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A fact from Mausoleum of Imam Ali appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 June 2008, and was viewed approximately 2,011 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Shrine of Hazrat Ali, said to be the burial place of Ali, also gave the city of Mazari Sharif its name?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/June.

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Afghanistan and Afghan people are basically Indian

The mosque was really a HINDU TEMPLE, as Afghanistan was originally part of india and an important part of HINDUISM. All Afghan people were originally Hindu and to escape the persecution of Persians, Arabs and Moslems, they had to change many of the ancient Hindu temples into Shrines etc... this article needs to be changed.

Wrong...Afghanistan was the land of the Bactrian king Visthasp, where the Zoroastrian religion planted its roots and grew out from. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.137.31.93 (talk) 02:03, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

U HINDUS PRAY TO A GOD AKA AN ELEPHANT WITH 20 HEADS SO MABEY U LOT SHOULD THINK ABOUT UR RELION BEFORE YOU GET RUDE TO AFGHANS AND MUSLIMS — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.211.253.108 (talk) 19:01, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

that guy is a troll PreserveOurHistory (talk) 07:18, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Same as the Blue Mosque in the Mazari Sharif article?

I see there are several images of a Blue Mosque in the Mazari Sharif article. Here's one, is it the same thing that this article is about? Manxruler (talk) 13:11, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, It is the same mosque —Preceding unsigned comment added by M. Ebrahim Fazly (talk • contribs) 17:46, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Duplicate article?

Is Rawze-e-Sharif the same thing? Greenshed (talk) 18:59, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes :-) Already redirected here by John Carter (see previous version). - Best, Ev (talk) 19:27, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 26 July 2018

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: move the page to Blue Mosque (Mazar-i-Sharif) at this time. If you would like to propose a different title for the article, please feel free to initiate a new move request. Dekimasuよ! 00:16, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Shrine of Ali → Blue Mosque, Mazar-i-Sharif – This mosque being the shrine of Ali, according to the article, is only a local legend. This name is more prevalent and is used in other wikis, including Persian Wikipedia. Ali VII (talk) 18:52, 26 July 2018 (UTC) Ali VII (talk) 18:52, 26 July 2018 (UTC)--Relisting. Dekimasuよ! 19:19, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Cautious support but wouldn't it be Blue Mosque (Mazar-i-Sharif) or Blue Mosque (Afghanistan), more usual format to distinguish from Blue Mosque (Istanbul). In ictu oculi (talk) 07:24, 27 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Revision of the article

Large parts of this article are poorly written or rely too much on non-WP:RS sources. In the coming weeks, I hope to try and improve the text a bit. I'd like to rewrite it. Hezbollaist (talk) 11:29, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Unsourced stuff

~~The article has a lot of unsourced stuff. Either someone can add sources to support a statement or I would have to simply remove the unsourced stuff or poorly sourced such as:~~

"some Sufi Sunnis believe contains the tomb of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib"

"This site is visited particularly by Naqshbandi sufis."

"The first structure of the site dates back to the Seljuk era

"In the 13th century, the Mongols under Genghis Khan invaded Balkh, where they massacred the Balkhi population and destroyed their places of worship.

"Local legend relates that the Sultan and his assistants were digging in the area when they saw a tombstone reading "This is the grave of Asadullah Ghalib, the friend of Rasul Allah, Ali Waliullah" which the other people rejoiced upon seeing.
~~If anyone can add sources for this, please do so! AAAbbas (talk) 15:38, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]~~

~~Update: I have removed some of the unsourced stuff. AAAbbas (talk) 22:06, 6 February 2024 (UTC)~~ <--- blocked sock of SheryOfficial[reply]