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The Gobi Desert is a vast, arid region in northern China and southern Mongolia.

Area of the Gobi Desert: 1.295 million km²

Elevation of the Gobi Desert: 1,580 m

Length of the Gobi Desert: 1,500 km (930 mi)

Region of the Gobi Desert: Inner Mongolia

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• Masjid-e-Quba is the first mosque in the history of Islam, built after Prophet Muhammad (SAW) arrived in Madina.
• Masjid-ul-Haram is the first mosque on the surface of the earth.
• Masjid-ul-Aqsa, built by Prophet Solomon (AS), was the first mosque constructed on the surface of the earth.

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Pashtun are the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan. 

Tajiks are the second largest ethnic group in Afghanistan.

It comprise between 25-30% of the population.

The Tajiks in Afghanistan are mainly Sunni Muslims who follow the Hanafi sect.

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U Thant was a Burmese diplomat and the third Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971.

First non-Scandinavian to hold the position.

He held the office for a record 10 years and one month.

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The nation of Samood was preached by Hazrat Saleh (AS).

A miracle of the pregnant female camel was sent to Samood.

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The Dr. A. Q. Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) was established in Kahuta, Pakistan on July 31, 1976.

The KRL was founded by Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical engineer Abdul Qadeer Khan.

He is known as the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb.

The lab was created in response to India's first nuclear bomb test in 1974.

Khan was the lab's senior scientist and chairman until he retired in 2001. 

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The Paracel Islands, also known as the Xisha Islands and the Hoang Sa Archipelago,

are a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea

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The Faraizi movement started in East Bengal in 1818 led by Haji Shariatullah.

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• Sydney de Kantzow
• Roy Farrell