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Al-Mahmoudia Mosque

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “historic mosque in the city of cairo”. Today it says “mosque and mausoleum”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Description; Bibliography”.
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The opening as it read in 2025

Al-Mahmoudia Mosque ( Arabic : مسجد المحمودية ) or the Mosque of Mahmud Pasha is a historic mosque in the city of Cairo , Egypt . It is located at the Salah al-Din Square in the Citadel of Cairo area, in front of Bab al-Azab gate of the citadel.

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “historic mosque in the city of cairo”. Today it says “mosque and mausoleum”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Description; Bibliography”. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is

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Then

historic mosque in the city of cairo

Now

mosque and mausoleum

Sections that no longer exist

Present on October 6, 2023, absent today, with no near-matching heading in the current article and the article shorter overall, so this is not a renamed heading or a topic absorbed into a fuller treatment. 2 sections of 400 characters or more gone since October 6 2023, with the article 443 characters shorter.

  • Description
  • Bibliography
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