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Mashhad
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
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Mashhad or Meshed. Capital of the Iranian province of Khurāsān and the most important place of pilgrimage for Persian Shiʿites. It is here that the eighth Imām of the
Ithna ʿAsharīīyya (Twelvers) ʿAlī al-Riḍā b. Mūsa (d. 818 (AH 203)) is buried. Around his tomb grew a large town. Mashhad contains a sacred area, called
Bast, which can only be entered through two gates, and is strictly forbidden to non-Muslims.
Since mashhad means ‘a place where one has borne witness’, i.e. died as a
martyr, the word may be used of any place where this has occurred. Notable examples are
Karbalāʾ,
Najaf, Kazimain (near Baghdad, with the tombs of the 7th and 9th Imams of the Twelvers, Ithnā ʿAsharīyya, namely Musa al-Kazim and Muḥammad al-Jaurad), and Samarra (10th and 12th, ʿAli al-Hadi and Hasan al-Askari).
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The 'Marranos' of Mashhad
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 10/19/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...2001 Headline: The 'Marranos' of Mashhad Byline: Shula Kopf Edition; Magazine...ancestors kept in the holy Iranian city of Mashhad, near the Afghan- Russian border. The...the Marranos, the Jews who remained in Mashhad "returned" to Judaism in 1925, during...
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Poets and martyrs in exciting Mashhad
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 10/13/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...13-2001 Poets and martyrs in exciting Mashhad Byline: Faridul Anwar Farinordin Edition...is worn while the pilgrimage season in Mashhad makes it a haven for shopping and sightseeing...complex and mausoleum in the holy city of Mashhad. Khatib put on a chador and gave a step...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Fire and flood, plans and blood: Iran. (riots in city of Mashhad)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 6/13/1992; 700+ words
; ...any members of the Mujahideen when in Mashhad?" the army officer kept asking. On the way home from a visit to Mashhad, where riots had exploded on May 30th...in the recent general election. In Mashhad a group calling itself the Association...
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Findings from Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in obstetrics reported.
Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly; 9/4/2008; 700+ words
; ...Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Ghaem Hospitals in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran from May 2004 to August 2006 and included...wrote M. Hasanzadeh and colleagues, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (see also Obstetrics...
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IRAN: MASHHAD CAN BE A TOUGH VENUE.(Hearing set for Hamid Ostad, leader of the Ansar-i Hizbullah pressure group)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 8/28/2001; 570 words
; ...hearing for Hamid Ostad, the head of Mashhad's Ansar-i Hizbullah pressure group...chests in the Shia display of mourning, Mashhad's Shahid Beheshti Sports Stadium in...attendance. Iran's second largest city, Mashhad is home to the shrine of Imam Reza and...
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From Mashhad to New York: family and gender roles in the Mashhadi immigrant community *.(Mashhad, Iran)(Essay)
Magazine article from: American Jewish History; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; The crypto-Jewish community of Mashhad, one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest cities...double life for as long as they stayed in Mashhad, recurring pogroms as well as changes...divided not only by the movement from Mashhad to Tehran, from provincial and religious...
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Mashhad's Mayor calls on CM.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 2/22/2006; 605 words
; ...delegation led by Mayor of Iranian city of Mashhad, Syed Hasham Bani Hashmi at Chief Minister...citizens under this programme. Mayor of Mashhad Syed Hasham Bani Hashmi said that relations...Minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi to visit Mashhad, which he gladly accepted. (THROUGH...
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 "TradeArabia (Manama, Bahrain)")
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Jazeera cancels Bahrain-Mashhad direct flights.
Newspaper article from: TradeArabia (Manama, Bahrain); 7/13/2009; 598 words
; ...flights from Bahrain to the Iranian city of Mashhad in light of the new regulations issued...Airways' said the flight on Bahrain-Mashhad route will now operate with an intermediate...Guests with an existing booking to Mashhad will be offered the choice of: re-accommodation...
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140,000 PEOPLE VISIT MASHHAD INT'L FLORA, PLANT EXHIBIT IN IRAN.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 5/19/2008; 403 words
; MASHHAD, Khorasan Razavi, May 19 Asia Pulse - Some 140,000...Flora, Plants and Horticulture Tools Exhibition in Mashhad. Announcing this on Saturday, managing director of Mashhad International Exhibition said that this figure showed...
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MASHHAD EARNS RLS 22.4 BLN FROM PETROCHEMICAL EXPORTS.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 7/1/2003; 456 words
; MASHHAD, Khorasan Prov, July 1 Asia Pulse - Some 26,772 tons of...products worth 22.4 billion rials were exported through Mashhad customs in the past three months, Mashhad Customs Office Superintendent Naser Kavianinia said Monday...
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Mashhad
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
MASHHAD Major city of northeast Iran and capital of Khorasan Province. Mashhad originally developed as a pilgrimage center after...village began to develop as a trade center renamed Mashhad, or "place of the martyr," during the fourteenth...
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Khorasan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...ostan) of Iran, with its capital at Mashhad, Khorasan is dominated by a zone of mountain...eventually developed into the city of Mashhad. During the second half of the eighteenth...with over 1.8 million people living in Mashhad. see also mashhad. parvaneh pourshariati
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Iran
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...Iran's highest point, Damavand, at 5604m (18,368ft), and the capital, Tehran . To the ne lies Iran's second city, Mashhad . On the nw edge of the plateau lies the city of Qom . The w of the plateau is bounded by the Zagros Mountains, including...
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Funeral rites
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
...liturgies. On the importance of being buried/cremated in particular places see KAŚI; KARBALĀ ʾ; MASHHAD . See also DEATH ; CREMATION ; RITES OF PASSAGE . Judaism In biblical times, the dead were buried preferably near their family...
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IranAir
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...as a private company in 1944 under the name Iranian Airways Company. It operated its first passenger flight from Tehran to Mashhad in 1946 and was flying as far as Baghdad and Beirut by the end of the year. The fleet was originally made up of U.S...
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