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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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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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