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
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) 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