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Definition of Mashhad

1. Noun. The holy city of Shiite Muslims; located in northeastern Iran.

Definition of Mashhad

1. Proper noun. Second largest city of Iran. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Mashhad

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. England and Russia Face to Face in Asia: Travels with the Afghan Boundary by Arthur Campbell Yate (1887)
"mashhad, 22d April. SOME ten days ago Mr Herbert and Mr Finn joined our camp at ... The former has for the past six weeks been at mashhad acting as ..."

2. Asia by Augustus Henry Keane, Richard Carnac Temple (1882)
"The desert region east of the 53d meridian, comprising about two-thirds of the kingdom, containa scarcely any noteworthy places except mashhad, ..."

3. Asia: With Ethnological Appendix by Augustus Henry Keane, Richard Carnac Temple (1882)
"The desert region east of the 53d meridian, comprising about two-thirds of the kingdom, contains scarcely any noteworthy places except mashhad, ..."

4. Persia: The Land of the Imams. A Narrative of Travel and Residence, 1871-1885 by James Bassett (1886)
"... country about mashhad—Revenues of the Shrine—Salutations of the Pilgrims—Aspect of the City—Burial Place of Haroun al Rasheed—The Harem—Its Construction ..."

5. Khurasan and Sistan by Charles Edward Yate (1900)
"HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF mashhad. IT was not till I had been for some time a resident at mashhad that I began to get hold of its history, and to realise ..."

6. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1885)
"mashhad is a large town, larger than Herat, ... A geographical position simply described as " mashhad " is^of no practical value. No. XI.—Nov. 1835. ..."

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