Nishapur

The plain about Nishapur, which is in length from eighty to ninety miles, and in width from forty to sixty, boasts a still greater fertility.

The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. George Rawlinson 1857

In 1106, at the beginning of the 6th century in the Muslim calendar, al-Ghazâlî broke his vow and returned to teaching at the state-sponsored Nizâmiyya Madrasa in Nishapur, where he himself had been a student.

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This old Lady was the first one to seduce me into my love for gemstones, she was the one who sold me my first turqoise from Iran- Nishapur.

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The eastern Iranian province of Khurasan subdued by Muslim forces, following the conquest of the capital, Nishapur, in 651.

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He fomented rebellion in the cities of Nishapur, Rayy, and Qum.

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They held court at Nishapur and encouraged the opening of trade routes to central Asia.

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That is, if I shouldst exercise such interpretation of mine own devising of the Holy Writings in Bagh­dad, or Nishapur, or Babylon.

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But the pay was small, and Avicenna wandered from place to place through the districts of Nishapur and Merv to the borders of

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Shakespeare has found occasion to write of this pretty stone, one of the earliest used for adornment in the world's history, as the great mines of Nishapur, in Persia, and those of the Sinai Peninsula were worked at a very early time, the latter by the Egyptians as far back as 4000 B.C.

Shakespeare and Precious Stones Treating of the Known References of Precious Stones in Shakespeare's Works, with Comments as to the Origin of His Material, the Knowledge of the Poet Concerning Precious Stones, and References as to Where the Precious Stones of His Time Came from George Frederick Kunz