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Later Shi'i scholars, including
Muhammad Taqi al-Majlisi (d. 1659) and Muhammad Baqir al-Bahai al-Hamadani (d. 1915), have used these two cities to support the story of the Green Island, the place where the last Imam is said to be hiding. The cities also appear in the works of
910:, is said to have tried to visit the cities but gave up halfway. However, he was successful in seeing the places where the sun rises and sets. Each city is 12,000 parasangs (at least 36,000 miles) long and wide, with 12,000 gates, and each are guarded by 12,000 men until the
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Mir-Kasimov, Orkhan (editor); Ghaemmaghami, Omid (2014). "To the Abode of the Hidden One: The Green Isle in Shi'i, Early
Shaykhi, and Babi-Baha'i Sacred Topography".
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56:Three Ages
1085:cite book
1069:. BRILL.
940:. In the
900:Mount Qaf
753:Afterlife
724:Saoshyant
594:Olam Haba
314:Kali Yuga
174:Preterism
71:Christian
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179:Idealism
51:Maitreya
42:Buddhist
24:a series
22:Part of
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853:Jabulqa
846:harpies
782:Messiah
689:Li Hong
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373:Mahdi
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300:Hindu
131:Jesus
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