Galerie

Journey Through Khorasan

My second Iran journey brought me to Khorasan in the North East of the country, at the border to Afghanistan. We were three women travelling on our own. And in this cradle of Sufism we didn't only visit the tombs of famous Sufi masters like Bistami and Attar, but we were also able to make contact with Iranian Sufis, and we visited the Sufi mosque of Bidokht, a small desert village near Gonabad. Khorasan is very fertile, it's the breadbasket of Iran and famous for its pistachios, apricot trees and last not least its safran.

Golestan Palace. Teheran
Mirroring. Golestan Palace Teheran
Solar King. Tile Painting. Golestan Palace
Sufi Tower Chehel Dokhtar. Damghan
Tomb Djafar ibn Ali. Damghan
Pillars at Tarikhane Mosque. Damghan
View at the mineral springs of Badab-e Surt
Blossoming Apricot Trees. Bastam
Bistami Mausoleum. Bastam
Old Town of Shahroud
Sheykh Abu'l Hassan al-Kharaqani
Praying at the tomb of Hazrat Sayeed. Neyshabour
Attar's Tomb. Neyshabour
Sufi Mosque in Bidokht
Ice Tower in Bidokht
Ancient Part of Bidokht
Landscape Near Bidokht
Safranshop of Mr. Elmi. Torbat-e Heydarieh
Azadi Tower. Tehran
En Route to Darband Trail. Teheran