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     "markdown": "مدينة في شمال الهند. كانت عاصمة سلطنة دلهي منذ القرن الثالث عشر الميلادي، ثم عاصمة المغول. {cite:geonames-gazetteer}\n\nيحتاج إلى مصدر إضافي لتاريخ المدينة."
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     "markdown": "A city in northern India. It was the capital of the Delhi Sultanate from the thirteenth century CE, and then the capital of the Mughals. {cite:geonames-gazetteer}\n\nAn additional source is needed for the city's history."
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     "markdown": "شمالی ہندوستان کا ایک شہر۔ تیرہویں عیسوی صدی سے سلطنتِ دہلی کا دارالحکومت رہا، پھر مغلوں کا دارالحکومت بنا۔ {cite:geonames-gazetteer}\n\nشہر کی تاریخ کے لیے مزید ماخذ درکار ہے۔"
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