Wikipedia's first sentence called it “historic mosque and mausoleum located in the town of sidi khaled in biskra”. Today it says “mosque and mausoleum located in the town of sidi khaled in the district of ouled djellal”.
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Sidi Khaled Mosque ( Arabic : مسجد سيدي خالد, French : Mosquée de Sidi Khaled) is a historic mosque and mausoleum located in the town of Sidi Khaled in Biskra , Algeria . It is one of Algeria's national heritage sites. The mosque is believed to contain the tomb of Khaled bin Sinan , an early pre-Islamic religious figure who was said to have been the descendant of Ishmael . Local traditions assert that he was buried in Algeria, although this is mostly legendary fiction.
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historic mosque and mausoleum located in the town of sidi khaled in biskra
Now
mosque and mausoleum located in the town of sidi khaled in the district of ouled djellal
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