Shah Abdol Azim shrine (Ray)
To the southeast of Tehran, just beyond that city’s vast urban sprawl, lies the ancient city of Rey and its pilgrimage shrine of Shah-e’ Abdal-Azim. Archaeological evidence indicates the city was important during the Achaemenian (559-330 BC) and Sassanian (224-637 AD) periods. Rey was occupied by the Muslims in 635 AD, was the regional capital in the 11th and 12th …