Bidokht
Bidokht (Persian: بيدخت, also Romanized as Bīdokht or Beydokht; also known as Bidukh) is a city in the Central District of Gonabad County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. It is 270 kilometres (170 mi) south of Mashhad.
Bidokht
Persian: بيدخت | |
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City | |
Bidokht | |
| Coordinates: 34°20′52″N 58°45′23″E | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Razavi Khorasan |
| County | Gonabad |
| District | Central |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 5,501 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| Bidokht at GEOnet Names Server | |
At the 2006 census, its population was 4,823 in 1,392 households. The following census in 2011 counted 5,348 people in 1,597 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 5,501 people in 1,719 households.
Bidokht is the seat of the Gonabadi Sufi order. In the center of the town stands Mazār-e Solṭāni, hosting the mausoleum of Solṭān-Alishāh. It is also the burial place of Solṭān-Ḥoseyn (Sultan Hussein) Tābandeh Reżā-Alishāh, (Ali Tabandeh) Maḥbub-Alishāh and Noor Ali Tabandeh Majzoob-Alishāh. In 1979 Islamic revolutionary bands desecrated the mausoleum complex.