mazar-i-sharif

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What does mazar-i-sharif mean?

A city, the provincial capital of Balkh Province, Afghanistan.

Where does mazar-i-sharif come from?

From Classical Persian مَزَارِ شَرِیف (mazār-i šarīf, “noble shrine”).

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