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Cemetery of Sheik Hira

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The cemetery is located on a hill in the center of Hiran village and is reserved for Sheikhs or Mullahs of the Naqshabandi order. At the Hiran Hospice, where the ancestors of Safi Hiran are buried, dervishes and other congregants practice their Sufi rituals during holy celebrations. Pilgrims visit the shrine to ask the Sheikhs for intervation and to bless their wishes.

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