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"It is from Shiith Ibn Adam that all humankind today is said to descend. It is also said that Balkh, ..." — Terry Glavin

It is from Shiith Ibn Adam that all humankind today is said to descend. It is also said that Balkh, the 'Mother of All Cities' as the first Arabs called it, a city once greater than Babylon and lovelier than Nineveh, is where Shiith died and was buried.
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