City
3 sourced records · 3 verified locations
The atlas holds 3 sourced records for Meşhed; every record is published with scholarly review and a citation chain. Breakdown: 1 Prophet's Family · 1 Tābiʿūn · 1 Saint.
The eighth of the Twelve Imams, son of Imam Musa al-Kazim and descendant of the Prophet. Appointed heir-apparent by the Abbasid Caliph al-Ma'mun, he died in 203/818 at Sanabad near Tus; the site of his grave grew into the great pilgrimage city of Mashhad. His shrine is among the holiest sites of the Shia world and is also venerated by Sunnis. (Sources: TDV 'Ali er-Rızâ'; Wikidata Q1144695.)
Al-Rabi ibn Khuthaym al-Kufi, of the Tabi'un, renowned for asceticism and counted among the companions of Ali; named among the eight ascetics of Kufa. His grave is in the Khwaja Rabi mausoleum north of Mashhad, completed in the Safavid era (1617) within a garden, administered by Astan Quds. (Sources: TDV; Wikidata Q5957168.)
Sheikh Muhammad Arif Abbasi, a Khorasani Sufi of the 16th century, born in Kardeh near Mashhad. Because he earned his living stitching pack-saddles (palandozi), he became known as 'Pir-e Palandooz'; also a calligrapher and a man of learning. His onion-domed mausoleum near the Imam Reza shrine was completed in the Safavid era (1577) and is visited. (Sources: Wikipedia 'Tomb of Pir Palandouz'; Iranian heritage records.)
