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The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was archived by FrB.TG via FACBot (talk) 13 October 2024 [1].

Hurra-yi Khuttali

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Nominator(s): Amir Ghandi (talk) 07:49, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Recently successful GAN (reviewed by Simongraham, this article is about a Princess in the medieval Iran (Ghaznavid dynasty) who is known as the most politically active woman in her era; namely because of writing a letter to induce her favourite nephew to usurp the throne. Amir Ghandi (talk) 07:49, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Llewee

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Image review

  • Suggest scaling up the map
    • Done
  • File:Mas'udIGhaznavidCoin.jpg needs a tag for the original work. Nikkimaria (talk) 04:59, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'm seeing all these other images of coins (File:Denarius Sextus Pompeius-Scilla.jpg for example) and they have the exact same licenses as this one. Why a tag for original work?
Done

FM

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  • While the article generally looks good, it lacks a lot of context throughout, making it hard for the reader to understand where, how, and why things are happening, but that should be fixable with the suggestions below. FunkMonk (talk) 20:01, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Link Ghaznavid at first mention in article body, now it's at second.
    • Done
  • Since the article is so short, I think you can devote some space to explaining non-English terms in-text (in parenthesis), instead of making readers chase links.
    • I have done that for the majority of the foreign words. Sultan, Amir and Harem aren't obscure terms and don't need explanation
  • "from Ma'munid dynasty" From the.
    • Done
  • Where was she from and where did she live? The article gives very little geographical context in modern terms. Even your blurb here gives clearer location info than the article itself (medieval Iran).
    • Done
  • Anything on er ethnicity and religion? Since the article is so short, there is plenty of room for more context. Could be something as simple as saying her dynasty was Muslim of Turkic Mamluk origin or whatever fits.
    • Done
  • "ruler of Khwarazm" State where this is in modern terms too.
    • Done
  • "Abu al-Hasan died at an uncertain date between 1006 to 1010" From what?
    • Unknown, meaning the source itself doesn't even say 'from unknown causes'
  • "However, a nationalist rebellion broke out on Khwarazm" I see this was discussed above, but does this really count as "nationalism"? What does the actual source say? I'm very doubtful that any regional identity of this time could be called "nationalism".
    • The source says 'patriotist'
I think we have to stick to that, because the concept of nationalism didn't really exist back then, so applying it retroactively is WP:OR. FunkMonk (talk) 16:28, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • "broke out on Khwarazm" In?
    • Done
  • "and repeatedly sent him luxurious gifts" After she was married and moved away? Could be specified, as it gives context.
    • The source does not specify
  • "In 1030, after Mahmud's death" What did he die from?
    • Is this necessary to add?
Depends on how he died. If he died in battle, it adds context to the story. If he died from disease, not so much. FunkMonk (talk) 16:28, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
THe cause of death was a combination of diseases, so I won't add it
  • "Hurra-yi Khuttali, along with her younger brother" Why randomly give her full name again? Shouldn't be needed after first mention in the article body. Also happens elsewhere in the article.
    • Changed all to Hurra
  • How many siblings did she have?
    • We know how many brothers he had, but for sisters it is unknown. Should I add this into the article?
If the source specifically states this, yes. FunkMonk (talk) 16:28, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Then no, the source I have only says her father had six sons
  • Who was her mother?
    • Unknown
  • "receive letters from Hurra and his mother" Who was his mother?
    • Unknown
  • "with Khorasan in second place" You never explain or link Khorasan before this point, needs context. What does all this have to do with Khorasan?
    • Done
  • "As a result, Turkoman tribes migrated into the region" From where? You should establish whether these were sent specifically by Mas'ud.
    • Done
  • "by Beyhaqi" But you haven't presented him before (or here), so the readr doesn't know there have been previous mentions of her by him, or even that he is aparticularly important source about her.
    • Done
  • "and his throne was usurped by Muhammad" But wasn't he blind? How did he rule, and how long after?
    • Only allegedly. Also wrote some information about his second tenure.
  • "From a feminist outlook" This could be given in-text author attribution, who speaks on behalf of feminism here?
Doesn't seem to have been addressed. FunkMonk (talk) 16:28, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Done
  • "I and the women of the harem are all in the citadel of Ghazna." This detail could be mentioned in the article body itself, with link to the citadel.
    • Done
  • "in the Ghaznavid politics" The is unneeded.
    • Done
  • The intro also needs modern geographical terms for context.
    • Done
  • "leaving Ghazna for India, her ultimate fate is unknown." The comma should be a semicolon.
    • Done
  • The intro should mention it's unknown if she had children.
    • Done
  • Mention in the intro that her husbands were brothers and where they ruled.
    • Done for brothers; I've already mentioned that they ruled Khwarazm

Coordinator note

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This has been open for more than four weeks now and has only one general support. Unless there is significant progress in the next three days or so, I am afraid this risks archival. FrB.TG (talk) 19:30, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's been no progress since my last note, unfortunately so I'm archiving this now, noting that the usual two-week wait before another nomination will apply. FrB.TG (talk) 16:06, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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