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Place

Nishapur

Also known as

Abarshahr
Aparshahr
Naisaburi
Najsábúr
Najšábúr
Naysabur

Image illustrating Nishapur — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Nishapursee Wikimedia Commons

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Connected to

place of death ofAbd al-Karīm ibn Hawāzin Qushayri986 CE
place of death ofAbu Uthman As-Sabuni983 CE
birthplace of · place of death ofAḥmad Ibn-Muḥammad al- Maidānī
place of death ofAl-Bayhaqi994 CE
birthplace ofAli Nemati1996 CE
containsBattle of Nishapur
birthplace ofHasan Nizami
birthplace ofIbn al-Mundhir850s CE
birthplace ofIbn Khuzaymah838 CE
place of death ofIbn Ṭahmān
birthplace ofIranshahri9th c. CE

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