Shabestar

Shabestar is located 60 kilometers north-east of Tabriz. It is situated on the main Iranian-International railway line which connects Tehran and Tabriz to Turkey and Europe.During the Safavid period, the famous road named Tabriz-Tarabouzan was crossing the district of shabestar.the district of shabestar is famous also because of the famous Aref Shaykh Mahmood Shabestary(Author of Gulshane Raz) and because it was the birth place of the clergy rebel Shaykh Mohammed Khabani (birth in Khameneh) and the famous Azery author of scoffing books, Mirza Ali Akbar Moejiz Shabestari.The most intersting historical places and building of the district of Shabestar are as following:
The Jami’s Mosque (the Friday Pray Mosque-Tasouj) which was constructed in 989 AH,during the period of Sultan Mohammed Khodabandeh.
Shaykh Mohammed Shabestari Tomb which belongs to the modern time.
The Oromeyeh Lake-side which is valuable for its being leisure place.
The Outskirt of Mishudagh Mountain and the Fall of Aishabad which are known as leisure places.