On ibn Ali's shrine
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On ibn Ali's shrine is a shrine over Eynali
mountain to north of Tabriz
, Iran
.
Some historians believe the shrine belongs to two Muslim
clerics. Others believe the building originally was a Zoroaster
ian temple and the shrine's islamic name was just a cover to saving the structure from destruction during the Muslim invasion.
Eynali
Eynali is a small mountain range in north of Tabriz, Iran. The range has a couple of peaks including Eynali , Halileh , Pakeh-chin , Bahlul and the highest one Dand . It has red soil and it is seen from everywhere in Tabriz...
mountain to north of Tabriz
Tabriz
Tabriz is the fourth largest city and one of the historical capitals of Iran and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Situated at an altitude of 1,350 meters at the junction of the Quri River and Aji River, it was the second largest city in Iran until the late 1960s, one of its former...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
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Some historians believe the shrine belongs to two Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
clerics. Others believe the building originally was a Zoroaster
Zoroaster
Zoroaster , also known as Zarathustra , was a prophet and the founder of Zoroastrianism who was either born in North Western or Eastern Iran. He is credited with the authorship of the Yasna Haptanghaiti as well as the Gathas, hymns which are at the liturgical core of Zoroastrianism...
ian temple and the shrine's islamic name was just a cover to saving the structure from destruction during the Muslim invasion.