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  "ar": "صافيتا",
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 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "حصن وبلدة في جبال الساحل الشامي؛ أخذه نور الدين من الفرنج سنة إحدى وستين وخمسمائة {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 677}.",
  "en": "A fortress town in the coastal mountains of Syria — Castel Blanc of the Franks; Nur al-Din took it in 561 {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 677}."
 },
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  34.8167,
  36.1167
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   34.8167,
   36.1167
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   "source": "شذرات الذهب ج٤ ص 677 (AAlexandrina-223861)؛ الإحداثيات من GeoNames",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High)"
  },
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  }
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "نظرة عامة",
     "markdown": "حصن وبلدة في جبال الساحل الشامي؛ أخذه نور الدين من الفرنج سنة إحدى وستين وخمسمائة {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 677}."
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    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "A fortress and town in the Syrian coast mountains; Nur al-Din took it from the Franks in 561 {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 677}."
    }
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   "sections": [
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     "heading": "جائزہ",
     "markdown": "شام کے ساحلی پہاڑوں میں ایک قلعہ اور بستی؛ نور الدین نے 561ھ میں اسے فرنگوں سے لیا {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 677}۔"
    }
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