Qom

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Qom
قم
City
کلانشهر قم · Qom Metropolis
Top: Fatima Masumeh Shrine, Second Row: Left: Bagh-e Gonbad-e Sabz Right: Grand Timcheh of Qom, Third Row: Left: Feyziyeh Madrasas Right: Qom Jamkaran Mosque, Bottom: Panoramic view of downtown Qom
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Websitewww.qom.ir

Qom (

Qom River
.

At the 2006 census, its population was 957,496 in 241,827 households.[8] The following census in 2011 counted 1,074,036 people in 299,752 households.[9] The 2016 census showed a population of 1,201,158 people in 356,976 households.[1]

Qom is considered holy in

Fatimah bint Musa, sister of Imam Ali ibn Musa Rida[10] (Persian: Imam Reza; 789–816). The city is the largest center for Shi'a 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 Shi'a Muslims from all around the world.[11] Qom is also famous for a Persian brittle toffee known as sohan
(Persian: سوهان), considered a souvenir of the city and sold by thousands of sohan vendors.

Qom has developed into a lively industrial center owing in part to its proximity to Tehran. It is a regional center for the distribution of

Abadan refinery on the Persian Gulf. Qom gained additional prosperity when oil was discovered at Sarajeh
near the city in 1956 and a large refinery was built between Qom and Tehran.

Etymology

Some researchers have considered the word "Kom" (in the ancient name of Komidan (Komiran)) to mean "city" and believe that there is a lexical connection between the words "Komiran", "Shemiran (near Tehran)", "Tehran", "Chamran (in Saveh areas)" and "Iran", and they considered the old name of Qom to be "Komiran" (in the meaning of "Iran city").[12]

Geography

Qom, the capital of Qom province, is located 125 kilometers south of Tehran, on a low plain. The shrine of Fatimeh Masumeh, the sister of

Shiʿa Muslims holy. The city is located in the boundary of the central desert of Iran (Kavir-e Markazi). At the 2011 census its population was 1,074,036,[13]
comprising 545,704 males and 528,332 females.

Qom is a focal center of the Shiʿah.[14][15] Since the revolution, the clerical population has risen from around 25,000 to more than 45,000 and the non-clerical population has more than tripled to about 700,000. Substantial sums of money in the form of alms and Islamic taxes flow into Qom to the ten Marja'-e taqlid or "Source to be Followed" that reside there.[16] The number of seminary schools in Qom is now over fifty, and the number of research institutes and libraries somewhere near two hundred and fifty.[16]

Its theological center and the

Jasb. The surrounding area to the west of Qom is populated by Tafresh, Saveh, and Ashtian and Jafarieh. Arak
city (Industrial Capital of Iran) is in the southwest of Qom.

View Of Southwestern Qom
View Of Southwestern Qom

Climate

Qom has a

Alborz Mountains
by blocking over Europe – frigid. An example of the latter situation was in January 2008 when minima fell to −23 °C or −9.4 °F on the 15th, whilst earlier similar situations occurred in January 1964 and to a lesser extent January 1950, January 1972 and December 1972.

The highest recorded temperature was 47 °C (117 °F) on 11 July 2010 and the lowest recorded temperature was −23 °C (−9 °F) on 15 January 2008.

