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Gabasheane Masupha

King of Lesotho (1903-1941)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ3093493 ↗
Source-derived summary

Gabasheane Masupha (26 December 1903 - August 1949) was the Regent paramount chief of Lesotho (modern Basotho) from 1940 to 1941. Principal Chief of Ha-'Mamathe, Teya-teyaneng, Thupa-kubu and Jorotane. Died 1949; spouse 'Mamathe Masupha (nee. Nthati Justina Lebona). Issues 'Mankhabe Masupha (daughter), Mathe Masupha (daughter), Masupha Masupha (son), Koali Masupha (son), 'Mabatho Masupha (daughter), Sempe Masupha (son), Mitchell Masupha (son).

Editorial summary

“Gabasheane Masupha” enters the record as king of Lesotho (1903-1941). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Gabasheane, Masupha and King can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1903, 1949, 1940, 1941—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1903-12-26. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Gabasheane, Masupha and King.
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Why this record matters

“Gabasheane Masupha” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Gabasheane, Masupha and King provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3093493. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1903, 1949, 1940 and 1941.

Critical limits

Later biographies can compress uncertainty and repeat inherited reputations, so apparently settled claims may still require comparison. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Gabasheane Masupha” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.