Mashhad

It is located 850 kilometres (530 mi) east of Tehran , at the center of the Razavi Khorasan Province close to the borders of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan . Its population was 2,427,316 at the 2006 population census. Now Mashhad is notably known as the resting place of the Imam Reza . A shrine was later built there to commemorate the Imam, which in turn gave rise to increasing demographic development. Mashhad is also known as the city of Ferdowsi , the great Persian poet of Shahnameh , which is considered to be the Persian national epic. Statistical Centre of Iran, 2006 Population and Housing Census, Administrative units of Razavi Khorasan and their populations. ( excel-file, in Persian ) .

Place in Razavi Khorasan, Iran Mashhad ( ; listen ) is the second most populous city in Iran and capital of Razavi Khorasan Province . It is located in the northeast of the country, close to the borders of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan . Its population is 3,131,586 . It was a major oasis along the ancient Silk Road connecting with Merv in the East. The city is most famous and revered for housing the tomb of Imam Reza , the eighth Shia Imam. Every year, millions of pilgrims visit the Imam Reza shrine and pay their tributes to Imam Reza. Mashhad is also known as the city of Ferdowsi , the Iranian poet of Shahnameh , which is considered to be the national epic of Iran. The city is the hometown of some of the most significant Iranian literary figures and artists such as Mehdi Akhavan-Sales , the famous contemporary poet, and Mohammad-Reza Shajarian , the traditional Iranian singer and composer. Ferdowsi and Akhavan Sales are both buried in Tus , an ancient city that is considered to be the main origin of the current city of Mashhad.

City in Razavi Khorasan, Iran Mashhad ( ), also spelled Mashad or Meshad , is the second-most-populous city in Iran and the capital of Khorasan-e Razavi Province . It is located in the northeast of the country. It has a population of 3,001,184 (2016 census), which includes the areas of Mashhad Taman and Torqabeh. It was a major oasis along the ancient Silk Road connecting with Merv to the east. The city is named after the shrine of Imam Reza , the eighth Shia Imam . The Imam was buried in a village in Khorasan , which afterwards gained the name Mashhad, meaning the place of martyrdom. Every year, millions of pilgrims visit the Imam Reza shrine . The Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid is also buried within the same shrine. Mashhad has been governed by different ethnic groups over the course of its history. The city enjoyed relative prosperity in the Mongol period. Mashhad is also known colloquially as the city of Ferdowsi , after the Iranian poet who composed the Shahnameh . The city is the hometown of some of the most significant Iranian literary figures and artists, such as the poet Mehdi Akhavan-Sales , and Mohammad-Reza Shajarian , the traditional Iranian singer and composer. Ferdowsi and Akhavan-Sales are both buried in Tus , an ancient city that is considered to be the main origin of the current city of Mashhad. On 30 October 2009 (the anniversary Imam Reza's martyrdom), Iran's then-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Mashhad to be "Iran's spiritual capital". "Major Agglomerations of the World – Population Statistics and Maps" . citypopulation.de . 13 September 2018. "Razavi Khorasan (Iran): Counties & Cities – Population Statistics in Maps and Charts" . citypopulation.de . مشهد، پایتخت معنوی ایران اعلام شد [Mashhad, Iran's spiritual capital] (in Persian).

City in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran "Mashhadi" redirects here. City in Razavi Khorasan, Iran Mashhad ( ), also spelled Mashad , was the capital of Persia during the Afsharid dynasty by Nader Afshar and now is the second-most-populous city in Iran , located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about 900 kilometres (560 miles) from Tehran . Falling in the Central District of Mashhad County , it serves as the capital of Razavi Khorasan Province and has a population about 3,400,000 (2016 census), which includes the areas of Mashhad Taman and Torqabeh . At the 2006 census, its population was 2,410,800 in 621,697 households. The following census in 2011 counted 2,766,258 people in 804,391 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 3,001,184 people in 914,146 households. The city has been governed by different ethnic groups over the course of its history. Mashhad was once a major oasis along the ancient Silk Road connecting with Merv to the east. It enjoyed relative prosperity in the Mongol period. The city is named after the shrine of Imam Reza , the eighth Shia Imam , who was buried in a village in Khorasan which afterward gained the name, meaning the "place of martyrdom ". Every year, millions of pilgrims visit the Imam Reza shrine . The Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid is also buried within the same shrine. Mashhad is also known colloquially as the city of Ferdowsi , after the Iranian poet who composed the Shahnameh . The city is the hometown of some of the most significant Iranian literary figures and artists, such as the poet Mehdi Akhavan-Sales , and Mohammad-Reza Shajarian , the traditional Iranian singer and composer. Ferdowsi and Akhavan-Sales are both buried in Tus , an ancient city that is considered to be the main origin of the current city of Mashhad. On 30 October 2009 (the anniversary of Imam Reza's martyrdom), Iran's then-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Mashhad to be "Iran's spiritual capital". "Major Agglomerations of the World – Population Statistics and Maps" . citypopulation.de . 13 September 2018. Al Arabiya English . 22 February 2020 . "Razavi Khorasan (Iran): Counties & Cities – Population Statistics in Maps and Charts" . citypopulation.de . "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel) .

City in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran "Mashhadi" redirects here. City in Razavi Khorasan, Iran Mashhad ( / m ə ˈ ʃ æ d / mə- SHAD ; Persian : مشهد [mæʃˈhæd] ), historically also known as Mashad , Meshhed , or Meshed in English, is the second-most-populous city in Iran , located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about 900 kilometres (560 miles) from Tehran . In the Central District of Mashhad County , it serves as the capital of Razavi Khorasan province, the county, and the district. It has a population of about 3,400,000 (2016 census), which includes the areas of Mashhad Taman and Torqabeh . Throughout its history, Mashhad has been governed by different ethnic groups. It was previously a small village, which by the 9th century was known as Sanabad , and was located—along with Tus and other villages—on the ancient Silk Road connecting them with Merv to the east. It would eventually outgrow all its surrounding villages. It gained its current name, meaning "place of martyrdom ", in reference to the Imam Reza shrine , where the eighth Shia Imam , Ali al-Rida , is buried. The Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid is also buried within the same shrine. The shrine is an important place of pilgrimage , visited by 25 millions each year in what is often described as "the holiest city in Iran". Mashhad later also became associated with Ferdowsi , the Persian poet and author of the Shahnameh , who was born in Tus (with many institutions in Mashhad named after him). Mashhad enjoyed relative prosperity in the Mongol period , and continued to grow. Between 1736 and 1796, Mashhad became the capital of Afsharid Iran which was ruled by the Afsharid dynasty founded by Nader Shah , whose tomb is located in the city. In the modern era, Mashhad continued to expand and became the hometown of some of the most significant literary figures and artists of modern Iran, such as the poet Mehdi Akhavan-Sales , and the traditional Iranian singer and composer Mohammad-Reza Shajarian . On 30 October 2009 (the anniversary of Imam Reza's martyrdom), Iran's then-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Mashhad to be "Iran's spiritual capital". [2] [3] "Statistical Center of Iran > Home" . "Major Agglomerations of the World – Population Statistics and Maps" . citypopulation.de . 13 September 2018. Habibi, Hassan (c. 2015) [Approved 21 June 1369]. Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the divisions of Khorasan province, centered in Mashhad . rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). "Razavi Khorasan (Iran): Counties & Cities – Population Statistics in Maps and Charts" . citypopulation.de .