Climate data for Qom (1986–2010, records 1986–2020)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 23.4
(74.1) 		26.5
(79.7) 		35.5
(95.9) 		37.0
(98.6) 		41.8
(107.2) 		45.9
(114.6) 		47.0
(116.6) 		45.6
(114.1) 		42.3
(108.1) 		37.7
(99.9) 		31.0
(87.8) 		22.5
(72.5) 		47.0
(116.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 10.2
(50.4) 		13.6
(56.5) 		19.1
(66.4) 		26.0
(78.8) 		31.8
(89.2) 		37.9
(100.2) 		40.3
(104.5) 		39.4
(102.9) 		34.9
(94.8) 		27.7
(81.9) 		18.9
(66.0) 		12.2
(54.0) 		26.0
(78.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) 4.2
(39.6) 		7.1
(44.8) 		12.0
(53.6) 		18.3
(64.9) 		23.6
(74.5) 		29.1
(84.4) 		31.8
(89.2) 		30.3
(86.5) 		25.2
(77.4) 		19.0
(66.2) 		11.5
(52.7) 		6.1
(43.0) 		18.2
(64.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −1.9
(28.6) 		0.6
(33.1) 		5.0
(41.0) 		10.5
(50.9) 		15.4
(59.7) 		20.2
(68.4) 		23.4
(74.1) 		21.2
(70.2) 		15.6
(60.1) 		10.3
(50.5) 		4.1
(39.4) 		−0.1
(31.8) 		10.4
(50.7)
Record low °C (°F) −23.0
(−9.4) 		−11.2
(11.8) 		−11.0
(12.2) 		−0.2
(31.6) 		5.4
(41.7) 		8.0
(46.4) 		15.0
(59.0) 		11.8
(53.2) 		6.5
(43.7) 		0.6
(33.1) 		−11.0
(12.2) 		−10.5
(13.1) 		−23.0
(−9.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 25.4
(1.00) 		20.5
(0.81) 		27.7
(1.09) 		20.2
(0.80) 		10.4
(0.41) 		2.3
(0.09) 		0.7
(0.03) 		0.3
(0.01) 		0.8
(0.03) 		6.2
(0.24) 		14.3
(0.56) 		19.4
(0.76) 		148.2
(5.83)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 4.4 4.1 4.2 3.9 2.0 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.8 2.6 3.2 27.2
Average snowy days 3.1 1.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.9 5.8
Average
relative humidity
(%) 		66 58 48 42 33 24 23 24 26 38 52 66 41
Mean monthly sunshine hours 185.0 194.0 221.5 233.3 296.6 351.5 354.5 347.3 309.9 263.4 204.9 172.7 3,134.6
Source: Iran Meteorological Organization (records),[19] (temperatures),[20] (precipitation),[21] (humidity),[22] (days with precipitation and snow),[23] (sunshine)[24]

History

See also: Timeline of Qom
Azam Mosque in Qom

The present town of Qom in Central Iran dates back to ancient times. Its pre-Islamic history can be partially documented, although the earlier epochs remain unclear. Excavations at

Seleucid Dionysian temple, or of a Parthian complex. Its true function is still a matter of dispute, but the contributions by Wolfram Kleiss point to a Parthian palace that served as a station on the nearby highway and was used until Sasanian times.[25]

The recently published results of the excavations carried out in 1955 by Iranian archeologists have, however, revived the old thesis of a Seleucid religious building.

Khor Abad at Qomi in the 9th century, the region has turned up a few other remnants from this epoch, including the four Parthian heads found near Qom, now kept in the National Museum of Iran in Tehran.[27] Qomi names Parthian personalities as founders of villages in the Qom area.[28][full citation needed] The possible mention of Qom in the form of Greek
names in two ancient geographical works (the Tabula Peutingera and Ptolemy's geographical tables) remains doubtful.

View Of Qom city in a painting in 1723 AD

The Sasanian epoch offers many archeological findings and remnants, besides the fact that various sources mention Qom. The most interesting building from an archeological point of view is the Qalʿa-ye Doḵtar in Qom itself, which was long thought to have served religious purposes, while more recent research points to an administrative use.[29] The wider surroundings of Qom also contain numerous traces from palaces, religious, military and administrative buildings.[30][full citation needed] Some of these are mentioned by Qomi, who also names many more fire temples in the urban area of present Qom and its region, of which no archeological traces are left although the location of one fire temple can probably be equated with today's Masjed-e Emām in the city.[31] According to Qomi, the most important fire temple of the area stood in the nearby village of Dizijan.[32]

