Kashmar (; ) is a city in the Central District of Kashmar County, Razavi Khorasan province,

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, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Kashmar is near the river Shesh Taraz in the western part of the province, and south of the province's capital

Mashhad Mashhad ( ; ), historically also known as Mashad, Meshhed, or Meshed in English, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. ...

, in Iran, from east to Bardaskan, west to

Torbat-e Heydarieh Torbat-e Heydarieh () is a city in the Central District (Torbat-e Heydarieh County), Central District of Torbat-e Heydarieh County, Razavi Khorasan province, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the di ...

, north to

Nishapur Nishapur or Neyshabur (, also ) is a city in the Central District (Nishapur County), Central District of Nishapur County, Razavi Khorasan province, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Ni ...

, south to Gonabad. Until two centuries ago, this city was named Torshiz ().

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 81,527 in 21,947 households. The following census in 2011 counted 90,200 people in 26,445 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 102,282 people in 31,775 households.

Historical legends

Kashmar is a city with

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and many legendary stories Among the historical legends are about the Cypress of Kashmar.

Cypress of Kashmar

The Cypress of Kashmar is a mythical cypress tree of legendary beauty and gargantuan dimensions. It is said to have sprung from a branch brought by

Zoroaster Zarathushtra Spitama, more commonly known as Zoroaster or Zarathustra, was an Iranian peoples, Iranian religious reformer who challenged the tenets of the contemporary Ancient Iranian religion, becoming the spiritual founder of Zoroastrianism ...

from Paradise and to have stood in today's Kashmar in northeastern Iran and to have been planted by Zoroaster in honor of the conversion of King Vishtaspa to

Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism ( ), also called Mazdayasnā () or Beh-dīn (), is an Iranian religions, Iranian religion centred on the Avesta and the teachings of Zoroaster, Zarathushtra Spitama, who is more commonly referred to by the Greek translation, ...

. According to the Iranian physicist and historian

Zakariya al-Qazwini Zakariyya' al-Qazwini ( , ), also known as Qazvini (), (born in Qazvin, Iran, and died 1283), was a Cosmography, cosmographer and Geography in medieval Islam, geographer. He belonged to a family of jurists originally descended from Anas bin Mal ...

King Vishtaspa had been a patron of Zoroaster who planted the tree himself. In his ''

ʿAjā'ib al-makhlūqāt wa gharā'ib al-mawjūdāt ''Aja'ib al-Makhluqat wa Ghara'ib al-Mawjudat'' () or ''The Wonders of Creatures and the Marvels of Creation'' is an important work of paradoxography and cosmography by Zakariya al-Qazwini, who was born in Qazwin in 1203 shortly before the Mongol ...

'', he further describes how the

Al-Mutawakkil Ja'far ibn al-Mu'tasim, Muḥammad ibn Harun al-Rashid, Hārūn al-Mutawakkil ʿalā Allāh (); March 82211 December 861, commonly known by his laqab, regnal name al-Mutawwakil ala Allah (), was the tenth Abbasid Caliphate, Abbasid caliph, rul ...

in 247 AH (861 AD) caused the mighty cypress to be felled, and then transported it across Iran, to be used for beams in his new palace at

Samarra Samarra (, ') is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate, north of Baghdad. The modern city of Samarra was founded in 836 by the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim as a new administrative capital and mi ...

. Before, he wanted the tree to be reconstructed before his eyes. This was done in spite of protests by the Iranians, who offered a very high sum of money to save the tree. Al-Mutawakkil never saw the cypress, because he was murdered by a Turkish soldier (possibly in the employ of his son) on the night when it arrived on the banks of the

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Fire Temple of Kashmar

Kashmar

Fire Temple A fire temple (; ) is a place of worship for Zoroastrians. In Zoroastrian doctrine, ''atar'' and '' aban'' (fire and water) are agents of ritual purity. Clean, white "ash for the purification ceremonies sregarded as the basis of ritual lif ...

was the first

Zoroastrian Zoroastrianism ( ), also called Mazdayasnā () or Beh-dīn (), is an Iranian religion centred on the Avesta and the teachings of Zarathushtra Spitama, who is more commonly referred to by the Greek translation, Zoroaster ( ). Among the wo ...

fire temple built by

Vishtaspa Vishtaspa ( ; ; ; ) is the Avestan-language name of a figure appearing in Zoroastrian scripture and tradition, portrayed as an early follower of Zoroaster, and his patron, and instrumental in the diffusion of the prophet's message. Although V ...

at the request of

in Kashmar. In a part of

Ferdowsi Abu'l-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi (also Firdawsi, ; 940 – 1019/1025) was a Persians, Persian poet and the author of ''Shahnameh'' ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poetry, epic poems created by a single poet, and the gre ...

