Mashhad

Mashhad ( frae , ‹Mašhad›, literally the place o martyrdom)E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam 1913-1936 P.127The shiites: a short history, Heinz Halm, P.26 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 


Category:Ceeties in Razavi Khorasan Province
Category:Populatit places in Mashhad Coonty
Category:Iranian provincial caipitals
Category:Populatit places alang the Silk Road
Category:Shia haly ceeties