Mashhad

Mashhad
Mashhad; مشهد
	Eik-name(s): Mashhad
	Motto(s): Ceety o paradise (Shahre behesht)
	Mashhad Location o Mashhad in Iran
	Coordinates: 36°18′N 59°36′E / 36.300°N 59.600°E
Kintra	Iran
Province	Razavi Khorasan
Coonty	Mashhad
Bakhsh	Central
Mashhad-Sanabad-Toos	818 AD (Martyrdom O Imam Reza)
Govrenment
• Mayor (Ŝahrdār)	Mohammad Pejman
Area
• City	458 km2 (177 sq mi)
• Metro	3946 km2 (1,524 sq mi)
Elevation	985 m (3,232 ft)
Population (2010)
• City	3,069,941(Metropolitan); 2,772,287(City itself); (2,011 Census)
• Population Rank in Iran	2nt
	Ower 20 million pilgrims an tourists per year
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)
Website	www.mashhad.ir

Mashhad (Persie: مشهد‎ frae Arabic: مشهد‎, ‹Mašhad›, literally the place o martyrdom)^[3]^[4] 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)^[5]
Lahore, Pakistan^[6]
Fresno, Unitit States

References

↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 3 Julie 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Sacred Sites: Mashhad, Iran". saucritsites.com. Retrieved 13 Mairch 2006.
↑ E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam 1913-1936 P.127
↑ The shiites: a short history, Heinz Halm, P.26
↑ "Mashad-Kuala Lumpur Become Sister cities". FARS News Agency. 14 October 2006. Archived frae the original on 14 Julie 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
↑ "Leading News Resource of Pakistan". Daily Times. 2 Mairch 2007. Archived frae the original on 26 Mey 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2010.

[1] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 3 Julie 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[Imam_Reza-2] "Sacred Sites: Mashhad, Iran". saucritsites.com. Retrieved 13 Mairch 2006.

[3] E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam 1913-1936 P.127

[4] The shiites: a short history, Heinz Halm, P.26

[5] "Mashad-Kuala Lumpur Become Sister cities". FARS News Agency. 14 October 2006. Archived frae the original on 14 Julie 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2010.

[6] "Leading News Resource of Pakistan". Daily Times. 2 Mairch 2007. Archived frae the original on 26 Mey 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2010.

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