Shahnameh The ''Shahnameh'' (, ), also transliterated ''Shahnama'', is a long epic poem written by the Persian literature, Persian poet Ferdowsi between and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50,000 distichs or couple ...

, the story of finding Zarathustra and accepting Vishtaspa's religion is regulated that after accepting

Zoroastrian religion Zoroastrianism ( ), also called Mazdayasnā () or Beh-dīn (), is an Iranian religion centred on the Avesta and the teachings of Zarathushtra Spitama, who is more commonly referred to by the Greek translation, Zoroaster ( ). Among the wor ...

, Vishtaspa sends priests all over the universe And Azar enters the fire temples (

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s) and the first of them is Adur Burzen-Mihr who founded in Kashmar and planted a cypress tree in front of the fire temple and made it a symbol of accepting the Zoroastrian religion. And he sent priests all over the world, and commanded all the famous men and women to come to that place of worship.

Religion

The city is fourth

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city in Iran and it is the second most pilgrimage city after

in Razavi Khorasan Province.

Education

At present, Kashmar has five higher education centers, including Payame Noor University of Kashmar, Islamic Azad University of Kashmar, Jihad University of Kashmar, Kashmar Higher Education Center and the School of Nursing. According to the

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of the above institute, 3,794,420 students are studying in the country's universities, of which about 3,500 are Kashmir students.

Souvenirs

The city is a major producer of

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s and has about 40 types of grapes. It is also internationally recognized for exporting

saffron Saffron () is a spice derived from the flower of '' Crocus sativus'', commonly known as the "saffron crocus". The vivid crimson stigma and styles, called threads, are collected and dried for use mainly as a seasoning and colouring agent ...

and handmade Persian rugs. The main souvenirs of this city are the Kashmar carpet,

s, grapes,

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s, and the confectionary sohan.

Kashmar carpet

Kashmar carpet is a regional

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named after its origin, the city of Kashmar, that is produced throughout the Kashmar County. The carpets are handmade and are often available with landscape and hunting designs. The history of carpet weaving in Kashmar dates back to 150 years and the contemporary art of carpet weaving dates back to 1920. However, between 1260 and 1280, mass production of carpets was recorded by historians. The first master weaver in the Kashmar region was Mohammad Kermani, who, despite his last name, was not from

Kerman Kerman (; ) is a city in the Central District (Kerman County), Central District of Kerman County, Kerman province, Kerman province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. History Kerman was founded as a def ...

, but people say he was born in a village called Forutqeh near Kashmar. According to historians, the master weaver brought the knowledge of carpet weaving from

Kerman province Kerman province () is the largest of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Kerman. The province is in the southeast of Iran. In 2014 it was placed in Region 5. Mentioned in ancient times as the Achaemenid satrapy of Carma ...

, and his first work was probably commissioned by Saeed Hossein Sajjadi, a native and resident of Forutqeh and a famous carpet manufacturer. Kashmar arak2024-03-03

Alcoholic beverages

Despite the

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in Iran, Kashmar is reported to have 3300 hectares of vineyards. 50% of the raisins produced in the city are exported to Europe. In

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, a company produces its beverages with the brand "Kashmar", which is especially favoured among the Iranian diaspora in Germany. The unregulated and illegal production of alcohol within the city caused two deaths in 2018 from intoxication. in the same year, a manufactury with 300 liters alcohol was found and destroyed.

Historical sites, ancient artifacts and tourism

Tomb of Hassan Modarres

The Tomb of Sayyid Hassan Modarres is the burial site of Sayyid Hassan Modares, former

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. It was built in 1937 in Kashmar, Iran, as opposed to using the former tomb of Kashmar in the vast gardens of Kashmar. The tomb building consists of a central

, four dock and a dome made of

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, in the style of

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and the

Safavid dynasty The Safavid dynasty (; , ) was one of Iran's most significant ruling dynasties reigning from Safavid Iran, 1501 to 1736. Their rule is often considered the beginning of History of Iran, modern Iranian history, as well as one of the gunpowder em ...