Tāriḵ-e Qom and some other sources also speak of genuine historical figures of the Sasanian epoch in connection with Qom and its region. They shed new light on the time of the seizure of power by the first Sasanian king Ardashir I, who fought his decisive battles near Qom,[33] and the collapse of the Sasanian empire, which is extensively reported by Ebn Aʿṯam Kufi and the Nehāyat al-Erab and names a certain Šērzād as the satrap of the region.[34] The existence of an urban settlement in the Sasanian epoch is furthermore verified by Middle Persian sources (literary sources, inscriptions, and seals) that mention in the time of Shapur I and Kawād I the names Godmān/Gomān and Ērān Win(n)ārd Kawād, both of which could be identified as Qom.[35] Altogether one can assume that Qom functioned as a small administrative unit throughout the whole Sasanian era. Probably the urban structure of the Sasanian settlement of Qom can be compared with the type of city of Ctesiphon (Or. Madāʾen) and consisted of several villages and little towns with Abaraštejān, Mamajjān and Jamkarān as the bigger settlements that were loosely connected by defense installations.[36]

It is difficult to decipher the actual process of the

Persia, as narrated by Balāḏori, appears somewhat confusing). It remains unclear who the defenders of Qom were; probably fleeing Sasanian nobles and local soldiers returning from the great battles against the Arabs formed the core of the resistance. The area remained largely untouched for 60 years after the initial conquest and was probably administered from Isfahan.[37]

The first permanent settlement of Arab settlers in Qom took place during the revolts of

Umayyad state power and the rebels[38]

The decisive step for the later urban development of Qom occurred when a group of

Persian noble Yazdanfadar.[39]

As the Arabs required a great deal of pasture for their large herds of cattle and were much wealthier than the local Persians, they slowly started to buy land and take over more villages. The decisive step for controlling the area was the elimination of the local Persian noble class that took place after the death of Yazdanfadar in 733.[40] The emigration and the subsequent settlement and building activities led to the fusion of the original six villages on the area of Qom to an urban conglomerate which probably happened within two generations after the first coming of Arabs.[citation needed]

The Fatima Masumeh Shrine in Qom

Although a few names of governors and their tax assessments are known from the time after the administrative independence, the death of

Ali al-Ridha in the city in 201/816–17 proved to be of great importance for the later history of Qom. Fātimah bint Mūsā died while following her brother to Khorasan, a region in northern Iran. The place of her entombment developed from 869–70 into a building that was transformed over time into today's magnificent and economically important sanctuary.[41]

In 825–26 a major rebellion against the tax regulations of the caliphate broke out in Qom. It was caused by the refusal of the caliph Al-Ma'mun to lower the yearly tax assessment as he had done in Ray. The revolt was led by an Ashaari named Yahya ibn Emran, maintaining that taxes should not be paid to an unlawful ruler. Yahya was killed by troops sent by the caliph and the citizens were severely punished; the taxes were raised from 2 million to 7 million dirhams. Two years later the taxes were again raised by 700,000 dirham by the Ashaari governor Ali ibn Isa, who was subsequently deposed because he was strongly rejected by the inhabitants of Qom. But in 833 Ali returned to the post of governor (wali) and forcefully collected tax debts that were laid upon him by the caliph. He destroyed parts of Qom and handed over a wanted rebel to caliphal authorities under Al-Moʿtasem. Between 839–42 two contradicting tax assessments were carried out under turbulent circumstances which amounted to a sum of 5 million dirhams. The names of those involved have survived.[42]

Deire Gachin Caravansarai

The move of a Hadith transmitter from Kufa to Qom, which took place probably in the middle of the 9th century, indicates the increased importance of Qom as a center of Shia learning. At about the same time another military attack on the city occurred in 254/868, when Mofleḥ, the

Hassan al-Askari, in Qom and other Qomis. The representative Aḥmad b. Esḥāq was at the same time administrator of the Fāṭema sanctuary and the agent (wakil) responsible for the pensions of the Alids.[43]

The first Friday mosque in Qom was built in 878–79 on the site of a fire temple, although there are also confusing reports concerning a possible earlier Friday mosque.[44] In 881–82 Qom was occupied by the Turkish military leader Edgu Tegin (Arabic: Yadkutakin b. Asātakin or Aḏkutakin), who tried to collect the tax arrears for seven years which partially ruined the guarantors (some of whom are known) of these taxes. At about the same time the early orthodox Shias achieved their victory in the town. In 893–94, at the latest, all extremists (ḡolāt) were driven out of town by the leading Shia shaikh of Qom, Aḥmad b. Moḥammed b. Isa Ashaari. Probably one year later the famous Islamic mystic Ḥosayn b. Manṣur Ḥallaj stayed in Qom, where he was arrested.[45]

