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Kirka Sharif

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Kirka Sharif

The Khirka Sharif (Pashto: خرقه شريفه, romanized: Sacred Cloak;) is an Islamic building complex located in the center of Kandahar, Afghanistan. The complex, which includes gardens and the local congregational mosque, became notable in English literature during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, when Briti

sh India was trying to establish friendship with Afghanistan. The complex houses a khirqa (believed to be the cloak of Muhammad) as worn by the Islamic prophet Muhammad during the Night Journey in 621 AH (1224/1225 CE).

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