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Type Description Contributor Date
Article title updated for style. Oct 31, 2026
Revised to note that in the Encyclopædia Britannica the l is always included in the transliteration of the definite article al-, regardless of pronunciation. Aug 19, 2015
Add new Web site: Omniglot - Al Eshta. Oct 04, 2013
Changed "The Sudan" to "Sudan." Mar 26, 2012
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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