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Usmani family of Deoband
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “descendants of the third rashidun caliph”. Today it says “prominent family based primarily in the town of deoband in india”.
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Usmani family of Deoband are the descendants of the third caliph Uthman ( r. 644–656 ) based primarily in the town of Deoband in India . The notable people of this family include Fazlur Rahman Usmani , Mahmud Hasan Deobandi , Azizur Rahman Usmani and Shabbir Ahmad Usmani . Atiqur Rahman Usmani , a member of this family, co-founded Nadwatul Musannifeen and All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “descendants of the third rashidun caliph”. Today it says “prominent family based primarily in the town of deoband in india”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
descendants of the third rashidun caliph
Now
prominent family based primarily in the town of deoband in india
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