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مرقد الإمام علي (النجف)
The shrine holds the tomb of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth of the Rightly Guided Caliphs and the first Shia Imam, and draws millions of visitors a year.
Around it Najaf grew into a centre of religious learning over the centuries; beside the city lies Wadi al-Salam, one of the largest cemeteries in the world.
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