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{{Infobox settlement
  |official_name          = Mașhad
  |native_name            = {{lang|fa|مشهد}}
  |nickname               =  
  |former_name            = Sanabad (village) - Also Toos (city)
  |motto                  = City of paradise (Shahr-e behesht)
  |image_skyline          =
  |imagesize              = 300px
  |image_caption          = 
  |image_flag             = 
  |image_map              =
  |mapsize                =
  |map_caption            = Mašhad-e moqaddas
  |latd                   = 36 |latm=18 |lats= |latNS = N
  |longd                  = 59 |longm=36 |longs= |longEW = E
  |coordinates_display    = inline,title
  |pushpin_map            = Iran <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map -->
  |pushpin_label_position = bottom <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
  |pushpin_map_caption    = Location of Mashhad in [[Iran]]
  |pushpin_mapsize        =
  |coordinates_region     = IR
  |subdivision_type       = [[Țară]]
  |subdivision_name       = {{IRN}}
  |subdivision_type1      = [[Provinciile Iranului|Provincie]]
  |subdivision_name1      = [[Provincia Razavi Khorasan|Razavi Khorasan]]
  |subdivision_type2      = [[Comitatele Iranului|Comitat]]
  |subdivision_name2      = [[Comitatul Mashhad|Mashhad]]
  |subdivision_type3 =[[Bakhsh]]
  |subdivision_name3 =[[Districtul Central (Comitatul Mashhad)|Central]]
  |leader_title           = Primar (Šahrdār)
  |leader_name            = [[Sowlat Mortazavi]]
  |established_title      = Mashhad-Sanabad-Toos
  |established_date       = 818 AD
  |area_magnitude         =
  |area_total_km2         = 850|area_total_sq_mi
<ref>{{cite web|title=Local Government Profile|url=http://www.unisdr.org/campaign/resilientcities/cities/view/1062|publisher=United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction|accessdate=4 February 2014|archive-date=2014-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222003048/http://www.unisdr.org/campaign/resilientcities/cities/view/1062|dead-url=yes}}</ref>  |area_land_km2          =
  |area_land_sq_mi        =
  |area_water_km2         =
  |area_water_sq_mi       =
  |area_water_percent     =
  |area_urban_km2         =
  |area_urban_sq_mi       =
  |area_metro_km2         = 3946
  |area_metro_sq_mi       =
  |population_total       = 2,410,800
  |population_as_of       = 2011
  |population_note        = <ref name="Imam Reza"/>
  |population_metro       =
  |population_urban       =
  |population_density_km2 =
  |population_density_sq_mi =
  |population_demonym     = Mashhadi, Mashadi, Mashdi (informal)
  |timezone               = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]]
  |utc_offset             = +03:30
  |timezone_DST           = [[Iran Standard Time|IRDT]]
  |utc_offset_DST         = +04:30
  |elevation_m            = 985
  |elevation_ft           =
  |website                = [http://www.mashhad.ir/ www.mashhad.ir]
  |footnotes              =
}}
'''Mașhad''' ({{lang-fa|مشهد}} ; {{audio|Fa-ir-mashhad_(1).ogg|ascultă}}) este un oraș din [[Iran]]. Cu o populație de 3.131.586 de locuitori,<ref name="amar.org.ir">http://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/2/pdf/jamiat_shahrestan_keshvar3.pdf</ref> este al doilea cel mai populat oraș din Iran, după [[Teheran]]. Este situat în nord-estul Iranului, la granița cu [[Afghanistan]] și cu [[Turkmenistan]]. În trecut aici era punct de trecere al negustorilor care își continuau călătoria spre est spre „[[Drumul Mătăsii]]” care trecea și prin [[Iran]].