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| | Tabriz - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | Later, the city was again occupied (1724-30) by the Ottomans, and it was held by Russia in 1827-28. |
 | | After World War II it was the scene of a revolution led by the leftist Tudeh party, and a Tudeh regime, which had the support of the Soviet Union, held power for a few months in 1946. |
 | | The city has often been devastated by earthquakes (e.g., in 858, 1041, and 1721) and has few historical remains; of these, the most important are the beautiful Blue Mosque (15th cent.) and the Ark, or Ali Shah, Mosque (14th cent.), whose walls are 85 ft (25.9 m) high. |
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