Nishapur
Americannoun
noun
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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
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
The thriving cities where the art was fashioned�Marlik, Shapur, Kashan, Nishapur, Tepe Hissar�have crumbled into oblivion.
From Time Magazine Archive
How long Ghazzali occupied his professorship at Nishapur the second time is not precisely clear.
From Mystics and Saints of Islam by Field, Claud
Parthunisa, with the graves of the Parthian kings, mentioned in Isidorus, "which the Greeks call Nisæa," is Parthava-Niçaya, and must be sought for near the modern Nishapur.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max
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