Mashhad

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city populated place

Mashhad is a major city in northeastern Iran renowned as a leading religious and cultural center of the Islamic world, centered around the shrine of Imam Reza.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Mashhad of Razavi 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
alternativeName Mashhad ⓘ
surface form: Mashhad of Razavi

Mashhad-e Razavi ⓘ
climateClassification cold semi-arid climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
countrySubdivisionType province capital ⓘ
dialingCodeCountry +98 ⓘ
etymologyLanguage Arabic ⓘ
formerName Sanabad ⓘ
governingBodyOfShrine Astan Quds Razavi ⓘ
hasAirport Mashhad International Airport ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Ferdowsi’s mausoleum nearby in Tus ⓘ
hasMetroSystem Mashhad Metro ⓘ
hasMuseum Astan Quds Razavi Central Museum ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Mashhad railway station ⓘ
hasReligiousComplex Astan Quds Razavi ⓘ
hasShrine Imam Reza Shrine ⓘ
hasSportsClub Aboomoslem Mashhad F.C. ⓘ
Padideh Mashhad F.C. ⓘ
hasStadium Samen Stadium ⓘ
hasUniversity Ferdowsi University of Mashhad ⓘ
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences ⓘ
isBurialPlaceOf Ali al-Rida ⓘ
surface form: Ali al-Ridha
isCapitalOf Razavi Khorasan Province ⓘ
isEconomicCenterOf Razavi Khorasan Province ⓘ
isReligiousCenterFor Shia Muslims ⓘ
isTouristDestinationFor pilgrimage ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ
languageSpoken Persian ⓘ
locatedIn Razavi Khorasan Province ⓘ
northeastern Iran ⓘ
majorEconomicSector religious services ⓘ
services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
majorReligion Islam ⓘ
Shia Islam ⓘ
namedAfter martyrdom place ⓘ
nearbyHistoricCity Tus ⓘ
notableNearbyBurial Ferdowsi ⓘ
pilgrimsPerYearApprox millions ⓘ
populationRankInIran second largest city ⓘ
roadConnection Tehran–Mashhad highway ⓘ
timeZone Iran Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +3:30 ⓘ
utcOffsetDST +4:30 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode Iran 12 (provincial variations) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mashhad → alternativeName → Mashhad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mashhad of Razavi
Afsharid Empire → capital → Mashhad ⓘ
Iran Air → focusCity → Mashhad ⓘ
subject surface form: marja'iyya
Iranian plateau → majorCities → Mashhad ⓘ
Khorasan → majorCity → Mashhad ⓘ
Persians → majorCity → Mashhad ⓘ
Hazaras → majorCityCommunity → Mashhad ⓘ
Nishapur → nearbyCity → Mashhad ⓘ
Hazaragi → region → Mashhad ⓘ