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Definition of Mazar-i-Sharif
1. Noun. A city in northern Afghanistan.
Group relationships: Afghanistan, Islamic State Of Afghanistan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mazar-i-Sharif
Literary usage of Mazar-i-Sharif
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1887)
"On the way to Mazar-i-Sharif one crosses the Abadu Kotal, where Sardar Muhammad
... Captain Maitland was honourably received at Mazar-i-Sharif, and the day ..."
2. Afghanistan by Angus Hamilton (1906)
"Mazar-i-Sharif is the summer resort of nearly the whole population of the Balkh
district, as its situation is more elevated, its temperature less oppressive ..."
3. India by Thomas Hungerford Holdich (1905)
"From Mazar-i-Sharif to I there is indeed a highroad, a sort of road which is itly
practicable for commercial purposes, although the backbone of the Hindu ..."
4. World Report 2002: The Events of 2001 by Human Rights Watch (Organization (2002)
"In addition, there were outstanding questions about the events surrounding a
prison riot in Mazar-i-Sharif which began on November 25. All of the prisoners, ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The mounds of ruins on the road to Mazar-i- Sharif probably represent the site
of a city yet older than those on which stands the modern Balkh. ..."
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