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]

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.

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 …

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.

Sep 17, 2010 · 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.

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 .

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.

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.

Nishapur. Ancient city of the Iranian province of Khorasan. Nishapur, despite historical and natural catastrophes, was one of the most prosperous cities in the Islamic East until the time of the Mongols.

Jan 1, 2021 · One of the most important towns of Khorasan in the early Islamic period (now in Iran); for a short period in the ninth century it replaced Marv as the regional capital. The town was a major commercial center, noted for its textiles. Nishapur became a capital again in 1037 under Tughril Beg, the first Salijuq ruler.