Khalid Nabi Cemetery, Shrine

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Golestān Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, located in the north-east of the country, east of the Caspian Sea. Its population of million includes 43% Persians and 33% Turkmens. The latter live in the north of the province; they used to be nomadic people and follow the Hanafi school of Sunni interpretation. Near the border with Turkmenistan, in the Gokcheh Dagh hills of Turkmen Sahra, is located the “Khaled Nabi” pilgrimage mausoleum, who according to oral tradition of the Yomut Turkomans was a pre-Islamic prophet.

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Location: Khalid Nabi, Khaled Nabi, Golestan Province, Iran
Photo credit: © François-Olivier Dommergues / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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