Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the non-arab companions of the islamic prophet muhammad”. Today it says “figure first mentioned in the 12th-century islamic accounts”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Non-Arab companion of the Prophet”. It now reads “Medieval Muslim saint”.
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Baba Ratan Hindi ( Arabic : بابا رتن الهندي ; lit. ' Baba Ratan the Indian ' ), or Baba Rattan al-Hindi ("Baba Rattan the Indian"), is purported to have been a non-Arab companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad from India. No authentic historical reference about Baba Ratan is available, whatever is known about him is based on the prevalent oral traditions. India and Indonesia: General Perspectives . Early Mystics in Turkish Literature . A Cultural History of India . There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Non-Arab companion of the Prophet Baba Ratan Hindi ( ; ) was one of the non-Arab companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad . Baba was born in the City of Lahore , Punjab , Pakistan . he was a trader who used to take goods from Pakistan, Afghanistan and India to Arabia. There is also a dargah named after him, the Haji Ratan Dargah in Bathinda , India. People who migrated to Pakistan from modern-day India during the Partition of India in 1947 still remember him. India and Indonesia: General Perspectives . Early Mystics in Turkish Literature . A Cultural History of India .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the non-arab companions of the islamic prophet muhammad”. Today it says “figure first mentioned in the 12th-century islamic accounts”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Non-Arab companion of the Prophet”. It now reads “Medieval Muslim saint”. Read the current article and compare.
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one of the non-arab companions of the islamic prophet muhammad
Now
figure first mentioned in the 12th-century islamic accounts
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