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Zakaullah Dehlvi
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “british indian urdu writer and translator”. Today it says “urdu writer and translator from british india”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Indian scholar and historian Maulvi Mohammad”. It now reads “Indian Urdu writer, scholar and historian (1832–1910) Maulvi Mohammad”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Indian Urdu writer, scholar and historian (1832–1910) Maulvi Mohammad Zakaullah or Munshi Zakaullah (20 April 1832 – 7 November 1910) was a Urdu writer and translator from British India. He wrote Tarikh-e-Hindustan , a fourteen-volume compilation of Indian history in Urdu.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “british indian urdu writer and translator”. Today it says “urdu writer and translator from british india”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Indian scholar and historian Maulvi Mohammad”. It now reads “Indian Urdu writer, scholar and historian (1832–1910) Maulvi Mohammad”. Read the current article and compare.
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british indian urdu writer and translator
Now
urdu writer and translator from british india
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