Shabestar is a city in and the capital of Shabestar County

Shabestar County

Shabestar County is a county in East Azerbaijan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Shabestar. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 121,787, in 33,255 families. The county is subdivided into three districts: the Central District, Tasuj District, and Sufian District...

, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 13,857, in 3,989 families.

Shabestar is located in proximity to Tabrizhttp://pharmfac.tbzmed.ac.ir/tabriz1.htm, the provincial capital, on the main Iranian-International railway line which connects Tehran

Tehran

Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...

 and Tabriz

Tabriz

Tabriz is the fourth largest city and one of the historical capitals of Iran and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Situated at an altitude of 1,350 meters at the junction of the Quri River and Aji River, it was the second largest city in Iran until the late 1960s, one of its former...

 to Turkey

Turkey

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 and Europe

Europe

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; During the Safavid period. Shabestar's economy and development has received a major boost due to the 'Azad' university http://www.iaushab.ac.ir/frames/biographi.asp#a built there. It is home to the renowned Iranian mysticist Sheikh Mahmoud Shabestari (is the creator of the sublime mystic poem Gulshan-e Raz

Gulshan-i Raz

Gulshan-i Raz or Gulshan-e Raz or Rose Garden Of Secrets is a collection of poems written in the 14th century by Sheikh Mahmoud Shabestari. It is considered to be one of the greatest classical Persian works of the Islamic mystical tradition known in the west as Sufism...

 (The Garden of Secrets). This poem is counted as one of the loftiest works of 'irfan, and has immortalized the name of its author. Many commentaries have been written upon it, perhaps the best of which is that written by Hazin Lahiji

Hazin Lahiji

Hazīn Lāhījī , is the pen-name of Mohammad Ali ibn Abi Tāleb ibn Abd Āllah, also known as Mohammad Ali ibn Abi Tāleb Hazin Lāhiji, Mohammad ibn Abi Tāleb Gilāni and Sheikh Mohammad Ali Hazin Lāhiji. He was an Iranian poet and scholar, born into an eminent family in Esfahan...

, which has been published and is available. Shabestari died about the year 1320), the composer of Gulshan-i Raz

Gulshan-i Raz

Gulshan-i Raz or Gulshan-e Raz or Rose Garden Of Secrets is a collection of poems written in the 14th century by Sheikh Mahmoud Shabestari. It is considered to be one of the greatest classical Persian works of the Islamic mystical tradition known in the west as Sufism...

.

Climate

Due to proximity to lake Urmia, the city experiences mild weather with wet winters and summers are somewhat hot and dry during day time and cooler at night. http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IR/1/kafialmolk.html

Monuments

• Mosque of Tasouj Sohrageh
• Church Mojoumbar
• Church Shabestari
• Mosque Sheykh Esmayil
• Great Jameh Mosque
• Khalil Shrine, Roudgat Bridge are the Historic and ancient monument of shabestar.