. Seyed Hassan Modares lived during the

Pahlavi dynasty The Pahlavi dynasty () is an List of monarchs of Iran, Iranian royal dynasty that was the Pahlavi Iran, last to rule Iran before the country's monarchy was abolished by the Iranian Revolution in 1979. It was founded in 1925 by Reza Shah, Reza S ...

and was from the Sadat of Tabatabai. He was a political constitutionalist.

Hassan Modarres Museum

The Hassan Modarres Museum is a Museum belongs to the 21st century and is located in Kashmar, Razavi Khorasan Province in Iran. Imamzadeh Morteza2021-05-14 34

Imamzadeh Seyed Morteza

Imamzadeh Seyed Morteza is related to the

Qajar dynasty The Qajar family (; 1789–1925) was an Iranian royal family founded by Mohammad Khan (), a member of the Qoyunlu clan of the Turkoman-descended Qajar tribe. The dynasty's effective rule in Iran ended in 1925 when Iran's '' Majlis'', conven ...

and is located in Razavi Khorasan Province, Kashmar. Massive trees, waterfalls and swimming pools add to the attractions of this place, and on the other hand, a good number of living rooms provide a good base for traveling to this place, as well as the many shops and dining halls.

Imamzadeh Hamzeh

Imamzadeh Hamzah, Kashmar the oldest mosque in Kashmar, includes the tomb of Hamza al-Hamza ibn

Musa al-Kadhim Musa al-Kazim (; 745–799) was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the seventh imam in Twelver Shia Islam. Musa is often known by the title al-Kazim (), apparently a reference to his patience and gentle disposition. He was born ...

, the garden and the public cemetery, and is as an Imamzadeh.

Jameh Mosque of Kashmar

Jameh Mosque of Kashmar, the place where

Jumu'ah Friday prayer, or congregational prayer (), is the meeting together of Muslims for communal prayer and service at midday every Friday. In Islam, the day itself is called ''Yawm al-Jum'ah'' (shortened to ''Jum'ah''), which translated from Arabic me ...

is performed, was built in Kashmar in 1791 by

Fath-Ali Shah Qajar Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (; 5 August 1772 – 24 October 1834) was the second Shah of Qajar Iran. He reigned from 17 June 1797 until his death on 24 October 1834. His reign saw the irrevocable ceding of Iran's northern territories in the Caucasus, com ...

. This Mosque is opposite the Amin al-tojar Caravansarai. Haji Jalal Mosque2023-01-01 9

Haji Jalal Mosque

Haji Jalal Mosque is a

period mosque in Kashmar, Razavi Khorasan Province.

Kohneh Castle, Zendeh Jan

Kohneh Castle is a Castle related to the

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and is located in the Kashmar County, Zendeh Jan village.

Atashgah Manmade-Cave

The Atashgah Manmade-Cave or Atashgah Cave is located northwest of Kashmar city,

and the cave has two entrance passages. Atashgah Castle2023-04-08 68

Atashgah Castle

Atashgah Castle is a castle in the city of Kashmar, and is one of the attractions of Kashmar. This castle was built by the

Sasanian The Sasanian Empire (), officially Eranshahr ( , "Empire of the Iranians"), was an Iranian empire that was founded and ruled by the House of Sasan from 224 to 651. Enduring for over four centuries, the length of the Sasanian dynasty's reign ...

government and it was famous in ancient times.

Rig Castle

Rig castle is a Castle related to the

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and is located in the Kashmar County, Quzhd village. Amin al-Tojar Caravanserai2021-05-30 22

Amin al-tojar Caravansarai

''Amin al-tojar Caravansarai'' is a

caravanserai A caravanserai (or caravansary; ) was an inn that provided lodging for travelers, merchants, and Caravan (travellers), caravans. They were present throughout much of the Islamic world. Depending on the region and period, they were called by a ...

related to the

and is located in Kashmar. This Caravansarai is opposite the Jameh Mosque of Kashmar.

Haj Soltan Religious School

This school is one of the buildings of the

Qajar era The Guarded Domains of Iran, alternatively the Sublime State of Iran and commonly called Qajar Iran, Qajar Persia or the Qajar Empire, was the Iranian state under the rule of the Qajar dynasty, which was of Turkic peoples, Turkic origin,Cyrus G ...

, which has a central courtyard and is surrounded on four sides by two-story rooms and two north and south porches. Tala Abad Watermills2021-07-05 148

Talaabad Watermill

Talaabad Watermill is a

Watermill A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as mill (grinding), milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in ...

related to the late Safavid period and is located in Kashmar County, Central District, Quzhd village.

