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Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Sohar
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “located opposite bait bahjat al andhar in the wilayat of sohar it was named after the previous sultan of oman”. Today it says “friday mosque located in sohar”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Mosque in the Sultanate of Oman”. It now reads “Mosque in Sohar, Al Batinah North, Oman”.
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Sultanate of Oman For other uses, see Sultan Qaboos Mosque . The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque ( Arabic : جَامِع ٱلسُّلْطَان قَابُوْس ٱلْأَكْبَر , romanized : Jāmiʿ As-Sulṭān Qābūs Al-Akbar ) is a mosque located in Sohar , Oman . It was named after the previous Sultan of Oman , Qaboos bin Said . The Times of Oman .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “located opposite bait bahjat al andhar in the wilayat of sohar it was named after the previous sultan of oman”. Today it says “friday mosque located in sohar”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Mosque in the Sultanate of Oman”. It now reads “Mosque in Sohar, Al Batinah North, Oman”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
located opposite bait bahjat al andhar in the wilayat of sohar it was named after the previous sultan of oman
Now
friday mosque located in sohar
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