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Mashhad (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 18 56 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.3150 decimal degrees |
| Long: 059 34 05 E degrees minutes |
Long: 59.5680 decimal degrees |
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Note: Mashhad is a major Shi'ite city in the province of Khorāsān. The city is known for housing the shrine of Imām ʻAlī ar-Riḍā (poisoned in 818 CE) and the burial site of caliph Hārūn ar-Rashīd (died in 809 CE). It was an important site along the Silk Road. In 1220, the Mongols attacked the city, but after the fall of the ancient cities of Ṭūs and it regained importance. |
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| Mashhad (preferred,C,V,display,O,English-P)
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| Mashhad (Persian-Farsi (transliterated)-P)
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| Meshed (C,V)
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| مشهد (C,V,Persian-Farsi-P,U)
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| משהד (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Mashad (C,U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Īrān (nation) (P) |
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Mashhad (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Nāder Shāh, 18th cen. |
| pilgrimage center (C) |
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| historical region (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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Silk Road .......... (road) |
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(World) [7031416] |
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