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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 06:03, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

Remains of Musalla Complex

• ... that most of the Timurid 15th century Musalla Complex (remains pictured) was destroyed in 1885 by the British and Emir of Afghanistan Abdul Rahman Khan? Source: "before the whole area was levelled in 1885 for defensive reasons by the British and the Amir 'Abd al-Rahman, to counter a predicted Russian offensive. Only nine minarets and the mausoleum of the queen were spared" [1]

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mikhail Ioffe

5x expanded by Danre98 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:01, 10 September 2021 (UTC).

• Approved: Article 6× expanded within 7 days of nomination, long enough, neutral, well cited. Copyvio: The first sentence of the fourth paragraph of section Preservation efforts was very close to reference named "auto" (see Earwig comparison). I took the liberty of paraphrasing it for you. QPQ verified. Image tagged CC and displays well. Hook of good length, well formatted, and interesting. DYK rule D1 requires that the hook sentence be cited in the article; you only had it cited at the end of the paragraph. I verified the source on JSTOR and copied it up to move things along. All good now. Approved. – Reidgreg (talk) 23:12, 14 September 2021 (UTC)