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Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “large library in mashad”. Today it says “library in mashhad”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi is a large library in Mashad , Iran .1 It was established before 1457, and holds 1.1 million books.2
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “large library in mashad”. Today it says “library in mashhad”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
large library in mashad
Now
library in mashhad
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