AFGHANISTAN Mazar I Sharif Shrine of Hazrat Ali who was assissinated in 661
This shrine was built here in 1136 on the orders of Seljuk Sultan Sanjar destroyed by Genghis Khan and rebuilt by Timurid Sultan Husain Baiqara in 1481 since restored The shrine is famous for its white pigeons it is said the site is so holy that if a grey pigeon flies here it will turn white within 40 days
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