Nishapur
Americannoun
noun
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To this day, the color of Nishapur turquoise serves as the global standard against which all other turquoise is judged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
For thousands of years, from empire to empire, from even before Islam came to Iran, it’s been mined outside of Mashhad, in the neighboring Nishapur, where some of Iran’s most beloved classical poets are buried.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
Later on Ghazzali studied at Nishapur under the celebrated Abu'l-Maali.
From Mystics and Saints of Islam by Claud Field
Hasan, Subah of Nishapur, collects a band of Carmathians who are named after him, "Assassins."
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
Naṣr escaped only by a headlong flight to Nishapur.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
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