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  1. Nishapur - Wikipedia

    Nishapur or Neyshabur (Persian: نیشاپور, also نیشابور ⓘ) [a] is a city in the Central District of Nishapur County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. [10]

  2. The Nishapur Excavations | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

    Explore The Met’s excavations at Nishapur, a city in northeastern Iran. Related material is on view at The Met Fifth Avenue in galleries 452 and 453.

  3. Nishapur – Travel guide at Wikivoyage

    Nishapur or Nishabur is the second largest city of Razavi Khorasan Province, the historic capital of the western half of Greater Khorasan, the capital of the Nishapur County and a historic Silk Road city. Nishapur is close to the second most-populous city of Iran, Mashhad.

  4. The City of Nishapur - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

    Nishapur was founded around the third century A.D. By the eighth century, it flourished as a regional capital famous for its commercial and religious life. The city consisted of a walled citadel surrounded by a walled outer city that included a palace, mosque, marketplace, and …

  5. Nishapur County - Wikipedia

    Nishapur County (Persian: شهرستان نیشاپور) [a] is in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Nishapur , [ 3 ] the second largest city in the province and the third largest city in Eastern Iran .

  6. The Metropolitan Museum’s Excavations at Nishapur

    Oct 1, 2001 · Nishapur is a city in northeastern Iran that was founded around the third century A.D., grew to prominence in the eighth century, and was ruined by invasions and earthquakes in the thirteenth century.

  7. NISHAPUR i. Historical Geography and History to the …

    Jun 9, 2015 · Nishapur (Nišāpur) was, with Balḵ, Marv and Herat, one of the four great cities of the province of Khorasan. It flourished in Sasanid and early Islamic times, but after the devastations of the Mongol invasions of the 13th century, subsided into a more modest role until it revived in the 20th century.

  8. Persian City, Turquoise Mosques & Carpets - Britannica

    Neyshābūr, town, northeastern Iran. Neyshābūr is situated 46 miles (74 km) west of Meshed. The town, which has shifted its position repeatedly in historical times, lies at an elevation of 3,980 feet (1,213 metres) in a wide, well-watered, and fertile plain at the southern foot of the Bīnālūd

  9. Nishapur - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Nishapur is a historial city in northeast Iran and the cultural capital of the Khorasan region. In 2005, about 270,940 people lived there. [1]

  10. Iran’s Ancient City Nishapur in Razavi Khorasan Province

    Jan 19, 2015 · Nishapur or Nishabur from Middle Persian "New-Shabuhr" (meaning New City of Shapur, Fair Shapur, or Perfect built of Shapur) is a city in the Razavi Khorasan Province, in northeastern Iran, situated in a fertile plain at the foot of the Mount Binalud.

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