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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: People from Razavi Khorasan, Populated places in Razavi Khorasan Province, Mashhad, Nishapur, Autonomous Government of Khorasan, Sabzevar, Sarakhs, Dargaz, Kopet Dag, Ali-Akbar Furutan, Islamic Azad University of Sabzevar, Deh-Zamin Hassanabad, Vehicle registration plates of Khorasan, July 2010 Iran earthquake, Gonabad, Torbat Jam, Quchan, Chahchaheh, Tus, Iran, Atrek River, Kurds of Khorasan, Neyshabur County, Road 95, Kashmar, Kalat-i-nadiri, Torbat-e Heydarieh, Kalat, Khorasan, Torbat-e-Heydarieh County, Binalood wind farm, Mashhad County, Road 99, Petregan playa, Bajestan, Chenaran County, Taybad County, Torghabe-o-Shandiz County, Khaf County, Takht-e-Jolgeh County, Tus citadel, Mahvelat County, Zave County, Bajestan County, Gonabad County, Torghabeh, Bardaskan County, Sabzevar County, Fariman County, Zeebad, Torbat-e-Jam County, Dargaz County, Joghatai County, Jowayin County, Khalilabad County, Buzhgan, Zir Ab, Razavi Khorasan, Rashtkhar County, Quchan County, Kashmar County, Sarakhs County, Kalat County, Tandooreh National Park, Akhlamad, Beydokht, Torshiz, Bezd, Jam-Abad, Chezg, Seyedabad, Namagh. Excerpt: Mashhad (Persian: , Arabic:, English: ), is the second largest city in Iran and one of the holiest cities in the Shia Muslim world. It is also the only major Iranian city with an Arabic name. 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 Iranian poet of Shahnameh, which is considered to be the national ep...
