Nishapur
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Nishapur is an ancient city in northeastern Iran that flourished as a major political, commercial, and intellectual hub along the Silk Road, especially during the early Islamic and Abbasid periods.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
city ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | county capital ⓘ |
| coordinateApprox | 36.21°N 58.80°E ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| destroyedBy |
Mongol conquests
ⓘ
surface form:
Mongol invasions
|
| earlierSettlement |
Sasanian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Sasanian period
|
| economicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
mining ⓘ |
| flourishedDuring |
Abbasid period
ⓘ
early Islamic period ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 3rd century CE (as major Islamic center) ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSite |
Qohandez (citadel)
ⓘ
Shadiyakh ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important historical and cultural center of Iran ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Khorasan ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ceramics
ⓘ
hadith studies ⓘ poetry ⓘ religious scholarship ⓘ textile production ⓘ turquoise ⓘ |
| languageHistoricallySpoken |
Arabic (scholarly)
ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form:
Persian
|
| locatedIn |
Razavi Khorasan Province
ⓘ
northeastern Iran ⓘ |
| locatedOnRoute |
Silk Road routes
ⓘ
surface form:
Silk Road
|
| majorDestructionDate | 1221 ⓘ |
| mineralResource | turquoise ⓘ |
| modernPopulationApprox | over 200000 ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Mashhad ⓘ |
| notableResident |
Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini
ⓘ
Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri ⓘ Attar of Nishapur ⓘ Omar Khayyam ⓘ |
| partOf | Islamic Golden Age urban network ⓘ |
| rebuiltAfter | Mongol destruction ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Shia Islam (later periods)
ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
surface form:
Sunni Islam (historically dominant)
|
| role |
major commercial center
ⓘ
major intellectual center ⓘ major political center ⓘ |
| servedAs | regional capital of Khorasan ⓘ |
| transportConnection |
Trans-Iranian Railway
ⓘ
surface form:
Mashhad–Tehran railway
|
| underDynasty |
Abbasid Caliphate
ⓘ
Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Ghaznavid dynasty
Samanid Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Samanid dynasty
Seljuk Empire ⓘ Tahirid dynasty ⓘ |
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