Yakhchāl of Kashmar

The Yakhchāl of Kashmar is a historical

Yakhchāl A yakhchāl ( 'ice pit'; ''yakh'' meaning 'ice' and ''chāl'' meaning 'pit') is an ancient type of Ice house (building), ice house, which also made ice. They are primarily found in the Dasht-e Lut and Dasht-e-Kavir deserts, whose climates range fr ...

belongs to the

and is located in Kashmar County, Razavi Khorasan Province.

Arg of Kashmar

Arg of Kashmar Or Arg of Hosen is a historical

Citadel A citadel is the most fortified area of a town or city. It may be a castle, fortress, or fortified center. The term is a diminutive of ''city'', meaning "little city", because it is a smaller part of the city of which it is the defensive core. ...

located in Kashmar County in Razavi Khorasan Province, The lifespan of this building goes back to

Imamzadeh Mohammad

Imamzadeh Mohammad is a

Imamzadeh An imamzadeh () is a Persian term with two related meanings: a type of holy person in Shia Islam, and the shrine-tomb of such a person. Descendant An imamzadeh is an immediate descendant of a Shi'i Imam. The term is also used in Urdu and ...

who belongs to the History of modern and is located in Kashmar County, Razavi Khorasan Province in Iran.

Grave of Pir Quzhd

Grave of Pir Quzhd is a historical

Grave A grave is a location where a cadaver, dead body (typically that of a human, although sometimes that of an animal) is burial, buried or interred after a funeral. Graves are usually located in special areas set aside for the purpose of buria ...

related to the Before the 11th century AH and is located in Quzhd, Razavi Khorasan Province.

Qanats of Quzhd

The Qanats of Quzhd is a historical

Qanat A qanāt () or kārīz () is a water supply system that was developed in ancient Iran for the purpose of transporting usable water to the surface from an aquifer or a well through an underground aqueduct. Originating approximately 3,000 years ...

is located in Quzhd in Kashmar County.

Seyed Morteza Forest Park

The Seyed Morteza Forest Park is a Forest Park is located in Kashmar, Razavi Khorasan Province in Iran.

Ultralight Airport Kashmar

Ultralight Airport Kashmar is an airport in the city of Kashmar in Iran, which is located on a 17-hectare land in the southwest of Razavi Khorasan province, about 240 kilometers from the city of

; And with one runway, it has the capacity to accept all light and ultralight aircraft.

Notable people

Manouchehr Eghbal

Manuchehr Eqbal (; 13 October 1909 – 25 November 1977) was an Iranian

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politician. He held office as the

from 1957 to 1960. He served as the minister of health in Ahmad Ghavam's cabinet, minister of culture in Abdolhosein Hazhir's cabinet, minister of transportation in RajabAli Mansur's cabinet, and interior minister in

Mohammad Sa'ed Mohammad Sa'ed Maraghei (; 28 April 1881 – 1 November 1973) was the 23rd Prime Minister of Iran. Early life Sa'ed was born in Maragheh, and studied at the University of Lausanne. Prime minister Sa'ed became prime minister after the fall of Al ...

's cabinet. He also served as the governor of East Azarbaijan province. In 1957, he became prime minister, replacing Hussein Ala. Eghbal continued as prime minister until fall 1960 and was replaced by Sharif Emami. Until his death, he served as a top executive in Iran's National Oil Company. He was also one of the close aides to the Shah.

Fateme Ekhtesari

Fateme Ekhtesari, also Fatemeh Ekhtesari, (born 1986) is an Iranian poet. Ekhtesari lived in

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and she writes in

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. In 2013, she appeared at the poetry festival in

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(''Göteborgs poesifestival''). After she arrived back in Iran she was imprisoned and later released on bail. Her verdict came in 2015 when she was sentenced to 99 lashes and 11.5 years imprisonment for crimes against the Iranian government, for immoral behaviour and blasphemy.

Alireza Faghani

Alireza Faghani (, born 21 March 1978) is an Iranian international football referee who has been officiating in the Persian Gulf Pro League for several seasons and has been on the FIFA list since 2008. Faghani has refereed important matches such as the 2014 AFC Champions League Final, the 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final, the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup Final, the 2016 Olympic football final match. He has refereed matches in the 2017 Liga 1,

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in Russia and the

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. Alireza migrated to Australia in September 2019.

Fereydoun Jeyrani

Fereydoun Jeyrani (; born in 1951, Bardaskan) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and Television presenter. He was the director, producer and host of haft (Seven) (an Iranian television series about Iranian Cinema) until 2012. Along with his unconventional performance in Haft, he is best known for directing

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, The Season Salad, Water and Fire,

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and I am a Mother. Jeyrani TV Host

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First series.

