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Tabbanine Mosque

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mosque in tunis”. Today it says “old mosque in the medina of tunis in tunisia”.
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Tabbanine Mosque Tabbanine Mosque also known as Sidi Jaafar Mosque ( Arabic : مسجد سيدي جعفر ), is an old mosque in the medina of Tunis in Tunisia . It was built by the hafsid Sultan Uthman . "Lieux de culte Municipalité de Tunis" (in French).

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mosque in tunis”. Today it says “old mosque in the medina of tunis in tunisia”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

mosque in tunis

Now

old mosque in the medina of tunis in tunisia

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