The Encyclopaedia Iranica reference entry surveying the several shrines across the Persianate and Central Asian world that claim to hold the tomb of Ali ibn Abi Talib, including the Mazar-i-Sharif shrine tradition, alongside the historically better attested burial at Najaf, Iraq.
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Reliability tier 1: a peer-reviewed academic reference work, the standard English-language encyclopedia of Iranian and Persianate studies, edited by specialists in the field. NotesCited for the competing shrine traditions claiming Ali ibn Abi Talib's burial and the Mazar-i-Sharif tradition specifically.
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AuthorEncyclopaedia Iranica editorial staff
PublisherEncyclopaedia Iranica Foundation
URLhttps://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ali-b-abi-taleb-shrines-of
Source Typeencyclopedia
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