Nev-Shapur/Nishapur

settlement · 30 BC – 1923 AD

An ancient settlement (modern Nishapur), founded or rebuilt by Šāpūr I. Capital of the Sassanian province of Abaršahr.

Coordinates

36.20245, 58.79837

Also known as

Nev-Shapur, Nīşābūr (ota), Nīšāpūr (fa), نیشابور (ota)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors

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