D.
Sixth Frontier War
The Sixth Frontier War was a mid-19th-century conflict between the Xhosa peoples and British colonial forces on South Africa’s eastern frontier, marking a major phase in the protracted Xhosa Wars over land and sovereignty.
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E.
Eighth Frontier War
The Eighth Frontier War was a major mid-19th-century conflict between the Xhosa peoples and British colonial forces in South Africa, marking a critical phase in the protracted struggle over land and sovereignty on the eastern Cape frontier.
- 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: Fourth Frontier War Target entity description: The Fourth Frontier War was an 1811–1812 conflict between the British Cape Colony and the Xhosa peoples along the eastern frontier, marked by British efforts to expel Xhosa communities from the Zuurveld region.
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A.
Third Frontier War
The Third Frontier War was an early 19th-century conflict between British colonial forces and Xhosa groups in southern Africa, forming part of the protracted Cape Frontier Wars over land and power.
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B.
Seventh Frontier War
The Seventh Frontier War was a mid-19th-century conflict between the Xhosa peoples and British colonial forces in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, forming part of the protracted Xhosa Wars over land and sovereignty.
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C.
Fifth Frontier War
The Fifth Frontier War is a major interstellar conflict in the Traveller role-playing game universe, forming one of the central large-scale wars in the setting’s history.
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D.
Sixth Frontier War
The Sixth Frontier War was a mid-19th-century conflict between the Xhosa peoples and British colonial forces on South Africa’s eastern frontier, marking a major phase in the protracted Xhosa Wars over land and sovereignty.
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E.
Eighth Frontier War
The Eighth Frontier War was a major mid-19th-century conflict between the Xhosa peoples and British colonial forces in South Africa, marking a critical phase in the protracted struggle over land and sovereignty on the eastern Cape frontier.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Frontier War
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war ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Fourth Cape Frontier War
ⓘ
linked to:
Xhosa Wars
|
| chronologicalPosition | fourth in the sequence of Cape Frontier Wars ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
British Cape Colony
ⓘ
linked to:
Cape Colony
Xhosa peoples ⓘ
linked to:
Xhosa people
|
| conflictType | colonial frontier conflict ⓘ |
| country | Cape Colony ⓘ |
| endTime | 1812 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Fifth Frontier War ⓘ |
| hasCause |
British attempts to expel Xhosa communities from the Zuurveld
ⓘ
contested control of grazing lands in the Zuurveld ⓘ frontier tensions between settlers and Xhosa communities ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
displacement of Xhosa communities
ⓘ
intensification of British control on the eastern frontier ⓘ |
| location |
Zuurveld
ⓘ
eastern frontier of the Cape Colony ⓘ |
| mainBelligerent |
British Cape Colony
ⓘ
linked to:
Cape Colony
Xhosa ⓘ |
| opponent |
British imperial forces
ⓘ
Xhosa chiefdoms ⓘ |
| partOf |
British colonial expansion in southern Africa
ⓘ
Cape Frontier Wars ⓘ
linked to:
Xhosa Wars
history of South Africa ⓘ |
| precededBy | Third Frontier War ⓘ |
| result |
expulsion of many Xhosa from the Zuurveld
ⓘ
extension of colonial control over the Zuurveld ⓘ |
| startTime | 1811 ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
19th century
ⓘ
Napoleonic era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fourth Frontier War Description of subject: The Fourth Frontier War was an 1811–1812 conflict between the British Cape Colony and the Xhosa peoples along the eastern frontier, marked by British efforts to expel Xhosa communities from the Zuurveld region.
Referenced by (4)
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