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ancient city, Iran

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relationship to Meshed (in Meshed (Iran))
The city is an offshoot of the ancient city of Ṭūs and owes its historical importance to the burial place and shrine of the caliph Hārūn ar-Rashīd (d. ad 809) and that of ʿAlī ar-Riḍā (d. 818), the eighth imam of the Twelver Shīʿīte sect of Islām. Although...

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