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Abd Allah ibn Hanzala
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “leader of the ansar faction of medina during the city’s revolt against caliph yazid i in 682–683”. Today it says “companion of the islamic prophet muhammad”.
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Abd Allāh ibn Ḥanẓala ibn Abī ʿĀmir al-Anṣārī (625/26 – August 683) was a companion of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad . He was the leader of the Ansar faction of Medina during the city’s revolt against the Umayyad caliph Yazid I in 682–683. He was killed when he led his forces to confront Yazid’s expeditionary army at the Battle of al-Harrah in August 683.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “leader of the ansar faction of medina during the city’s revolt against caliph yazid i in 682–683”. Today it says “companion of the islamic prophet muhammad”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
leader of the ansar faction of medina during the city’s revolt against caliph yazid i in 682–683
Now
companion of the islamic prophet muhammad
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