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Hamza Makhdoom

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “sage born to baba usman”. Today it says “sufi mystic living in the kashmir valley”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Shrine of Makhdoom Sahib, Srinagar”. It now reads “Kashmiri Sufi teacher (1494–1576)”.
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Hamza Makhdoom , popularly known as Makhdoom Sahib ( c. 1494 – c. 1576 ), was a Sufi mystic living in the Kashmir Valley . He is sometimes referred to as Mehboob-ul-Alam (literally, "beloved of the world") and Sultan-ul-Arifeen (literally, "king among those who know God").

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “sage born to baba usman”. Today it says “sufi mystic living in the kashmir valley”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Shrine of Makhdoom Sahib, Srinagar”. It now reads “Kashmiri Sufi teacher (1494–1576)”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

sage born to baba usman

Now

sufi mystic living in the kashmir valley

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