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Mausoleum of Ferdowsi (1)

Mausoleum of Ferdowsi (1), Tus

 Behi Says:  Ferdowsi The highly revered Persian poet & father of the modern Persian language was born 935 in Bazh a village near Tus & died around 1020 CE in poverty and embittered by royal neglect.Ferdowsi was buried at the yard of his own home, where his mausoleum now lies. It was not... 

Oldest Items - Ferdowsi Museum (2)

Oldest Items - Ferdowsi Museum (2), Tus

 Behi Says:  These are oldest items in museum, Tools from Neolithic age (11,000–8500 BC) 

Ferdowsi Museum (1)

Ferdowsi Museum (1), Tus

 Behi Says:  Ferdowsi Museum or Tous Museum was established in1987 close to Mausoleum of Ferdowsi.mainly hold objects about Ferdowsi & his time.as some old copies of Shaname,potteries from Ferdowsi time,paintings about shahname & Ferdowsi portraits,published stamps in honor of... 

Harounieh Dome

Harounieh Dome, Tus

 Behi Says:  Harounieh Dome is whole thing that Tatar remained from Tous.Harounieh Dome Called Haroun's Prison, Mamonyye, Mousque of Tous or Ghazali's Khanghah during ages.but it's not prison & built centuries after Haroun Al-Rashid the Abbasid caliph. There is no inscription in the... 

Horseback Riding Equipment - Ferdowsi Museum (4)

Horseback Riding Equipment - Ferdowsi Museum (4), Tus

 Behi Says:  Precious gilded Horseback Riding Equipment, with rubies & emerald.Qajar era, 19th cent. 

Grave of Mehdi Akhavan-Sales

Grave of Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, Tus

 Behi Says:  Mehdi Akhavan-Sales (1928, Mashhad - 1990, Tehran) was a prominent Persian poet. He is one of the pioneers of Free Verse (New Style Poetry) in Persian language.Akhavan's forte, like Ferdowsi, is epic; more precisely, he chooses themes of epical proportion and expresses them... 

Darvaze Razan (Razan Gate)

Darvaze Razan (Razan Gate), Tus

 Behi Says:  Darvaze Razan (Razan Gate) & ruins of rampart of Tabaran of Tous located in north side of Mausoleum of Ferdowsi.The rampart is about 6km long, 10m height, 6m thickness in bottom & 2.5m at top.this Rampart has been built after Oghuz turk & Mongols invasion.& then it has been... 

Mausoleum of Ferdowsi (4)

Mausoleum of Ferdowsi (4), Tus

 Behi Says:  in Mausoleum, Scenes from the main episodes of Shahnameh carved into reliefs done by Abolhasan Sedighi.& in stairways, there are Scenes about Persian empire.pix:1. Sassanid Court2 & 3. the Seven Stages of Rostam4. Rostam and Esfandyar5. Coming of King of India to Iranian... 

Mausoleum of Ferdowsi (2)

Mausoleum of Ferdowsi (2), Tus

 Behi Says:  Shahname is the national epic poem of over 60,000 couplets. Recounts the history of Iran, beginning with the creation of the world & the introduction of the arts of civilization (fire, cooking, metallurgy, law) to the Aryans & ends with the Arab conquest of Persia in the 7th... 

Mausoleum of Ferdowsi (3)

Mausoleum of Ferdowsi (3), Tus

 Behi Says:  The construction of Mausoleum began in the year 1928 and work came to an end in 1934 during Reza Shah Pahlavi to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of the poet. In the year 1964 a few changes were made in the structure. The overall shape of Ferdowsi's tomb is reminiscent of... 

Polish silver coins - Ferdowsi Museum (3)

Polish silver coins - Ferdowsi Museum (3), Tus

 Behi Says:  this item is unique in own way."Polish soldiers far from Poland present their passion to the poet, great Ferdowsi. 1943" 

Tabaran archaeological site - Harounieh Dome

Tabaran archaeological site - Harounieh Dome, Tus

 Behi Says:  Remnants Tabran of old Tous is archaeological site in Harounieh Dome area.it's columned space & probably was School or Mosque from Seljuq era (11th cent.) 

Memorial of Ghazali - Harounieh Dome

Memorial of Ghazali - Harounieh Dome, Tus

 Behi Says:  Ghazali (Algazel) was born & died in Tous (1058-1111). He was a Muslim theologian, jurist, philosopher, and mystic of Persian origin and remains one of the most celebrated scholars in the history of Sufi Islamic thought. Moreover, one of his major works, The Incoherence of... 

Exhibition in Harounieh Dome

Exhibition in Harounieh Dome, Tus

 Behi Says:  an Exhibition of some inscriptions & models of some monuments in Khorasan province is held in Harounieh Dome. 

Transportation  

Bus, Tous - Mashhad

Bus, Tous - Mashhad, Tus

 Behi Says:  close to the entrance gate of the Mausoleum of Ferdowsi is Bus Stop.The bus line name is "Gardeshgari, Tous,Aramgah - Ebne Sina" (=Tourism, Tous,Mausoleum - Ebne Sina sq. in Mashhad).The second Stop is Harounieh Dome & Last stop is Ebne Sina Sq. in Mashhad & again to... 

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The Ruins of The rampart of Tabaran

The Ruins of The rampart of Tabaran, Tus

 Behi Says:  on the route to Mausoleum of Ferdowsi you can see the ~700Y old ruins of The rampart & moat of Tabaran near the road. 

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Map - Harounieh Dome

Map - Harounieh Dome, Tus

 Behi Says:  Legend:1. Information2. Remnant of Tabaran (Old Tous), Mosque & School3. Ticket Office4. Memorial of Ghazali 5. Harounieh Dome6. Dr. Khadivjam Tomb7. Books & Inscription exhibition8. W.C9. Prayer house10. warehouse 

Ferdowsi World Famous Persian (Iranian) Poet

Ferdowsi   World Famous Persian (Iranian) Poet, Tus

 vahiddavoodi Says:  The Shahnameh or The Epic of Kings is one of the definite classics of the world. It tells hero tales of ancient Persia. The contents and the poet's style in describing the events takes the readers back to the ancient times and makes he/she sense and feel the events. Ferdowsi... 

Hakim Abol-Ghasem Ferdowsi Toosi (940-1020 AD)

Hakim Abol-Ghasem Ferdowsi Toosi (940-1020 AD), Tus

 vahiddavoodi Says:  Ferdowsi was born in Khorasan in a village near Toos, in 940. His great epic the Shahnameh, to which he devoted most of his adult life, was originally composed for the Samanid princes of Khorasan, who were the chief instigators of the revival of Persian cultural traditions... 

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Tous, Revive of Persian

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 Toos, Tous, Tus, is a city in northeastern Iran, in the Razavi Khorasan province, 24km north of Mashhad. some 900 km east of Tehran. This city is located on silk road that linked Anatolia and the... 

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 ferdousi Greatest Iranian patriot poet, Shakespeare of Iran, who revived Persian Language, & did not let Arabs destroy our beloved Persian Language. He wrote the masterpiece "Shahnameh" or book of... 

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 Toos ,also known as Tous or Tus, is an ancient city in the Iranian province of Razavi Khorasan. The city was vanquished by Genghis Khan's Mongol conquest in 1220. Some notable figures in the history... 

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