Tomb of Esther and Mordechai of Hamadan

The tomb of Esther and Mordechai is one of the most important pilgrimage sites for Jews in Iran and the world. This tomb is considered one of the other attractions of Hamadan that has been nationally registered.

The current building of this tomb was constructed in the seventh century AH on the old building belonging to the third century AH. For this reason, the architecture of this historical building is in the style of Islamic buildings. In this tomb, a Torah book with great antiquity on deer skin was discovered, which is currently kept in the Hamadan Cultural Heritage Organization. Xerxes married a Jewish girl named Esther, who was the niece of one of the courtiers, Mordechai. In fact, Esther was the Jewish queen of the Achaemenid king.

Her original name was Hadassah, but because she was incredibly beautiful and fair, she was named Esther, meaning star. For 1,500 years after Esther's death, many believed that this Jewish queen was buried in this place.

Interestingly, the Torah states that Esther and Mordechai killed 77,000 Iranians on the 10th to 12th of Farvardin because those people had problems with the Jews.

For this reason, people fled their homes on the 13th of Farvardin (13 Bedar) to escape this massacre. So if exciting historical stories interest you, visiting this tomb will undoubtedly take you into the world of legends.