Mashhad

Almost everything about Mashhad relates to its role as the holiest city in Iran, even its name. As the capital of 's province, Mashhad's year-round cool temperatures and fascinating insights into the Shi'ite heartland have much to offer visitors.
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  • Type: City with 3,000,000 residents
  • Description: capital city of Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
  • Also known as: “Holy Mashhad”, “Maixhad”, “Mašad”, “Maŝado”, “Maschad”, “Mašchad”, “Masched”, “Mashad”, “Mashäd”, “Mäshäd”, “Mashed”, “Mashhad, Iran”, “Maszhad”, “Meched”, “Mesched”, “Mešchedas”, “Meschhed”, “Mešed”, “Meshad”, “Mesjhed”, “Sanabad”, “Sanâbâd”, “Tus”, “משהאד”, “پایتخت معنوی ایران”, “شهرستان خواف”, “مشهد المقدسة”, “مشهد مقدس”, “مشہد المقدس”, “मशहाद”, “माशहाद”, “മഷാദ്”, “マシハド”, “マシャッド”, “マシャド”, “メシェッド”, “メシェド”, “马什哈德市”, “马沙德”, “麥什德”, and “麦什德”
  • Historically known as: “Alexandria” and “Sanaabad”
Photo: Mazi.ahmadi, Public domain.
Photo: Farnaz Ghandi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Imam Reza Shrine and Gowharshad Mosque.

Mosque
Photo: Iahsan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is the mausoleum of Ali al-Rida…

Mosque
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The Goharshad Mosque is a historic grand Friday mosque…

Scenic viewpoint
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The Tomb of Nader Shah, also known as the Mausoleum…

