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Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Latif Al ash-Sheikh
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “islamic scholar from saudi arabia and was the grandfather of king faisal of saudi arabia”. Today it says “scholar from nejd in arabia and was the grandfather of king faisal”.
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Abd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Laṭīf Āl ash-Shaykh ( Arabic : عبد الله بن عبد اللطيف آل الشيخ ; 1848–1921) was a scholar from Nejd in Arabia and was the grandfather of King Faisal . He was a descendant of Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al Wahhāb .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “islamic scholar from saudi arabia and was the grandfather of king faisal of saudi arabia”. Today it says “scholar from nejd in arabia and was the grandfather of king faisal”. Read the current article and compare.
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islamic scholar from saudi arabia and was the grandfather of king faisal of saudi arabia
Now
scholar from nejd in arabia and was the grandfather of king faisal
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