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- ↑ Abu-Bakr Muhammad ibn-al-Hasan ibn-Durayd al-Azdi, A.H. 223–321 / A.D. 838–933
- ↑ Reformer on the Throne: Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al Said. Plekhanov, Sergei. 2004
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