A Shabi Kahf

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A Shabi Kahf –  means the “cave people” in Arabic, it is 12 km far away from Nakhchivan city, between Ilandagh ad Nahajir dagh. There is also the same name place in Small Asia or Palestine, and it was mentioned in ancient religious books, and Koran as well. According to legend in “Kahf” (“Cave”) surah, the youth who wanted to get rid of the prosecution enter the cave together with the dog. Allah made them sleeps, and then woke them up hundreds of years later. The legend spread in Nakhchivan has approximately the same sense. the condition is developed for pilgrims, and the mosques are built. 

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April 18, 2006 new by reen

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