Mashhad

Latitude
36.2975° or 36° 17′ 51″ north
Longitude
59.6059° or 59° 36′ 21″ east
Population
3,000,000
Elevation
980 metres (3,215 feet)
IATA airport code
MHD
UN/LOCODE
IR MHD
Open location code
8H8X7JW4+X9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26038568
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
124665
Wiki­data ID
Q121157
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Mashhad” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Mashhad”
  • Afrikaans: “Masjhad”
  • Albanian: “Meshhed”
  • Arabic: “مشهد”
  • Armenian: “Մաշհադ”
  • Asturian: “Mashhad”
  • Azerbaijani: “Məşhəd”
  • Balinese: “Mashhad”
  • Bashkir: “Мәшһәд”
  • Basque: “Maxhad”
  • Belarusian: “Мешхед”
  • Belarusian: “Мэшхэд”
  • Bengali: “মাশহাদ”
  • Bosnian: “Mašhad”
  • Breton: “Mashhad”
  • Bulgarian: “Машхад”
  • Catalan: “Mashad”
  • Catalan: “Meixad”
  • Cebuano: “Mašhad”
  • Central Kurdish: “مەشھەد”
  • Chechen: “МешхӀед”
  • Chinese: “馬什哈德/马什哈德”
  • Chinese: “馬什哈德”
  • Chinese: “马什哈德”
  • Croatian: “Mašhad”
  • Czech: “Mašhad”
  • Danish: “Mashhad”
  • Dutch: “Mashad”
  • Dutch: “Mashhad”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مشهد”
  • Erzya: “Мешхед ош”
  • Erzya: “Мешхед”
  • Esperanto: “Maŝhado”
  • Estonian: “Mashhad”
  • Finnish: “Mašhad”
  • French: “Machhad”
  • French: “Mashhad”
  • Fulah: “Mashhad”
  • Galician: “Mashhad”
  • Georgian: “მეშჰედი”
  • German: “Maschhad”
  • German: “Mashhad”
  • Gilaki: “مشهد”
  • Greek: “Μασάντ”
  • Greek: “Μασχάντ”
  • Gujarati: “મશહાદ”
  • Hausa: “Mashhad”
  • Hebrew: “משהד”
  • Hindi: “मशहद”
  • Hungarian: “Meshed”
  • Ido: “Mashad”
  • Indonesian: “Masyhad”
  • Interlingua: “Mashhad”
  • Interlingue: “Mashdad”
  • Irish: “Mashhad”
  • Italian: “Mashhad”
  • Japanese: “マシュハド”
  • Kalaallisut: “Mashhad”
  • Kannada: “ಮಶಹದ್”
  • Kannada: “ಮಾಶ್ಹದ್”
  • Kashmiri: “مشہد”
  • Kazakh: “Meşxed”
  • Kazakh: “Машһад”
  • Kazakh: “Мешхед”
  • Kazakh: “Мешһед”
  • Kazakh: “مەشحەد”
  • Kinaray-A: “Mašhad”
  • Kirghiz: “Машат”
  • Kirghiz: “Мешхед”
  • Korean: “마슈하드”
  • Kurdish: “Meşhed”
  • Kurdish: “مەشهەد”
  • Latin: “Mexatum”
  • Latvian: “Mešheda”
  • Lithuanian: “Mešhedas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Maschhad”
  • Macedonian: “Мешхед”
  • Malagasy: “Mashhad”
  • Malay: “Mashad”
  • Malayalam: “മശ്‌ഹദ്”
  • Maori: “Mahara”
  • Maori: “Mashhad”
  • Marathi: “मशहद”
  • Mazanderani: “مشهد”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mashhad”
  • Mingrelian: “მეშჰედი”
  • Moksha: “Мэшхэд”
  • Mongolian: “Машхад”
  • Northern Frisian: “Maschhad”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mashhad”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mashhad”
  • Norwegian: “Mashhad”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mashhad”
  • Ossetian: “Мешхед”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਸ਼ਹਦ”
  • Papiamento: “Mashhad”
  • Persian: “سناباد” (historical)
  • Persian: “مشهد”
  • Polish: “Meszhed”
  • Portuguese: “Mashhad”
  • Portuguese: “Meshed”
  • Portuguese: “Mexed”
  • Portuguese: “Mexede”
  • Pushto: “مشهد”
  • Quechua: “Mashhad”
  • Romanian: “Mașhad”
  • Russia Buriat: “Мешхед”
  • Russian: “Мешхед”
  • Scots: “Mashhad”
  • Serbian: “Mešhed”
  • Serbian: “Машхад”
  • Serbian: “Мешхед”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mašhad”
  • Silesian: “Meszhed”
  • Sindhi: “مشھد”
  • Sinhala: “මාෂාඩ්”
  • Slovak: “Mašhad”
  • Slovenian: “Mašhad”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مشهد”
  • Spanish: “Mashhad”
  • Swedish: “Mashhad”
  • Tagalog: “Mashhad”
  • Tajik: “Maşhad”
  • Tajik: “Машҳад”
  • Tamil: “மசுகாத்”
  • Tamil: “மஸ்சாத்”
  • Tatar: “Mäşhäd”
  • Tatar: “Мәшһәд”
  • Telugu: “మష్షాద్”
  • Thai: “มัชฮัด”
  • Thai: “แมชแฮด”
  • Turkish: “Meşhed”
  • Turkmen: “Maşat”
  • Uighur: “مەشھەد”
  • Ukrainian: “Мешхед”
  • Urdu: “مشہد”
  • Uzbek: “Mashhad”
  • Venetian: “Mashhad”
  • Veps: “Mešhed”
  • Vietnamese: “Mashhad”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mashhad”
  • Welsh: “Mashhad”
  • Western Armenian: “Մաշհատ”
  • Western Frisian: “Masjhad”
  • Western Panjabi: “مشهد”
  • Western Panjabi: “مشہد”
  • Wolof: “Mashhad”
  • Wu Chinese: “马什哈德”
  • Yue Chinese: “馬斯哈德”
  • “Mašhad”

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