Mashhad

Mashhad (Persie: مشهد‎ frae Arabic: مشهد‎, ‹Mašhad›, literally the place o martyrdom) is the seicont lairgest ceety in Iran an ane o the holiest ceeties in the Shia Muslim warld. It is the anerlie major Iranian ceety wi an Arabic name an aw. It is locatit 850 kilometres (530 mi) east o Tehran, at the centre o the Razavi Khorasan Province close tae the borders o Afghanistan an Turkmenistan. Nou Mashhad is notably kent as the restin place o the Imam Reza. A shrine wis later biggit thare tae commemorate the Imam, which in turn gae rise tae increasin demographic development. Mashhad is kent as the ceety o Ferdowsi an aw, the eminent Iranian poet o Shahnameh, which is considered tae be the naitional epic o Iran. Sister ceeties Milan, Italy Kuala Lumpur, Malaysie (October 2006) Lahore, Pakistan Fresno, Unitit States References