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Jamal al-Din al-Ustadar

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “emir under al-nasr al-din faraj as part of the mamluk dynasty”. Today it says “emir of nasir al-din faraj”.
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Jamal al-Din al-Ustadar was an Emir under al-Nasr al-Din Faraj as part of the Mamluk dynasty , which controlled Egypt from 1250-1517 .1 He was very influential in his time, including his work on some important building structures in Cairo . He is also a controversial figure, who was removed from his post and executed in 1411 .

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “emir under al-nasr al-din faraj as part of the mamluk dynasty”. Today it says “emir of nasir al-din faraj”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

emir under al-nasr al-din faraj as part of the mamluk dynasty

Now

emir of nasir al-din faraj

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