A man walks below a wall of glowing tile mosaic, at the Blue Mosque complex, Mazar-i Sharif

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at the Blue Mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif, pose for a photo in front of the temple complex. The Blue Mosque is considered to be one of the most important and beautiful buildings in Afghanistan. The shrine, which houses the shrine (and supposedly the grave) of Hazrat Ali, Prophet Mohammed's son-in-law and cousin, was built in the 12th century, destroyed, and then the current mosque constructed in the 15th century. The mosque is especially revered by Shi'ite Moslems.

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Size: 3036px × 4658px
Location: Mazar-e Sharif,Balkh,Afghanistan
Photo credit: © Beth Wald / Aurora Photos / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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Keywords: afghanistan, ali, architecture, asia, central, hazrat, hist, history, islam, mazar-, mazar--sharif, mosaic, muslim, religion, sharif, shrine, worship