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Qom
Qom (; ) is a city in the Central District of Qom County, Qom province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is the seventh largest metropolis and also the seventh largest city in Iran. The city is to the south of Tehran, and on the banks of the Qom River. Qom is considered holy in Shi'a Islam, as it is the site of the shrine of Fatima bint Musa, sister of Imam Ali ibn Musa Rida (Persian: ''Imam Reza''; 789–816). The city is the largest center for Shi'a scholarship in the world and is a significant destination of pilgrimage, with around twenty million pilgrims visiting the city every year, the majority being Iranians but also other Shi'a Muslims from all around the world. Qom has developed into a lively industrial center owing, in part, to its proximity to Tehran. It is a regional center for the distribution of petroleum and petroleum products, and a natural gas pipeline from Bandar Anzali and Tehran and a crude oil pipeline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qom County
Qom County () is in Qom province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Qom. History After the 2006 National Census, the village of Salafchegan was elevated to the status of a city. After the 2016 census, Jafarabad District and Qahan Rural District were separated from the county in the establishment of Jafarabad County, and Nofel Loshato District in establishing Kahak County. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 1,036,714, in 262,313 households. The following census in 2011 counted 1,151,672 people in 320,977 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 1,292,283 in 383,532 households. Administrative divisions Qom County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. See also Notes References {{Qom County, state=collapsed Qom County Counties of Qom province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatima Masumeh Shrine
The Shrine of Fatima Masumeh () is a Twelver Shi'ite shrine, located in the city of Qom, in the province of Qom, Iran. Qom is considered by Twelver Shia Muslims to be the second most sacred city in Iran after Mashhad. Fatima Masumeh was the sister of the eighth Twelver Shi'ite Imam 'Ali al-Rida, and the daughter of the seventh Imam Musa al-Kadhim (Tabari 60). In Shia Islam, women are often revered as saints if they are close relatives to one of the Twelver Imams. Fatima Masumeh is therefore honored as a saint, and her shrine in Qom is considered one of the most significant Shi'i shrines in Iran. Every year, thousands of Shi'i Muslims travel to Qom to honor Fatima Masumeh and ask her to ask God for blessings. Also buried within the shrine are three daughters of the ninth Twelver Imām Muhammad al-Taqī. Specifications The shrine consists of a burial chamber, three courtyards and three large prayer halls, totalling an area of . The three prayer halls are named: ''Tabātabā' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central District (Qom County)
The Central District of Qom County () is in Qom province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort .... Its capital is the city of Qom. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 988,462 in 248,913 households. The following census in 2011 counted 1,102,921 people in 306,395 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 1,235,485 inhabitants in 365,662 households. Administrative divisions See also References Districts of Qom province Populated places in Qom County {{Qom-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatima Bint Musa
Fatima bint Musa (), circa 790–816 CE, commonly known as Fatima al-Ma'suma (), was the daughter of Musa al-Kazim () and sister of Ali al-Rida (), the seventh and eighth Imams in Twelver Shia. A young Fatima left her hometown of Medina in about 816 to visit her brother al-Rida in Merv, but fell ill along the way and died in Qom, located in modern-day Iran. She is revered for her piety in Twelver Shia and her shrine in Qom is a major destination for pilgrimage. Biography Fatima was born circa 790 CE in Medina to Musa al-Kazim, the seventh Imam in Twelver Shia. When Musa died in 799 in the prison of the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid (), possibly poisoned, a significant group of his followers accepted the imamate of his son Ali al-Rida, brother of Fatima. In 816, al-Rida was summoned to Khorasan by the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun (), who designated him as the heir apparent in 817, possibly to mitigate the frequent Shia revolts. Fatima then set out to join his brother in Merv b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamkaran Mosque
The Jamkaran Mosque (), also known as Saheb al-Zaman Mosque, is a Shi'ite mosque and shrine, located in the village of Jamkaran, on the outskirts of the city of Qom, in the province of Qom, Iran. The architecture of the mosque is defined by its stunning display of Islamic art and craftsmanship, featuring intricate tile work, five majestic domes, and spacious courtyards, including the Sahib Al-Zaman Courtyard, dedicated in honor of the Twelfth Imam. The main prayer hall, with its impressive iwan, is adorned with verses from the Quran and Islamic motifs. History The mosque, east of Qom, has been a sacred place, at least since 17th of Ramadan, in , (22 February), when Sheikh Hassan ibn Muthlih Jamkarani reportedly met the Twelfth Imam along with the prophet Al-Khidr. Jamkarani was instructed that the land they were on was "noble" and that the owner — Hasan bin Muslim — was to cease cultivating it and finance the building of a mosque on it from the earnings he had accumulate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Iran Cities By Population
