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Gazer-gah Shrine
Street address: 6 kilometres east of Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan
Mailing address: Herat Provincial Department of Information and Culture, Cinema Intersection, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan
Telephone: 93 (0) 40 222310
Proprietor: Ministry of Information and Culture and Herat Provincial Department of Information and Culture
Contact: Abdul Hadi Fayeq Director General
Additional contact: Mazhar Wahidi Kaleg Director of Historic Monuments
Dates and duration: Open during daylight hours
The shrine complex of Gazar Gah (1425) includes the tombs of King Dost Mohammad (1792-1863), the Sufi poet Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006-1089) and the poet Abdur Rahman Harawi, or Jami (1414-1492). It is a place of pilgrimage and can be easily and safely reached by car or bus. The central courtyard has beautiful mosaics and carved tombstones.
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