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Journey Through KhorasanMy second Iran journey brought me to Khorasan in the North East of the country, at the border to Afghanistan. We were three women travelling on our own. And in this cradle of Sufism we didn't only visit the tombs of famous Sufi masters like Bistami and Attar, but we were also able to make contact with Iranian Sufis, and we visited the Sufi mosque of Bidokht, a small desert village near Gonabad. Khorasan is very fertile, it's the breadbasket of Iran and famous for its pistachios, apricot trees and last not least its safran. |
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Golestan Palace. Teheran
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Mirroring. Golestan Palace Teheran
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Solar King. Tile Painting. Golestan Palace
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Sufi Tower Chehel Dokhtar. Damghan
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Tomb Djafar ibn Ali. Damghan
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Pillars at Tarikhane Mosque. Damghan
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View at the mineral springs of Badab-e Surt
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Blossoming Apricot Trees. Bastam
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Bistami Mausoleum. Bastam
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Old Town of Shahroud
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Sheykh Abu'l Hassan al-Kharaqani
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Praying at the tomb of Hazrat Sayeed. Neyshabour
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Attar's Tomb. Neyshabour
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Sufi Mosque in Bidokht
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Ice Tower in Bidokht
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Ancient Part of Bidokht
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Landscape Near Bidokht
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Safranshop of Mr. Elmi. Torbat-e Heydarieh
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Azadi Tower. Tehran
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En Route to Darband Trail. Teheran
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