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6,000 tourists visit Islamic shrines in Northern Ghor

By JT - Dec 01,2015 - Last updated at Dec 01,2015

AMMAN — A total of 6,000 tourists visited Islamic shrines in the Northern Ghor in November, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, quoted Abed Smeirat, director of the district’s awqaf department as saying on Tuesday.

Smeirat said hundreds of tourists came from Arab and Muslim countries. The shrines house the tombs of Prophet Mohammad’s companions Muath Bin Jabal, Sharhabeel Bin Hasna and Amer Bin Abi Waqqas.

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