Stock Photo - Mazar_I_Sharif Afghanistan Local Men Outside Shrine of Hazrat Ali who was assassinated in 661 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 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

Stock Photo: Mazar-I-Sharif Afghanistan Local Men Outside Shrine of Hazrat Ali  who was assassinated in 661  Shrine was built here in 1136 on the orders of Seljuk Sultan.

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