Bidokht
Bidokht
Persian: بيدخت | |
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City | |
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| Country | Iran |
| Province | Razavi Khorasan |
| County | Gonabad |
| District | Central |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 5,501 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| Bidokht at GEOnet Names Server | |
Bidokht (Persian: بيدخت)[a] is a city in the Central District of Gonabad County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran.[4] It is 270 kilometres (170 mi) south of Mashhad.
Demographics
[edit | edit source]Population
[edit | edit source]At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 4,823 in 1,392 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 5,348 people in 1,597 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,501 people in 1,719 households.[2]
Overview
[edit | edit source]Bidokht is the seat of the Gonabadi Sufi order. In the center of the town stands Mazār-e Solṭāni, hosting the mausoleum of Solṭān-Alishāh. It is also the burial place of Solṭān-Ḥoseyn (Sultan Hussein) Tābandeh Reżā-Alishāh, (Ali Tabandeh) Maḥbub-Alishāh and Noor Ali Tabandeh Majzoob-Alishāh. In 1979 Islamic revolutionary bands desecrated the mausoleum complex. [7]
See also
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[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Habib Borjian, “BIDOḴT”, in: Encyclopaedia Iranica Online, https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bidokt-1
External links
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