Mood (city)

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latd = 32 | latm = 41 | lats =50.68 | latNS = N
longd = 60 | longm = 3 | longs =17.49 | longEW = E
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website = [http://www.birjandcity.com/ www.birjandcity.com/]
footnotes = Prefix code: +98 Iran - (0)561 Birjand

Mood (also written as Moud) is a city in the province South Khorasan in Iran and a county of the subprovince Sarbisheh. Ferezmorgh is a subdivision of the city. Formerly up to the devision of the Province from Khorasan it was a borough of today South Khorasan's provincial capital Birjand.

South Khorasan province has numerous historical and archeological sites pertaining to the Neolithic and post-Sasanian era (651-850 CE).

Archaeologists excavating in the southern historical town of Moud in South Khorasan province have unearthed ancient earthenware dating back to the Parthian dynastic era (248 BCE-224 CE).Excavations were conducted on an ancient mound located near the city of Birjand. Numerous historical artifacts dating back from the pre-historic eras up to the Safavid dynasty were found at the site.

The last prince of Birjand was Shah Seyyed Ali Kazemi who came from Mood (where most people were related with him), a relative of the emperor Shah Reza Pahlavi and the Prime minister Asadollah Alam.

The area is known for Mood blankets and carpets that have normally a curvilinear design with a sun flower shaped picture in the center. The production of such carpets is usually high-quality. These carpets are made of wool or cotton. They attained their valuation by the decree of the Persian Safavid emperor Shah Abbas I, who not only arranged the building of the fortresses in this region, but also retained the original Persian design styles and knot techniques.

Notables from Mood

*Shah Seyyed Ali Kazemi (born in Mood, †1984 in Birjand) last tribal leader of Mood and Birjand at the beginning of Pahlavi Dynasty
*Kazem Motamadnedjad, communication scientist
*Marcel Kasemi, crown prince

External links

* [http://www.birjandmiras.ir/eng/content.htm General touristic Information centers]