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Syed Ahmed Rizvi Kashmiri

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “shiite islamic jurist”. Today it says “shia islamic jurist and scholar known for his religious teachings in srinagar”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Kashmiri Shi'a jurist and scholar Ayatallah Aqa”. It now reads “Kashmiri Shi'a jurist and scholar (1901 – 1964) Ayatollah Agha”.
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Syed Ahmed Rizvi or Razavi - d.1964 (1316-1384 Hijri ) ( Urdu / Arabic / Persian آیت اللہ آغا سید احمد رضوی کشمیری) was a Shiite Islamic jurist, religious reformer, and scholar who lived in Srinagar city of Kashmir in India . Hakim Safdar Hamdani in his book Shian-e-Kashmir has termed him as a Mard-e-Mujahid or an Islamic warrior while others, like Syed Kazimi, has described him as a man who had a hidden and heavenly helping hand behind him.1

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “shiite islamic jurist”. Today it says “shia islamic jurist and scholar known for his religious teachings in srinagar”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Kashmiri Shi'a jurist and scholar Ayatallah Aqa”. It now reads “Kashmiri Shi'a jurist and scholar (1901 – 1964) Ayatollah Agha”. Read the current article and compare.
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shiite islamic jurist

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shia islamic jurist and scholar known for his religious teachings in srinagar

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