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Al-Azraq Treaty of 1245

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “treaty between the christian king jaime i of aragon and the muslim commander mohammad abu abdallah ben hudzail”. Today it says “surrender treaty between the christian king james i of aragón”.
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Al-Azraq The Al-Azraq Treaty of 1245 was a surrender treaty between the Christian King James I of Aragón , his son-in-law Prince Alfonso X of Castile , and the Mudéjar commander Abū 'Abd Allāh Muhammad ibn Hudhayl , more commonly known as al-Azraq. It was signed on 15 April 1245 in Valencia on al-Andalus in what is now modern day Spain , the Iberian Peninsula . The treaty is one of only two bilingual Muslim-Christian surrender treaties to survive into the present day. According to James I, the treaty marked the end of the reconquista .

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “treaty between the christian king jaime i of aragon and the muslim commander mohammad abu abdallah ben hudzail”. Today it says “surrender treaty between the christian king james i of aragón”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

treaty between the christian king jaime i of aragon and the muslim commander mohammad abu abdallah ben hudzail

Now

surrender treaty between the christian king james i of aragón

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