Iran has one of the highest urban population growth rates in the world. From 1950 to 2002, the urban proportion of the population increased from 27% to 60%. The United Nations (UN) predicts that by 2030 80% of the population will live in urban areas."Islamic Azad University" retrieved 28 Jan 2008 Most internal migrants have settled near the cities of , , , Ahvaz< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qom (River)
The Qom River or Qom Roud () is a large river in Iran that receives its water from the Zagros Mountains and mounds into the Namak Lake. The Qom River flows through the city of Qom, and together with the Qareh Su it gains a length of approximately . The water level fluctuates greatly, between 312 m³/s and only 4 m³/s. This is partially the effect of the use of the Qom water for irrigation. In 2014, the World Resources Institute ranked the Qom basin as "extremely high" for water stress. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarajeh, Qom
Sarajeh (, also Romanized as Sarājeh) is a village in Qanavat Rural District, in the Central District of Qom County, Qom Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort .... At the 2006 census, its population was 369, in 89 families. Notable people * Mohammad Hossein Fahmideh, a war hero of Iran References Populated places in Qom County {{Qom-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Iran
Iran is subdivided into thirty-one provinces ( ''Ostân''), each governed from a local centre, usually the largest local city, which is called the capital (Persian: , ''Markaz (country subdivision), Markaz'') of that province. The provincial authority is headed by a governor-general (Persian: ''Ostândâr''), who is appointed by the Ministry of Interior (Iran), Minister of the Interior subject to approval of the cabinet. Modern history Iran has held its modern territory since the Treaty of Paris (1857), Treaty of Paris in 1857. Prior to 1937, Iran had maintained its feudal administrative divisional structure, dating back to the time the modern state was centralized by the Safavid dynasty in the 16th century. Although the boundaries, roles, and rulers changed often. On the eve of the Persian Constitutional Revolution in 1905, Iran was composed of Tehran, being directly ruled by the monarch; four ''eyalet, eyalats'' ( ''elâyât'' pl., ''elayat'' sin.), ruled by Qajar dyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counties Of Iran
Iran's counties (, Romanization, romanized as ''šahrestân'') are administrative divisions of larger Provinces of Iran, provinces (''ostan''). The word ''shahrestan'' comes from the Persian words ' (city) and ' ("place, land"). "County", therefore, is a near equivalent to (šahrestân). Counties are divided into one or more districts ( ). A typical district includes both cities ( ) and rural districts ( ), which are groupings of adjacent villages. One city within the county serves as the capital of that county, generally in its Central District. Each county is governed by an office known as ''farmândâri'', which coordinates different public events and agencies and is headed by a ''farmândâr'', the governor of the county and the highest-ranking official in the division. Among the provinces of Iran, Fars province, Fars has the highest number of ''shahrestans'' (37), while Qom province, Qom has the fewest (3). In 2005 Iran had 324 ''shahrestans'', while in as of now there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shia Islam
Shia Islam is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political Succession to Muhammad, successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (Imamah (Shia doctrine), imam). However, his right is understood to have been usurped by a number of Companions of the Prophet, Muhammad's companions at the meeting of Saqifa where they appointed Abu Bakr () as caliph instead. As such, Sunni Muslims believe Abu Bakr, Umar (), Uthman () and Ali to be 'Rashidun, rightly-guided caliphs' whereas Shia Muslims only regard Ali as the legitimate successor. Shia Muslims assert imamate continued through Ali's sons Hasan ibn Ali, Hasan and Husayn ibn Ali, Husayn, after whom different Shia branches have their own imams. They revere the , the family of Muhammad, maintaining that they possess divine knowledge. Shia holy sites include the Imam Ali Shrine, shrine of Ali in Naj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Dialling Codes In Iran
Telephone numbers in Iran are regulated by the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology of Iran. The country uses a closed numbering plan with the international dialing code +98. Iranian telephone numbers typically consist of an area code (1–5 digits) followed by a subscriber number (6–8 digits), with mobile numbers starting with specific prefixes (e.g. 09). Number length All telephone numbers are 11 digits long (initial 0 plus ten numbers). The first two or three digits after the zero are the area code. The possibilities are: (0XX) XXXX XXXX (for landlines), 09XX XXX XXXX (for cellphones) and 099XX XXX XXX (for MVNO). The initial zero is replaceable with +98. When making a call within the same landline area code, initial 0 plus the area code can be omitted. Example for calling The List of international call prefixes, international call prefix depends on the country you are calling from; e.g., 00 for most European countries, and 011 from North America. For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
