Population 94,758 (2011) | County Torbat-e Jam Time zone IRST (UTC+3:30) Local time Monday 10:56 AM | |
Weather 8°C, Wind N at 21 km/h, 74% Humidity Neighborhoods Farhangiyan 2, Shahid Motahari, ZIBAKENAR, اداره ارشاد اسلامی شهرستان تربت جام, Valfagr | ||
Torbat-e Jam (Persian: تربت جام, also Romanized as Torbat-e Jām; also known as Torbat-e Sheykh Jām and Turbat-i-Shaikh Jam) is a city in and capital of Torbat-e Jam County, in Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 83,558, in 19,111 families.
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Map of Torbat-e-Jam, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
Torbat-e Jām is an ancient city. It is about 160 kilometres (99 mi) southwest of Mashhad, about 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Taybad, and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of the Afghanistan border. There are many ancient places there, like the mazar (tomb) of Sheikh Ahmad Jami and Prince Qasem-e Anvar. The county includes many villages, such as Bezd, Mahmoodabad, Nilshahr.
Monuments
Historic monuments in Torbat-e Jam, Khorasan province, are under serious threat of destruction.
The head of Torbat-e Jam Cultural Heritage and Tourism Department put the credits allocated for restoration of historic sites in the city at 550 million rials in the current year (started March 21). He noted that from the total amount, 500 million rials would be spent on Robat-e Jam historic site and the rest on Sheikh Ahmad Jami mausoleum—a complex comprising 10 buildings, ISNA reported. Taj-Mohammadi complained that given the number of monuments and the huge workload, the earmarked budget is insufficient. The other major historic sites of this northeastern city which face destruction are Robat-e Sangan, Khajeh Azizollah Mosque, Shah Qassem Anvar Mausoleum, Noor Mosque and Abouzar Bozjani Mausoleum, he warned. Torbat-e Jam is the birth and burial place of the renowned 11th century mystic Sheikh Ahmad Jami. The city is in fact named after the great mystic. Located on the mountains 163 kilometers east of Mashhad, Torbat-e Jam has a desert climate with wild pistachio forests and vast pastures. Torbat-e Jam and its neighboring areas have a rich and beautiful local and mystical music.