Quds in Persian literature

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Quds or Beitol moghadas (Persian: قدس - بیت المقدس‎) refer to the city of Jerusalem. This name is used in some Persian poems, ancient literature of Persia, geographical books, travel literature, and Persian atlases and maps.^[1][2]

Examples[]

The following books are some examples of literature that use the name "Quds" to refer Jerusalem:^{[citation needed]}

• Safarnama
• Habib al-Siyar
• Hudud al-'Alam
• Shahnameh

Jerusalem is normally referred to as "Beyt al-Moqaddas" in Persian language and literature, the above-mentioned references included. "Quds" on the other hand is a politicized term used by the Islamic Republic since 1979.

See also[]

• Quds Day

References[]