Nishapur
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
The thriving cities where the art was fashioned�Marlik, Shapur, Kashan, Nishapur, Tepe Hissar�have crumbled into oblivion.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the pay was small, and Avicenna wandered from place to place through the districts of Nishapur and Merv to the borders of Khorasan, seeking an opening for his talents.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
Your father said that there is a merchant in Nishapur, who has fixed twelve inestimable rubies on his dog's collar: the king would not believe him, but conceived him a liar, and has imprisoned him.
From Bagh O Bahar, or Tales of the Four Darweshes by Forbes, Duncan
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