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Neishaboor

Nishapur
نیشابور
Neyshabur
Plaster tile from Old city of Nishapur
Nature of North Nishapur Nature of North Nishapur
Mausoleum of Kamal-ol-Molk Wooden Mosque of Nishapur
Cornice plaster from Old city of Nishapur
Official seal of Nishapur
Seal
Nickname(s): Sassanid and Umayyed era: Abarshahr (Upper Cities), Little Damascus (by Ibn Battuta)
Nishapur is located in Iran
Nishapur
Nishapur
Coordinates: 36°12′48″N 58°47′45″E / 36.21333°N 58.79583°E / 36.21333; 58.79583Coordinates: 36°12′48″N 58°47′45″E / 36.21333°N 58.79583°E / 36.21333; 58.79583
Country  Iran
Province Khorasan
County Nishapur County
Foundation 3rd century
Municipality of Nishapur 1931
Government
 • Mayor Seyed Abbas Hosseini
 • Governor of County Gholam-Hossein Mozaffari
Elevation 1,250 m (4,100 ft)
Population (2011)
 • City 276,089
 • Nishapur County 433,105
 • Urban areas of Nishapur County 270,301
  2 Census
Demonym(s) Nishapuri
Time zone IRST (UTC+03:30)
Website www.neyshaboor.com, Rowzaneh, Neyshabur Day

Nishapur or Nishabur (About this sound pronunciation ; Persian: نیشابور‎‎, also Romanized as Nīshāpūr, Nišâpur, Nişapur, Nīshābūr, Neyshābūr, and Neeshapoor, from Middle Persian: New-Shabuhr, meaning "New City of Shapur", "Fair Shapur", or "Perfect built of Shapur") is a city in the Khorasan Province, capital of the Nishapur County and former capital of Province Khorasan, in northeastern Iran, situated in a fertile plain at the foot of the Binalud Mountains. It had an estimated population of 239,185 as of 2011 and its county 433,105. Nearby are the turquoise mines that have supplied the world with turquoise for at least two millennia. The city was founded in the 3rd century by Shapur I as a Sasanian satrapy capital. Nishapur later became the capital of Tahirid dynasty and was reformed by Abdullah Tahir in 830, and was later selected as the capital of Seljuq dynasty by Tughril in 1037. From the Abbasid era to the Mongol invasion of Khwarezmia and Eastern Iran, the city evolved into a significant cultural, commercial, and intellectual center within the Islamic world. Nishapur, along with Merv, Herat and Balkh were one of the four great cities of Greater Khorasan and one of the greatest cities in the middle ages, a seat of governmental power in eastern of caliphate, a dwelling place for diverse ethnic and religious groups, a trading stop on commercial routes from Transoxiana and China, Iraq and Egypt.


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