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Zabol (زابل) is a city in the province Sistan and Baluchistan, in Iran, on the border with both Afghanistan and Pakistan. Zabol is located near the Hamoon Lake and its area is irrigated by the Hirmand River. People of Zabol are Persian-speaking Shi'ites.


Zabol area is famous for its "Wind of 120 days" (bad-e sad-o-bist-roz), a highly persistent dust storm in the summer which blows from north to south. In Zabol is situated the Zabol University and the Zabol Airport.


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Zabol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (187 words)
Zabol (زابل) (31.030° N 61.495° E) is a city in the province Sistan and Baluchistan, in Iran, on the border with both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Zabol is located near the Hamoon Lake and its area is irrigated by the Hirmand River.
Zabol University is the largest university of the city, and the city has a regional airport.
The Prescise Iranian Calendar (4059 words)
The language used is astronomical, and it confirms the reports written in ancient Middle Eastern and Mediterranean writings that Zarathushtra was an outstanding astronomer also.
It also confirms the statement in post-Sassanian Iranian astronomy books that Zarathushtra built an observatory in Zabol, Sistan (eastern Iran) and that it was inaugurated on 21st March 1725 BCE, the day King Vishtaspa and his courtiers converted, chose the Good Religion and joined the Zarathushtrian Fellowship.
It also provides us with the clue that the Good Religion was founded by Zarathushtra, exactly twelve years earlier on vernal equinox of 1737 BCE.
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