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Muslims, the latter being relatively prosperous ones. Oudlajan hosts a number of quite significant Muslim religious sites, rather than Jewish sites. In fact, this notion is of one of Oudlajan's characteristics. Amongst such sites are the Tomb of Haft Dokhtaran in Oudlajan's northeast, the Dangi Mosque in its northwest, the Houz Mosque in the southwest, the Abolfazl Mosque and Pir Ata Tomb in its east, and finally the Montazer al-Mahdi Mosque in the west.
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100:. The neighborhood used to be situated in the north-eastern part of what is old Tehran. Noticeable landmarks were the Tehran city fort situated to the north and east of Oudladan, the royal citadel to the west, the Chaleh Maidan neighborhood to the south, and the Bazaar neighborhood to the southwest.
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