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University of health sciences, Lahore is an internationally recognized, student centered research university with a mission of improvement of health care delivery to the populace. It regulates and coordinates the activities of medical education, training and research institutions throughout Punjab .
Imam Reza shrine before development. In 818, Imam Ali al-Ridha was murdered by the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun (ruled 813–833) and was buried beside the grave of al-Ma'mun's father, Harun al-Rashid (r. 786–809). [9] After this event, the location was called Mashhad al-Ridha ("the place of martyrdom of al-Ridha").
The first, and the greatest surviving, Persian monument of the fifteenth century is the beautiful mosque of Gawhar Shad (1418) now abutting the shrine of the Imam Reza in Mashhad. Its portal continues the Samarkand style of arch within arch, enriched by a succession of bevels and reveals that give it depth and power.
The Astan Quds Razavi is a major player in the economy of the city of Mashhad. [3] The organization by order of Ruhollah Khomeini was tax exempt for 35 years until 2019. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Today Astan Quds Razavi holds vast assets, including land, businesses, and industries, contributing significantly to Khamenei family 's influence.
Following the inauguration of a museum in the Golestan Palace in Tehran after Nassereddin Shah Qajar's return from his second European tour, displaying a collection of exquisite objects in a building in the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (AS) in Mashhad became a major concern for the custodians and the vice custodians of the shrine during the late Qajar period; in so far as this issue was even ...
Aerial view of imam Reza shrine, 1976. The modern development of the city accelerated under Reza Shah (1925-1941). Shah Reza Hospital (currently Imam Reza Hospital, affiliated with the Basij organization) was founded in 1934; the sugar factory of Abkuh in 1935; and the Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in 1939. The city's first power ...
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As of 2007, the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Iran attracted 12 million visitors annually, second only to Mecca as a destination for Muslim pilgrims. This shrine is known for its healing powers. The shrine of Princess Shahrbanu, just south of Tehran, is open only to women.