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In Kerkh (west bank of the Tigris) is where supposed to be the tomb of Harun's wife Zubeida, built in about 1200. Zubeida is actually buried in the great golden-domed tomb-shrine of Kadhimain just north of here. (Harun himself was buried near Meshed in Persia.)

But this tomb's phallic and honeycomb dome (Seljuk Turkish) is very striking and is surrounded by a cemetery that is literally over-flowing with graves, some oddly- and very recently-painted in vivid psychadelic patterns. The place has a special mystique. Behind it the steam-clouds rise from Baghdad railway station.

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