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Mosque of Salman al-Farsi

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mosque located in the village of salman pak in the mada’in district”. Today it says “mosque located in the city of salman pak”.
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Mosque in Salman Pak, Iraq The Mosque of Salman al-Farsi ( Arabic : مسجد سلمان الفارسي ) is a mosque located in the city of Salman Pak , Al-Mada'in district, in the province of Diyala , in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq . It contains the purported tomb of Salman al-Farsi , a Sahaba . It is historically a Sunni mosque, however, at some point of time the mosque was removed from the Sunni Endowment and given to the Shi'ite managements.

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mosque located in the village of salman pak in the mada’in district”. Today it says “mosque located in the city of salman pak”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

mosque located in the village of salman pak in the mada’in district

Now

mosque located in the city of salman pak

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