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Mosque-Madrasa of al-Asifyah
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “complex of mosque and madrasa located near the riverbank of tigris”. Today it says “sufi mosque and madrasa complex”.
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The mosque and its associated complex including school buildings, old courts and other former government buildings, and a palace are contained within a 7.57-hectare (18.7-acre) site alongside the banks of the Tigris that forms part of a tentative UNESCO World Heritage Site list. The mosque complex also includes a small shrine, which is believed to entomb the remains of Islamic scholar al-Kulayni . It could also contain the tomb of Islamic Sufi Imam al-Muhasibi .
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Then
complex of mosque and madrasa located near the riverbank of tigris
Now
sufi mosque and madrasa complex
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