From 895–96 onwards the history of Qom was connected with a family of Turkish military leaders from the army of the caliph Al-Mu'tadid, including the governor Berun (Birun). In the same year, Berun destroyed a big and probably still active fire temple located on the territory of the evolving city and probably opposite today's sanctuary of Fātimah bint Mūsā. In these unstable political times, Qom was visited by the vizier of Al-Moʿtazed, Obayd-Allah ibn Solayman, and two tax assessments were organized.[46] An administrative peculiarity of Qom was put to an end at about the same time, to wit the independent appointment of judges through the Arab inhabitants of Qom until the time of al-Moktafi, which, together with the dispatch of a joint Arab-Persian delegation to the vizier Ḥamid ibn Abbas indicate the end of the elevated position of the Arabs in Qom. The period of the governor Abbas ibn Amr Ganawi (292–96/904–09) is remarkable for the presence of non-Twelver Shias in Qom and the establishment of the office of the jahbaḏ (financial officer) as the tax broker for the city, which fostered local self-determination.[47]

In 909 Hosayn ibn Hamdan ibn Hamdun was appointed governor of Qom and Kāšān by the caliph Al-Moqtader and had to assist the caliph's army against the Saffarids in Fars. Altogether he stayed in power only for two years before he had to return to Baghdad.[48] In the years 301/913–14 to 315/927 the people of Qom had, besides another tax assessment (meanwhile the eighth), a caliphal intervention that resulted in the appointment of a governor to stabilize the administrative grip over the region. This move caused more unrest and affected the balance of power in an area that was disputed between the powers of the time (Daylamites, Samanids). Beginning in 316/928 Qom fell into the sphere of interest of Daylami warlords and was relieved from the direct authority of the caliph, although it changed hands several times between 928 and 943. The Daylamites brutally exploited the city through harsh taxes. With the firm establishment of Buyids control from 340/951–52 on, the political circumstances were less troubled than before, although the economic situation deteriorated.[49]

No outstanding events are reported for the relatively stable political period until 988–89, but Qom seems to have been isolated inside Persia because of its Shia creed. At the same time, the Fatima sanctuary was enlarged and the number of sayyeds residing in Qom reached a considerable number. In 373/984 Qom and its environs were affected by the revolt of the

Buyid Fakr-Al-Dawla.[50]

The population amounted to 50,000 inhabitants at the most and consisted of

Twelver Shia
constituted the great majority of the population and many important Shia scholars of the time came from Qom or lived there. As many as 331 male Alids lived in Qom in 988–89, and they produced a good number of community leaders and there is also mention of one prominent female ʿAlid besides Fātimah bint Mūsā. These Alids descended from the Imams and were supported by pensions.

Apart from the Shia mainstream, other Shia sects existed in the city and one can also assume the presence of

Zoroastrians) must have lived in the city, too, as the payment of poll tax (jezya) indicates, although their number can only be very roughly estimated at a few thousand at the end of the 9th century and must have shrunk drastically in the 10th century. The majority of these non-Muslims were Zoroastrians, who made their living mostly as farmers. Jews must have lived in Qom as well, but information on them is scant. It is striking that the formerly dominant Ashaaries had lost their leading positions by the end of the 10th century. This points at a new social situation that allowed assimilated Persians to join the local establishment.[52]

The city's topography in the 10th century still reflected the evolutionary merging of the original six villages; these were still separated by fields. The town center was located in the village of Mamajjān, which was connected to other parts of the city on the other side of the river by four bridges. There were about eight squares whose function is not clear and three mosques within the city. There is almost no information about madrasas. The sanctuary must have still been quite small as only two cupolas are mentioned. A bazaar and bathhouses must have existed, too, as well as certain administrative buildings (prison, mint). Five bigger and eight smaller roads indicate good traffic connections, which were supported by at least three or maybe even nine city gates.[53]

