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Mashhad

Mash had |məˈSHäd məˈʃɑd |(also Meshed |məˈSHed |) a city in northeastern Iran, close to the border with Turkmenistan; pop. 2,427,316 (2006 ). The burial place in ad 809 of the Abbasid caliph Harun ar-Rashid and in 818 of the Shiite leader Ali ar-Rida, it is a holy city of the Shiite Muslims. It is the second largest city in Iran.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Mashhad

Mashhad |maʃˈhad |(also Meshed ) a city in NE Iran, close to the border with Turkmenistan; pop. 2,427,316 (2006 ). The burial place in ad 809 of the Abbasid caliph Harun ar-Rashid and in 818 of the Shiite leader Ali ar-Rida, it is a holy city of the Shiite Muslims. It is the second-largest city in Iran.