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- ↑ "Master Khair Mohammad KhanYari". Afghanpedia.
- ↑ "Ustad Yari". Afghan German Online.
- ↑ "Nasrollah Sarvari". Sar News (in Persian).
- ↑ "The Azure Road". Iranian Students News Agency (in Persian). 6 July 2019.
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