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Mashhad |
Khorasan Province
Capital: Mashad
Area: 313,335 km2
Population: Approx 7.2 million
Mashad
Mashad literally means the Place of Martyrdom (or the
Place of Burial of a Martyr). The city is extremely
sacred to Shiites as the place where the eighth grandson
of the Prophet Mohammed, Imam Reza, died in 817. The
story spread that Imam Reza had been poisoned, so his
tomb became a major Shiite pilgrimage site.
Tus
 Sacked
in 1389 and abandoned in the 15th century, Tous (also
now known as Ferdowsi) was die regional capital before
Mesilla Paris of the walls of (lie citadel of the great
city remain, but the present-day village is best known
to most Iranian as the home town of the epic poet
Ferdowsi, whose mausoIeum lies over what is believed to
be his exact place of death. It's a lovely place, and an
easy trip from Mashad.
Ferdowsi's Tomb Set in it's own park and dominating the
Village of Tous, the pale stone mausoleum of Ferdowsi
was built in 1933 in preparation for the celebration of
the 1000th anniversary of the poet's death a year later.
Naishabour
Naishabour (also known in English as Neishapour) is the
earliest known capital of Khorasan. Originally
established during the Scljuq period (1051-1220),and at
one time a thriving literary. artistic and academic
centre, Neishabour is now more famous as the home town
of the poet Hakim Omar Khayyam. Apart from the tomb of
Hakim Omar Khayym.
Neishabour also has other monuments of famous men
(including the 13th century mystic poet Attar-od-Din and
the 20th century poet Kamal-ol-Molk).
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