Khosrogerd minaret
Khosrogerd Minaret is a 12th-century tower located 10 kilometres to the west of Sabzevar, Iran, and is all that remains of the Silk Road town of Khosrogerd, destroyed by the Mongols in 1220 AD.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alireza Javaheri, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Tower
- Description: tower in Sabzevar County, Iranian national heritage site
- Also known as: “Khosrogerd Minaret”, “Khosrogerd Tower”, “Khosrojerd Minaret”, “Khosrojerd Tower”, “Khosrowgerd Minaret”, “Khosrowgerd Tower”, “Khosrowjerd Minaret”, and “Khosrowjerd Tower”
- Roof shape: round
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khosrowjerd and Abaresh.
Khosrowjerd
Village
Khosrowjerd is a village in, and the capital of, Qasabeh-ye Gharbi Rural District of the Central District of Sabzevar County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran.
Abaresh
Village
Abaresh is a village in Qasabeh-ye Gharbi Rural District of the Central District of Sabzevar County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran.
Kalateh-ye Aqazadeh
Village
Kalateh-ye Aqazadeh is a village in Qasabeh-ye Gharbi Rural District, in the Central District of Sabzevar County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 113, in 35 families. Kalateh-ye Aqazadeh is situated 5 km northeast of Khosrogerd minaret.
Khosrogerd minaret
- Categories: cultural property, building, historic site, and monument
- Location: Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.20881° or 36° 12′ 32″ northLongitude
57.59518° or 57° 35′ 43″ eastHeight
38 metres (125 feet)Open location code
8H8V6H5W+G3OpenStreetMap ID
way 461913469OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=roundWikidata ID
Q5868158
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Khosrogerd minaret” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مئذنة خسروغرد”
- Bengali: “খসরোগার্ড মিনার”
- Dutch: “Khosrogerd minaret”
- Persian: “مناره خسروگرد”
- Turkish: “Hüsrevgird Minaresi”
- Turkish: “Hüsrügerd Minaresi”
- Urdu: “خسروگرد مینار”
- Western Panjabi: “خسروگرد مینار”
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Highlights include امامزادگان خسروجرد and sabzevar medicine university.
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