Mashhad is the second biggest city of Iran and the burial site of Imam Reza, the eighth imam (leader) of Shi’a Muslems. The city is the most important pilgrimage site of Iran.
over twenty million pilgrims visit holy shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad per year.
Places worth visiting:
Nader Shah tomb, bazaar, the Ferdowsi tomb (951-1022 A.D.), the great national epic poet, who is the author of Shahnameh (kings letter) and Neyshaboor (130 km from Mashhad), the tomb of attar, Sufi master and poet, and the tomb of Omar Khayyam, famous mathematician, astronomer and poet (1048-1131).
