Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of muhammad al-baqir's followers after zain al-abidin”. Today it says “shia companion of zayn al-ʿabidīn and muhammad al-baqir”.
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Abu Khalid al-Kabuli was one of Muhammad al-Baqir's followers after Zain al-Abidin . He was also known as Vardan and Kankar, because of Zain al-Abidin's address to Kankar, this nickname remained and his hadiths became famous with this nickname. He was one of the most important followers of Zain al-Abidin. he was an eminent of the 1st/7th century Lalani, Arzina R. "Abū Khālid al-Kābulī" . brill . sadeghi, maryam. "abu khalid al-kabuli". the centre for the great islamic encyclopaedia . sadeghi, maryam. "Abu Khalid al-Kabuli" . the center for the great islamic encyclopaedia .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of muhammad al-baqir's followers after zain al-abidin”. Today it says “shia companion of zayn al-ʿabidīn and muhammad al-baqir”. Read the current article and compare.
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one of muhammad al-baqir's followers after zain al-abidin
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shia companion of zayn al-ʿabidīn and muhammad al-baqir
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