Qom was then in a difficult economic and social position. Many houses inside the city as well as bridges and mills were ruined, and the roads and agriculture were suffering from an insecure situation. This has to be attributed to difficult social circumstances and excessive taxation.[54] The water supply seems to have been satisfactory and the Ashaaries seem to have undertaken continuous renovation works on the irrigation channels between 733 and 900. The Ašʿaris were also the proprietors of the water rights, which were safeguarded in the water authority (divān-e āb) that regulated the water shares. The system made the Ašʿaris the wealthiest inhabitants of Qom and stayed in place until 347/958–59 when they were expropriated by the Buyids, which consequently brought about a decline in the whole system of irrigation. Although there were attempts at restoration in 371/981–82, only three of originally twenty-one channels had flowing water which meant enough drinking water was supplied for the population, but the available amount could not have been adequate for agricultural purposes.[55]

Grand Timcheh.

Altogether the state of cultivation in Qom seems to have resembled that of the other regions of Persia, although the thirty different crops and plants are only indirectly mentioned in connection with the tax assessments. The soil is reported to have good quality and produced big quantities of food. Little is known about animal husbandry in the region, but the considerable number of fifty-one mills existed, of which a fifth was in decay. Legends speak of mineral deposits and mines of silver, iron, gold and lead, while Kurds seem to have produced salt from a lake nearby (see Qom Lake). The production of chairs, textiles, and saddle equipment indicates craftsmanship.[56]

The city's taxation has to be distinguished between the more proper rule of the

Deylamid warlords where rules were bent arbitrarily. A stunning diversity of taxes is known (often meant to serve the Abbasid bureaucracy and the Deylamid and Buyid war machinery) but the Karaj (land tax), which was composed of many different separate sums, was the most important single tax existing in Qom at least since post-Sasanian times. Within the known 18 tax figures ranging over 160 years there are great differences and the tax figures vary from 8 million to 2 million dirhams with a mean value at around 3 million. In taxation Qom always followed the solar calendar with its own local variation, starting from the death of the Sasanian Yazdegerd III. A highly differentiated tax administration existed and is known in great detail; 24 tax collectors (ʿommāl) are listed from 189/804–05 to 371/981–82 plus two jahabaḏa who acted as mediators after the attempt to enforce collective responsibility by the taxpayers had failed. The information in the Tāriḵ-e Qom on taxation also mention by name 21 tax districts (rasātiq) in the region with 900 villages.[57]

Little is known about the time until the period of

Seljuk rule and nothing is known about its fate until 487/1094. Afterwards the growing instability of the Seljuk empire involved Qom in the power struggles between the competing Seljuk factions in Jebāl and the city changed hands many times. The most stable period seems to have been the 14 years (513–27/1119–33) when Qom lay in Sanjar's sphere of power and witnessed the construction of a second Friday mosque.[58]

Surprisingly, Qom enjoyed relative prosperity in its economy in the Seljuk period. The rigidly

Sunni Seljuks seem to have practiced a pragmatic policy and one of the main sources of this time (ʿAbd-al-Jalil Qazvini) speaks of good relations between the famous vizier Nizam al-Mulk and Seljuk sultans on the one hand, and members of the local nobility on the other. Sultans reportedly visited the sanctuary (although no specific sultan is mentioned by name) and in general no religiously motivated punitive action against Qom is known to have taken place. Under Seljuk rule a considerable number of religious buildings were erected. At least ten madrasas are known by name. Two Friday mosques seem to have existed in Seljuk times: the old one was renovated and a new one, located outside of the town area, was built in 528/1133–34 by the order of Sultan Togrel II (Persian: سلطان طغرل دوم). Qom must have expanded during this period, but precise reasons for its prosperity are not known. A family of Ḥosaynid Alids was influential and provided a number of community leaders. Another important Shia family was that of the Daʿwidār (Persian: دعوی‌دار), whose members were judges (Arabic: قاضی) in town, which indicates the transformation of Qom from a town governed by the Sunnis to a completely Shai domain.[59]

