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19:17, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
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Talk:Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, is considered
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Begoon
12:40, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
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You have a custom signature set in your account preferences. A
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The image of a signature you have provided supposedly belonging to [[Ali]] is widely used across different language versions of Wikipedia. It is however entirely uncited. Please provide citations regarding your claims.
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22:04, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
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