INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
on Sunday.Moreover, comprehensive plans are to be formulated to help revive the previous spender of the ancient town through the close
collaboration of the local officials and experts, the official stated.He made the remarks during his visit to the northeastern town, adding:
the top tourist attractions of the country, Tus has been the birthplace of some important cultural and scientific Iranian figures in the
past centuries.The city was captured by Alexander the Great in c
330 BC and it was destroyed once during the Mongol invasion, and again by the Timurids, and many of its people were killed.Tus is famed as a
cultural hub and is home to many national figures
Ferdowsi is a world-renowned poet whose mythical poems are translated into various languages
Many Iranians regard Ferdowsi as the greatest of their poets
Down through the centuries they have continued to read and listen to recitations from his masterwork, the Shahnameh.Al-Ghazali was another
figure who emerged from that area
He was a theologian, jurist, philosopher, and mystic
Other notable residents of Tus include the early polymath Jabir ibn Hayyan, poet Asadi Tusi; polymath Nasser al-Din Tusi and the prominent
Islamic scholar Abu Jafar Tusi.AM
