QOM
Qom is the capital of Qom Province. It is located 140 km to the south of Tehran. Its population was 1,201,158 in 2016. It is situated on the banks of the Qom River.
Qom is considered holy by Shia Islam, as it is the site of the shrine of Fatimah bent Musa, sister of Imam Ali ibn Musa Reza. The city is the largest center for Shia scholarship in the world, and is a significant destination of pilgrimage, with around twenty million pilgrims visiting the city every year, the majority being Iranians but also other Shia Muslims from all around the world.
Qom has a hot desert climate with low annual rainfall due to remoteness from the sea and being situated in the vicinity of the subtropical anticyclone aloft. Summer weather is very hot and essentially rainless.
The more visited sites of Qom are:
- Shrine of Fatimah al-Masumah
- Jamkaran Mosque
- Atiq Mosque in Qom
- Qom Bazaar
- Feyzieh Religious School
- Mar’ashi Najafi Library
- Timcheh-ye-Bozorg
- Paminar School
- Jahangirkhan School
- Fath-Ali Shah QajarTomb
- Mohammad Shah QajarTomb
- Shah Abbas IITomb
- Shah Soleyman III& Shah Safi Tomb
- Gonbad Sabz Historical Garden
- Ali Ibn Ja’afar Tomb
- Shah Hamzeh Tomb
- Yazdan Panah Historical House
- Haji Khan Historical House
- Zand Historical House
- Ruhollah Khomeini‘s House
- Beyt-on-noor House
- Haj Asgar Khan Historical Bath
- The Minarets Of Risbaf Historical Factory
- Gholi Darvish Historical Hill
- JamkaranHistorical Castle
- Sirang Tourism Centre
Museums:
- Astaneh Moqaddaseh Museum (Qom Central Museum)
- Anthropology Museum Of Qom
- The Museum Of Traditional Arts
- The Museum Of Natural History & Wildlife
- The Museum Of Astronomy
Jamkaran Mosque
Shrine of Fatimah al-Masumah
Ruhollah Khomeini’s House
Qom is famous for a Persian brittle toffee known as Sohan, considered a souvenir of the city and sold by 2,000 to 2,500 “Sohan” shops.
