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2 unusual facts about Mashhad


Greater Khorasan

Khorasan in its proper sense comprised principally the cities of Mashhad, Nishapur and Sabzevar (now in northeastern Iran), Balkh, Herat and Taloqan (now in Afghanistan), Merv, Nisa and Abiward (now in southern Turkmenistan), and Samarqand and Bukhara (now in Uzbekistan).

Robert G. Emmens

The five, with the help of British diplomats in Mashhad, made their way to India and got a flight to the United States.


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Ahmad Iravani

Iravani resided in his birthplace, the providence of Golestan Province, until his 11th grade and moved to Mashhad to receive his diploma from Ferdowsi (Aboudhar Ghaffari) High School in 1978.

Haydar Khan e Amo-oghli

He received training in Yerevan and Tbilisi in electrical engineering, before he was invited to Iran in 1901 to set up an electrical plant for Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad.

Islamic Azad University of Neyshabur

it is two Faculties in IAUM, Agriculture and Engineering faculty offers Bachelor, Master, degrees Like IAUM in Mashhad.

Khadem

Khademabad, village in Razaviyeh District, Mashhad County, Iran

Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya

The Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya also known as Mashhad al-Sayyidah Ruqayya, Sayyida Ruqayya Mashhad, and Ruqayya Mashhad, is a 12th-century religious shrine in the city of Cairo, Egypt.

Nishapur train disaster

During the cleanup operation, the cargo of the wagons exploded, reportedly the equivalent of 180 tons of TNT, which demolished Khayyam, badly damaged the nearby towns of `Eyshabad, Dehnow, Nishapur and Taqiabad, Nishapur, and could be felt in the city of Mashhad, 70 kilometers away.

Parsian Azadi Hotel

It was the third Hyatt to open in Iran, following the Hyatt Caspian in Chalus and the Hyatt Omar Khayam in Mashhad.

Shaybanids

In 1508 Sheibani Khan subjugated other cities of Khorasan: Damghan, Astrabad, Mashhad, etc.


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