Our next and last
city in Iran that we wanted to visit is Qum. It is the smallest province in
Iran. Previously, it was a district that belonged to the state of Arāk, and then was it attached to the capital city, Tehran. Then it
became an independent province. It is a agricultural, industrial and commercial
city.
Qum is well known for its religious seminaries and institutes, which
offer advanced religious studies. The Hawzah consist over 200 education and
research centers and organizations.it has over 40,000 scholars and students
spread over 80 countries on the world.
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| Sohan |
Qum has many carpet
and sweet shops. The city is well known for the unique and beautiful silk rugs
that are also famous worldwide. It is also famous for its “Sohan”. This is a
flat sweet biscuit made of pistachios and saffron. Also “Gaz” is well known,
this is a nougat sweet. We tried this and personally, I found this delicious. There
are also numerous religious shops which sell religious that sell religious
books and versions of the Koran.
We also visited some
places of interest in Qum.
First, we visited a
museum called “the Āstāne Museum”. It contains the gifts and
bequests that have made to Lady Fatima Masuma by various well wishers.
We took the taxi and visited a mosque, namely the Masjid-e Jamkarān. It was built in 393 by Hassan Bin Maslah in order of Imam
Madi. It is believed that Holy Imam himself visits the mosque every Tuesday
night because several thousands Shia pilgrims converge here on that day. It is a important center for Shia Muslims, who are followers of the
Twelve Imams. The Islamic dress code is strictly enforced in Iran and also in
Masjid-e Jamkarān. Women wear trench coats with trousers and
cover their heads with headscarves. A chador is a must when you enter religious
places and men are not allowed to wear shorts.
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| Masjid-e Jamkarān |
Delphine
Honestly, I hated the Gaz sweet because I'm allergic to nougat. I couldn't even bear the smell of it. I understand that you wanted to taste this candy but I could only run away from it.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWhat I did like, were the rugs. Being home again, I had some time to look up different types of Qum rugs because I thought they were very beautiful. There are so many, unbelievable! They all have different motives and colours but I must admit that the Persian Silk Kashan Rug is my favourite one.
Source: http://amirrugs.com/searchbytype/qum.html
Ulrike