Bidokht

City in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bidokht (Persian: بيدخت)[a] is a city in the Central District of Gonabad County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran.[5] It is 270 kilometres (170 mi) south of Mashhad.

CountryIran
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
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Bidokht
Persian: بيدخت
City
Bidokht is located in Iran
Bidokht
Bidokht
Coordinates: 34°20′52″N 58°45′23″E[1][2]
CountryIran
ProvinceRazavi Khorasan
CountyGonabad
DistrictCentral
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total
5,501
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
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Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 4,823 in 1,392 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 5,348 people in 1,597 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,501 people in 1,719 households.[3]

Overview

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. [8]

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Notes

  1. [a]
    Also romanized as Beydokht and Bīdokht; also known as Bidukh[4]

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