Moud (

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: مود, also

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d as Mūd and Mud and Mood; also known as Mood Nahar Khan and Mūd-e Dahanāb) is a city and capital of

Mud District Mud District ( fa, بخش مود) is a district (bakhsh) in Sarbisheh County, South Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 11,803, in 3,517 families. The District has one city: Mud. The District has two rural districts (' ...

, in

Sarbisheh County Sarbisheh County ( fa, شهرستان سربیشه) is in South Khorasan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and T ...

South Khorasan Province South Khorasan Province ( fa, استان خراسان جنوبی ''Ostān-e Khorāsān-e Jonūbī'') is a province located in eastern Iran. Birjand is the centre of the province. The other major cities are Ferdows, Tabas and Qaen. In 2014, it wa ...

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. Formerly up to the division of the Province from Khorasan it was a borough of today

South Khorasan South Khorasan Province ( fa, استان خراسان جنوبی ''Ostān-e Khorāsān-e Jonūbī'') is a province located in eastern Iran. Birjand is the centre of the province. The other major cities are Ferdows, Tabas and Qaen. In 2014, it ...

's provincial capital Birjand. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,451, in 695 families. Archaeologists excavating in the southern historical town of Moud in South Khorasan province have unearthed ancient earthenware dating back to the Parthian dynastic era (248 BCE-224 CE). Excavations were conducted on an ancient mound located near the city of Birjand. Numerous historical artifacts dating back from the pre-historic eras up to the Safavid dynasty were found at the site. The last prince of Birjand was Shah Seyyed Ali Kazemi who came from Moud (where most people were related with him), a relative of the emperor

Shah Reza Pahlavi , title = Shahanshah Aryamehr Bozorg Arteshtaran , image = File:Shah_fullsize.jpg , caption = Shah in 1973 , succession = Shah of Iran , reign = 16 September 1941 – 11 February 1979 , coronation = 26 October ...

and the Prime minister

Asadollah Alam Asadollah Alam ( fa, اسدالله علم; 24 July 1919 – 14 April 1978) was an Iranian politician who was prime minister during the Shah's regime from 1962 to 1964. He was also minister of Royal Court, president of Pahlavi University and g ...

. The area is known for Moud

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s that have normally a curvilinear design with a sun flower shaped picture in the center. The production of such carpets is usually high-quality. These carpets are made of

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. They attained their valuation by the decree of the Persian

Safavid Safavid Iran or Safavid Persia (), also referred to as the Safavid Empire, '. was one of the greatest Iranian empires after the 7th-century Muslim conquest of Persia, which was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often conside ...

emperor

Shah Abbas I Abbas I ( fa, ; 27 January 157119 January 1629), commonly known as Abbas the Great (), was the 5th Safavid Shah (king) of Iran, and is generally considered one of the greatest rulers of Iranian history and the Safavid dynasty. He was the third so ...

, who not only arranged the building of the fortresses in this region, but also retained the original Persian design styles and knot techniques.

Notables from Mud

* Shah Seyyed Ali Kazemi (born in Mud, †1984 in Birjand), last tribal leader of Muod and Birjand at the beginning of the Pahlavi Dynasty * Kazem Motamadnedjad (born in Mud), communication scientist * Mahdi Balali-Mood (born in Mud), Medical Toxicologist * Marcel Kasemi, crown prince

References

External links

http://moodcity.ir - Moodcity News Web
{{Sarbisheh County Populated places in Sarbisheh County Cities in South Khorasan Province