ON LOCATION
Shrines of Southern Kyrgyzstan: Sites of (Scholarly) Pilgrimage
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Arslanbob Ata (Jalalabad oblast)
In the legends that proclaim the great deeds of Arslanbob Ata we learn that he was a holy man and ghazi who brought Islam to the people of Central Asia. He was a prolific forester who populated the mountains of Kyrgyzstan with walnut trees. At the Prophet Muhammad’s command he brought seeds of fruit trees to Central Asia while on his Islamizing mission.
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Hazrati Ayub (Jalalabad)
The shrine of Hazrati Ayub, which is located on the grounds of the Jalalabad sanatorium, represents a shrine that is both well-known for its healing capacity and for its appeal to non-indigenous biomedical practitioners.
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