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Kamal Riad Noseir

Egyptian basketball player (born 1912)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionDec 27, 2024
Entity authorityQ51954791 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kamal Riad Noseir (Arabic: كمال رياض نصير; 8 January 1912 – before 18 March 1996) was an Egyptian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics. His brother Jwani Riad Noseir was also a basketball player.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Kamal Riad Noseir” as egyptian basketball player (born 1912). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Kamal, Riad and Noseir.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1912, 1996, 1936—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1912-01-08. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Kamal, Riad and Noseir providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Kamal Riad Noseir”, the useful work is to connect “egyptian basketball player (born 1912)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 27, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q51954791. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1912, 1996 and 1936.

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This entry incorporates text from “Kamal Riad Noseir” 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.