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  "ar": "فاس"
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  "en": "Moroccan city founded under the Idrisids around 800 CE, home of al-Qarawiyyin, founded in 859 CE.",
  "ar": "مدينة مغربية أُسست في عهد الأدارسة نحو سنة 800م، وفيها جامعة القرويين التي أُسست سنة 859م."
 },
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  34.0331,
  -5.0003
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "فاس مدينة مغربية أُسست في عهد الأدارسة نحو سنة 800م، وفيها جامعة القرويين التي أُسست سنة 859م. {cite:geonames-gazetteer}\n\nالوقائع التاريخية هنا تحتاج إلى مصدر إضافي."
    }
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    "lang": "ar",
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   },
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  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Fez is a Moroccan city founded in the Idrisid period, around 800 CE. It is home to the Al-Qarawiyyin university, founded in 859 CE. {cite:geonames-gazetteer}\n\nThe historical events here need an additional source."
    }
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    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
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     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "فاس مغرب کا ایک شہر ہے جو ادارسہ کے دور میں تقریباً 800ء کے آس پاس بسایا گیا، اور اس میں جامعہ القرویین ہے جو 859ء میں قائم ہوئی۔ {cite:geonames-gazetteer}\n\nیہاں کے تاریخی واقعات کے لیے مزید ماخذ درکار ہے۔"
    }
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    "source_lang": "ar",
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     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-19"
  }
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 "updated": "2026-10-11",
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