Bidokht

Bidokht
Persian: بيدخت
City
Bidokht
Coordinates: 34°20′52″N 58°45′23″E / 34.34778°N 58.75639°E / 34.34778; 58.75639[1][2]
CountryIran
ProvinceRazavi Khorasan
CountyGonabad
DistrictCentral
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total
5,501
Time zoneUTC+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.[5] It is 270 kilometres (170 mi) south of Mashhad.

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]

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (31 October 2024). "Shahid Ebrahim Amini Square, دهستان پس کلوت, بخش مرکزی شهرستان گناباد [Pas Kalut Rural District, Central District of Gonabad County], Gonabad County, Razavi Khorasan, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  2. ^ "8QX4+4H6 Beydokht, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  3. ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان خراسان رضوی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Razavi Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ Bidokht can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3056336" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  5. ^ Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369.6.21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ‌تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوی استان خراسان به مرکزیت شهر مشهد [‌Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the divisions of Khorasan province, centered in Mashhad]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. 84902ت125ک [84902T125K]. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  6. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان خراسان رضوی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Razavi Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان خراسان رضوی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Razavi Khorasan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  8. ^ Habib Borjian, “BIDOḴT”, in: Encyclopaedia Iranica Online, https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bidokt-1