Mashhad

Mashhad Iran’s holiest and second-biggest city. The main highlights include:

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Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A) The magnificent and marvellous buildings and structures in the holy shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.) situated in the holy city of Mashhad,Iran, comprises one of the oldest and most beautiful religious and historical monuments in the world.
Tomb of Omar Khayyam Philosophy, mathematics, medicine, and astronomy were among the subjects mastered by this brilliant man, a celebrated poet who became popular in the west after the free translation of Rubaiyat (Quatrains) by Edward FitzGerald.
Tomb of Ferdowsi Ferdowsi Tusi is the author of Shahnameh (Translation: The Book of Kings), the national epic of Iran and arguably the most influential work of Persian literature. Ferdowsi is therefore considered the greatest Persian poet.
Tomb of Attar was a Persian Muslim poet, mystical philosopher, and hagiographer from Nishapur who had an immense and lasting influence on Persian poetry and Sufism.