The following epochs of the

Muhammad II of Khwarezm.[60]

The

Ilkhanid period. Besides, the fact that the Ilkhanid vizier Šams-al-Din Jovayni took refuge in the Fātimah bint Mūsā sanctuary in 683/1284, indicates that the city must have experienced at least a modest comeback. The city walls were probably rebuilt and, moreover, four graves of saints are known to have been constructed between 720/1301 and 1365. Additionally, some fine tiles are known from this period. Nothing is known about the irrigation systems of the town, but nearby a dam was built in the Ilkhanid period and the local administration must have functioned again, as the name of a judge shows. The agricultural situation is described as flourishing with a variety of cultivated plants and a good supply of water, and legends indicate the use of deposits of mineral resources. Information exists concerning taxes for the post-Mongolian period. Qom paid 40,000 dinars, but more remarkable is the fact that some of the surrounding rural districts paid as much as Qom or even more, which suggests that the whole administrative structure of districts had also changed.[61]

In the late 14th century, the city was plundered by

Tamerlane and the inhabitants were massacred. Qom gained special attention and gradually developed due to its religious shrine during the Saffavid dynasty. By 1503, Qom became one of the important centers of theology in relation to Shia Islam and became a significant religious pilgrimage site and pivot.[citation needed
]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1986543,139—    
1991681,253+4.64%
1996777,677+2.68%
2006959,116+2.12%
20111,074,036+2.29%
20161,201,158+2.26%
source:[62]

The city suffered heavy damage again during the Afghan invasions, resulting in consequent severe economic hardships. Qom further sustained damage during the reign of

Fath Ali Shah was responsible for the repairs done on the sepulchre and Holy Shrine of Hæzræt Mæ'sume, as he had made such a vow.[citation needed
]

The city of Qom began another era of prosperity in the Qajar era. After Russian forces entered Karaj in 1915, many of the inhabitants of Tehran moved to Qom due to reasons of proximity, and the transfer of the capital from Tehran to Qom was even discussed. But the British and Russians defeated prospects of the plan by putting Ahmad Shah Qajar under political pressure.

As a center of religious learning Qom fell into decline for about a century from 1820 to 1920 but had a resurgence when Shaykh

Abdul Karim Haeri Yazdi accepted an invitation to move from Sultanabad (now called Arak, Iran), where he had been teaching, to Qom.[63]

In 1964–65, before his exile from Iran, the

Ayatollah Khomeini led his opposition to the Pahlavi dynasty
from Qom.

On 19 February 2020, the

Iranian Students News Agency reported that the first two cases of the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran were detected in Qom.[64]

Governance

Authority for the city lies with the mayor, who is elected by a municipal board. The municipal board is periodically elected by the city's residents. The municipal central office is located on Saheli Street. The current mayor of Qom is Mohammad Delbari.

Old districts

Modern districts

Tourism

Jamkaran Mosque

Historical and cultural heritage

Imam Hassan Al-Askari Mosque
Al-Ghadir Mosque

Iran's Cultural Heritage Organization lists 195 sites of historical and cultural significance in Qom. But the more visited sites of Qom are:

  • Shrine of Fatimah al-Masumah
  • Jamkaran Mosque
  • Azam Mosque
  • Imam Hassan Al-Asgari Mosque
  • Al-Ghadir Mosque
  • Atiq Mosque in Qom
  • Qom Bazaar
  • Feyzieh Religious School
  • Mar'ashi Najafi Library, with over 500,000 handwritten texts and copies.
  • Timcheh-ye-Bozorg (Grand Timcheh)
  • Paminar School
  • Jahangirkhan School
  • Fath-Ali Shah Qajar Tomb
  • Mohammad Shah Qajar Tomb
  • Shah Abbas II
    Tomb
  • Shah Safi
    Tomb
  • Gonbad Sabz Historical Garden
  • Ali Ibn Ja'afar Tomb
  • Shah Hamzeh Tomb
  • Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi
    's Historical House
  • 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
  • Jamkaran Historical Castle
  • 500 year Cypress Tree in Jamkaran
  • Sirang Tourism Centre
  • Kohne Bazaar Commercial Centre
  • Kohne Mosque

