Mashhad

• 241 places
• 228 Mosques
• 11 Halal food

Iran

Mashhad is the second-largest city in Iran and one of the holiest cities in Shia Islam, home to the shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth Imam, which draws millions of pilgrims each year from Iran and across the Muslim world. The shrine complex itself is one of the largest mosque and shrine complexes on earth, and the surrounding city has grown substantially around the flow of pilgrims, with numerous mosques, husayniyas, and religious schools serving both residents and visitors. Mashhad is also a major center of Islamic scholarship, hosting seminaries and religious institutions alongside a large hospitality and halal food sector built around pilgrimage tourism.