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  "ar": "ما الدولة الفاطمية؟",
  "en": "What was the Fatimid caliphate?"
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  "ar": "الدولة الفاطمية (909–1171) خلافة إسماعيلية شمال أفريقية ثم مصرية؛ أسست القاهرة والأزهر وحكمت نحو قرنين ونصف."
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   "ar": "ما الدولة الفاطمية؟"
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   "ar": "الدولة الفاطمية (909–1171) خلافة إسماعيلية شمال أفريقية ثم مصرية؛ أسست القاهرة والأزهر وحكمت نحو قرنين ونصف."
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  "long_answer": {
   "ar": "الدولة الفاطمية قام بها عبيد الله المهدي بالمغرب 909 ثم نقلها المعز لدين الله إلى مصر فأسس القاهرة والجامع الأزهر 970؛ ادّعت النسب إلى فاطمة بنت النبي وحكمت بمذهبها الإسماعيلي دولة عظمى في البحر المتوسط حتى أسقطها صلاح الدين 1171. {cite:wikidata}"
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     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "الدولة الفاطمية (909–1171) خلافة إسماعيلية شمال أفريقية ثم مصرية؛ أسست القاهرة والأزهر وحكمت نحو قرنين ونصف. {cite:wikidata}"
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     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "The Fatimid Caliphate (909–1171) was an Ismaili caliphate, first in North Africa and then in Egypt. It founded Cairo and al-Azhar and ruled for about two and a half centuries. {cite:wikidata}"
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    "id": "question/what-was-the-fatimid-caliphate",
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     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
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     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "فاطمی خلافت (909–1171) شمالی افریقہ اور پھر مصر میں اسماعیلی خلافت تھی؛ اس نے قاہرہ اور الازہر بسائے اور ڈھائی صدیوں کے قریب حکومت کی۔ {cite:wikidata}"
    }
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     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
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