Ray, Iran

Ray, also spelled Rayy or Rages (ری in Persian) is the most historic city in the province of Tehran, Iran. Most notably, it is the birthplace of Rhazes.

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The city is estimated to be more than two thousand years old, and was built during the Median Empire.

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After the Mongol holocaust the town was severely damaged and it gradually lost its importance in the presence of nearby Tehran.

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Ray contains a famous shrine of a Shia saint Shah Abdol Azim, as well as a 13th century tower called Borj e Toghrol.

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There is also a shrine there, dedicated to commemorate the eldest daughter of Sassanid Persia, princess Shahr Banu. She gave birth to Ali Zayn al Abidin, the fourth holy Imam of the Shia faith. This was through her marriage to Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad, the prophert of Islam. A nearby mountain is also named after her.

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Iran: Iran (Persian: ?????) is a Middle Eastern country located in Southwest Asia bordering Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Turkmenistan to the north, Pakistan and Afghanistan to the east, Turkey and Iraq to the west. Although locally known as Iran at least since the Sassanian period, until 1935 the country was ...

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