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Tomb of Cyrus

Conqueror who founded the Achaemenian empire, centred on Persia and comprising the Near East from the Aegean Sea eastward to the Indus River, he is sometimes considered to be Hz. Dhul-Qarnayn mentioned in the Quran

Fars, Iran

Coordinates: 30.193975, 53.167184

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Seat of Bibi Maryam رضي الله عنها

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