Museums

  • Astaneh Moqaddaseh Museum (Qom Central Museum)
    Ali ibn Musa
    in the Qom Museum
  • Anthropology Museum Of Qom
  • The Museum Of Traditional Arts
  • The Museum Of Natural History & Wildlife
  • The Museum Of Astronomy

Educational institutions

Iranian Seminaries Management Centre

Qom is well known for its many religious seminaries and institutes that offer advanced religious studies, which made this city the largest center for Shia scholarship in the world. There are an estimated 50,000 seminarians in the city coming from 80 countries, including Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Pakistan. Qom has seminaries for women and some non-Shia students. Most of the seminaries teach their students modern social sciences and Western thought as well as traditional religious studies.[65]

Hawzah 'Ilmiyya Qom (Qom Seminary)

Qom Seminary
Imam Hassan Askari Mosque, Qom, Iran

The Hawzah (a short form of al-Hawzah al-Ilmiyya), which presently consists of over 200 education and research centres and organisations, catering for over 40,000 scholars and students from over 80 List of sovereign states. The modern

Grand Ayatollah Borujerdi
and is barely a century old. There are nearly 300,000 clerics in Iran's seminaries.

Universities and seminaries

  • University of Qom
  • Mofid University
  • Qom University of Medical Sciences
  • Al-Mustafa International University
  • Al-Zahra Seminary
  • Seyyed Hassan Shirazi Seminary
  • Imam Hossein Seminary
  • Imam Baghir Seminary
  • Imam Mahdi Seminary
  • Rasoul A'zam Seminary
  • Razavia Seminary
  • Satia Seminary
  • Imam Khomeini Seminary
  • Aba-Salih Seminary
  • Al-Mahdi Seminary
  • Al-Hadi Seminary
  • Haghani Seminary
  • Janbazan Seminary
  • Resalat Seminary
  • Itrat Seminary
  • Darb-Astana Seminary
  • Seyyed Abdol Aziz Seminary
  • Toloo-e-Mehr Educational Institute
  • Shahab Danesh University
  • Pardis-e-Daneshgah-e-Tehran University
  • IRIB University Of Qom
  • Qom's Industrial College
  • Azad Islami University of Pardisan
  • Payam-Nour College of Pardisan
  • Ma'sumia University
  • Hikmat College
  • The University Of Religions & Denominations
  • Quran & Hadis University
  • Fekr-e-Eslami University
  • Ma'aref-e-Islami University
  • Computer Research Center of Islamic Sciences
  • Qom University of Technology

Fordow uranium enrichment facility

Main article:
Fordow uranium enrichment facility

The Fordow uranium enrichment facility is located 20 miles north east of Qom.

Shiite religious response.[69]

Transportation

The city has a number of streets and roadways.

It will be served by Qom International Airport which is under construction.

Notable people

Azartash Azarnoush
Sadeq Tabatabaei
Sadeq Tabatabaei
Hamid Reza Noorbakhsh
Hamid Reza Noorbakhsh
Javad Razavian
Javad Razavian
Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
Amir Mehdizadeh
Amir Mehdizadeh
Alireza Vafaei
Alireza Vafaei
Abolghasem Orouji
Abolghasem Orouji

Twin towns

Qom is

twinned
with:

Gallery

  • Qom Mosque
    Qom Mosque
  • Young Water Park
    Young Water Park
  • Shrine of Fatimah Masumah
    Shrine of Fatimah Masumah
  • The Hashemi park of Qom in autumn
    The Hashemi park of Qom in autumn
  • Alavi park
    Alavi park
  • Bonyadi Park
    Bonyadi Park

See also

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Qom.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Qom.

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Bibliography

See also: Bibliography of the history of Qom
  • Balāḏori
  • Drechsler
  • Frye
  • Ghirshman
  • Hakemi
  • Kleiss
  • Modarresi Ṭabāṭabāʾi
  • Najāši
  • Qomi
  • Schippmann

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