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These wells are considered by some pilgrims to be attributed to Imam Ali, but according to Abdul Aziz Ka'aki, a contemporary geographer of Medina, the wells attributed to Imam Ali have disappeared today and their location is unknown.<ref>Kaʿakī, '' Ma ʿālim al-madina al-munawwara bayn al-ʿMārat wa al-Tārīkh'', vol. 4, p. 487.</ref> | These wells are considered by some pilgrims to be attributed to Imam Ali, but according to Abdul Aziz Ka'aki, a contemporary geographer of Medina, the wells attributed to Imam Ali have disappeared today and their location is unknown.<ref>Kaʿakī, '' Ma ʿālim al-madina al-munawwara bayn al-ʿMārat wa al-Tārīkh'', vol. 4, p. 487.</ref> | ||
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The use of the name Abar Ali or Biʾr Ali has ancient origins, but the reason for its naming is not clearly known. Sources from the eighth century indicate that Biʾr Ali was a common name, and nobody recognized this place by the name [[ | The use of the name Abar Ali or Biʾr Ali has ancient origins, but the reason for its naming is not clearly known. Sources from the eighth century indicate that Biʾr Ali was a common name, and nobody recognized this place by the name [[Dhul Hulayfa]].<ref>Samhūdī, '' Wafāʾ al-wafā bi akhbār dar al-Muṣṭafā'', vol. 3, p. 421; Fīrūz Abādī, '' Al-maghānim al-muṭāba fī ma ʿālim al-ṭāba'', p. 82.</ref> | ||
Evliya Çelebi, who went on pilgrimage in the eleventh century, referred to the Miqat (station) for the people of Medina as Abar Ali and even called the Ihram Mosque as Ali Mosque.<ref>Chilibī, '' Al-Raḥla al-ḥijazīyya'', p. 161.</ref> | Evliya Çelebi, who went on pilgrimage in the eleventh century, referred to the Miqat (station) for the people of Medina as Abar Ali and even called the Ihram Mosque as Ali Mosque.<ref>Chilibī, '' Al-Raḥla al-ḥijazīyya'', p. 161.</ref> | ||