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Ala ud-din Sikandar Shah

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “born humayun khan”. Today it says “son of sultan muhammad shah tughluq”.
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Ala ud-din Sikandar Shah I ( Persian : علاء الدین سکندر شاه , born Humayun Khan ; Persian : همایون خان ), was the son of Sultan Muhammad Shah Tughluq . He ascended the imperial throne in virtue of his being heir apparent, as Ala-ud-din Sikandar Shah on 1 February 1394 C.E. He was a pious and devout king who never missed his namaz prayers but after one month and sixteen days he died of natural causes.

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “born humayun khan”. Today it says “son of sultan muhammad shah tughluq”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

born humayun khan

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son of sultan muhammad shah tughluq

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