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ID: 1065477
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1065477
Record Type:
administrative
Mazār-e Sharīf (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 36 42 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 36.7000
decimal degrees
Long: 067 06 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 67.1000
decimal degrees
Note:
Principal city of Afghan Turkistan, east of ancient city of Balkh; site of Shi'ite Muslim mosque containing tomb of Ali, Mohammed's son-in-law; economy based on export of lambskins and carpets.
Names:
Mazār-e Sharīf
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Mazār-i-Sharīf
(
C
,
V
)
Mazar-e Sharif
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Afghanistan
(nation) (
P
)
............
Balkh
(province) (
P
)
................
Mazār-e Sharīf
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
since at least 6th cen.
city (
C
)
provincial capital (
C
)
religious center (
C
)
trade center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Mazār-e Sharīf..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.............................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
744
Mazar-e Sharif..........
[
VP
]
.............................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Mazār-i-Sharīf..........
[
VP
]
.............................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
744
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
744
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
..........
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