Mohammad Khazaee

Mohammad Khazaee (, born 12 April 1953 in Kashmar,

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to the United Nations. He presented his credentials to the

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in July 2007. He was elected as Vice President of the

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on 14 September 2011.

Ali Rahmani

Ali Rahmani (علی رحمانی) was born in Kashmar (25 May 1967). He was the first managing director of Tehran Stock Exchange. He is an associate professor at

Alzahra University Alzahra University (, ''Dāneshgāh-e Alzahrā'') is a Women's college, female-only public university in the Vanak neighborhood of Tehran, Iran. Alzahra University is the only comprehensive women's university in Iran and the Middle East. Accepta ...

Iran Teymourtash

Iran Teymourtāsh (; 1914–1991), the eldest daughter of Abdolhossein Teymourtāsh, is considered a pioneer among women activists in 20th-century

. Her father's position as the second most powerful political personality in Iran, from 1925 to 1932, afforded Iran Teymourtāsh the opportunity to play a prominent role in that country's women's affairs early in life.

Military operations

Iran–U.S. RQ-170 incident

On 5 December 2011, an American

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(UAV) was captured by Iranian forces near the city of Kashmar in northeastern

. The Iranian government announced that the UAV was brought down by its

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unit which commandeered the aircraft and safely landed it, after initial reports from Western news sources disputedly claimed that it had been "shot down". The United States government initially denied the claims but later President Obama acknowledged that the downed aircraft was a US drone. Iran filed a complaint to the UN over the airspace violation. Obama asked Iran to return the drone. Iran is said to have produced drones based on the captured RQ-170.

Ban of Americans

In 2018, a pair of American citizens were issued hunting permits by the city of Kashmar. This was seen as irregular, and a commission was formed to protect the interests of the city against foreign influence. All involved departments were investigated severely and American citizens were banned from entering the city.

Kashmar Great earthquake

The Kashmar earthquake occurred on 25 September 1903, at 1:20 am UTC time in Iran. Its magnitude is 6.5 on the Richter scale. The

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also estimated the quake at E and its magnitude was 6.5 on the Richter scale.. The death toll from the earthquake was about 200. Kuhsorkh to Kashmar road2021-12-17 100

Geographical location

Kashmar County with two central district and Farah Dasht, and to the center of Kashmar city has occupied an area of about 3390 square kilometers of Khorasan Razavi Province With the County of Kuhsorkh. This city is adjacent to Khalilabad from the west, to

and Bardaskan from the north and northwest, to

from the east and northeast, and to the Feyzabad from the south and southwest. Kashmar city has two mountainous areas of the Rivash in the north and Fagan Bajestan heights in the south and desert and arid regions in the west and south and fertile plains in the suburbs and its towns. In terms of climate, it can be said that Kashmar has all three types of climate because the northern parts of the city are mountainous and cold, the central regions are temperate and the southern regions are arid and semi-arid due to its proximity to the Lut desert.

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as cold desert (BWk) with short, cool winters and long, hot summers.

Gallery

File:Kashmar Enghelab sport complex 10.JPG, Kashmar Enghelab sport complex File:Tree in Kashmar Kudak park.JPG, Tree in Kudak park File:Traffic police booth - Kashmar.JPG, Traffic police booth File:Martyrs sq (meydan e Shohada) (2).JPG, Shohada' Square File:Old wooden door - Symbol - Kashmar 1.JPG, Old wooden door Symbol Kashmar File:Pir ghoozhd.JPG, Grave of Pir Quzhd File:Yakhdan of Eshaqabad2021.jpg, Yakhchāl of Eshaqabad File:Yakhdan of Talabad2021.jpg, Yakhchāl of Talabad File:Rig Castle2021 24.jpg, Rig Castle File:کاروانسرای امین التجار کاشمر.JPG, Amin al-tojar Caravansarai File:Jameh Mosque of Kashmar2021 3.jpg, Jameh Mosque of Kashmar File:Kashmar2021 3.jpg, Kashmar in 2021 File:Kashmar2021-02-07.jpg, Kashmar in 2021 File:Kashmar 2021.jpg, Kashmar in 2021 File:Imamzadeh Mohammad2021.jpg, Imamzadeh Mohammad in 2021 File:Haji Jalal Mosque2021-02-06.jpg, Haji Jalal Mosque in 2021

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