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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allcategories accontinue="جامعه‌شناسی" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <allcategories>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">آموزش</c>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">اخلاق</c>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">ادبیات</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">ادبیات فارسی</c>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">اسطوره شناسی</c>
      <c size="6" pages="6" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">اسطوره‌شناسی</c>
      <c size="5" pages="5" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">تاریخ</c>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">تمدن‌ایرانی</c>
      <c size="16" pages="16" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">جامعه شناسی</c>
      <c size="4" pages="4" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">جامعه‌ شناسی</c>
    </allcategories>
  </query>
</api>