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Sulaiman Nadvi
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “south asian historian”. Today it says “british indian”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “South Asian Islamic scholar (1884 – 1953) Syed”. It now reads “Deobandi Islamic scholar (1884–1953)”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Syeed Suleman Nadvi was an Indian Muslim scholar. After the partition of the British India in 1947, he shifted to Pakistan. He died in Karachi. He coauthored the biography of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam with Shibli Nomani .1
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “south asian historian”. Today it says “british indian”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “South Asian Islamic scholar (1884 – 1953) Syed”. It now reads “Deobandi Islamic scholar (1884–1953)”. Read the current article and compare.
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south asian historian
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british indian
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