The ancient city of Tus in Iran's northeast, near Turkmenistan

Ferdowsi's tomb, in Tus, is a popular tourist attraction.

Also in Tus is the remains of the Citadel of Tus, built during the Sassanid era.

Tus (توس or طوس in Persian) also known as Toos or Tous, is an ancient city in the Iranian province of Razavi Khorasan. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Ferdowsi Tomb File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Ferdowsi Tomb File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Categories: Iran geography stubs | Cities in Iran ... Image File history File links Tus Citadel, Razavi Khorasan Province. ... Image File history File links Tus Citadel, Razavi Khorasan Province. ... The remains of Arg-e-Tus. ... Sassanid Empire at its greatest extent The Sassanid dynasty (also Sassanian) was the name given to the kings of Persia during the era of the second Persian Empire, from 224 until 651, when the last Sassanid shah, Yazdegerd III, lost a 14-year struggle to drive out the Umayyad Caliphate... Persian (فارسی), (local name in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan: Fârsi), Pârsi (older local name, but still used by some speakers), Tajik (a Central Asian dialect) or Dari (Another local name in Tajikistan, Afghanistan), is a language spoken in Iran,Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Bahrain. ... Iran consists of 30 provinces: Provinces are governed from a local center, mostly the largest local city. ... Categories: Iran geography stubs | Provinces of Iran ...

The city was vanquished by Genghis Khan's Mongol holocaust in 1220. For the German pop band, see Dschinghis Khan Genghis Khan (1155/1162/1167–August 18, 1227) (Cyrillic: Чингис Хаан), (also spelled as Chingis Khan, Jenghis Khan, etc. ...

Some notable figures in the history of Iran who were born in Tus include: Geber, Ferdowsi, Asadi Tusi, Nizam al-Mulk, Al-Ghazali, and Nasir al-Din al-Tusi. 15th century European portrait of Geber, Codici Ashburnhamiani 1166, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence Jabir Ibn Hayyan (c. ... فردوسی Ferdowsi Ferdowsi Ferdowsi Tousi (فردوسی طوسی in Persian) (more commonly transliterated Firdausi) (935–1020) is considered to be one of the greatest Persian poets to have ever lived. ... Asadi Tusi (born: Tus, Iranian provice of Khorasan - died: 1072 Tabriz, Iran). ... Abu Ali al-Hasan al-Tusi Nizam al-Mulk (نظام الملك، ابو علي الحسن الطوسي in Arabic; 1018 - 14 October 1092) was a celebrated Persian vizier of the Seljuk Turks. ... Haruniyeh tomb, named after Harun al-Rashid. ... Nasir Tusi or Abu Jafar Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Ibn al-Hasan Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201–1274, near Baghdad) was a Persian scientist, of Shia islamic belief, born in Tus, Khorasan (then Persia, present time Iran). ...

Caliph Harun al-Rashid is said to be buried in Tus. Harun al-Rashid (Arabic هارون الرشيد also spelled Harun ar-Rashid, Haroun al-Rashid or Haroon al Rasheed; English: Aaron the Upright; ca. ...