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Bookmark or Share- Qom - WikipediaQom (Persian: قم; ⓘ), also Romanized as Ghom, Ghum, or Qum, is a city in the Central District of Qom County, Qom province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is the seventh largest metropolis and also the seventh largest city in Iran.
- Qom | History, Map, Population, & Facts | BritannicaQom, city, capital of Qom province, north-central Iran. It was one of the centers of Shi’i Islam in the 8th century and the site of the tomb of Fatimah (the sister of the eighth imam, Ali al-Rida), whose golden-domed shrine became a place of pilgrimage in the 17th century under Safavid rule.
- Fatima Masumeh Shrine - WikipediaThe Shrine of Fatima Masumeh ( Persian: حرم فاطمه معصومه translit. haram-e fateme-ye masumeh) is located in Qom, which is considered by Twelver Shia Muslims to be the second most sacred city in Iran after Mashhad . Fatima Masumeh was the sister of the eighth Twelver Shi'ite Imam Reza, and the daughter of the seventh Imam Musa al-Kadhim (Tabari 60).
- The Best Things To See And Do In Qom Iran - Culture TripShrine in Qom | © سید محمود جوادی / Wikimedia Commons. Pontia Fallahi 19 May 2020. As the second holiest city in Iran (after Mashhad) and the center of study for religious clerics and students, Qom has a reputation for being conservative, and is therefore just a city to pass through on many travelers’ itineraries.
- Qom | Visit iranQom, one of the most significant desert towns, is of the main poles of developing pilgrimage tourism in Iran. This city is one of the biggest centers in theology and religious ritual training with a privileged position in religious, political and social development progress in recent decades.
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