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Nishapur is a city in Khurasan in north-eastern Iran. Its chief city is Abrashahr, one of the districts of Khurasan. It was an important centre for the science of hadith, and Imam Muslim, author of the Sahih, is attributed to it. 1
The conquest
The book Futuh al-Buldan mentions that Abd Allah ibn Amir besieged it for months. The lord of one of its quarters asked for safe conduct and admitted the Muslims by night. Its marzban took refuge in the citadel (al-qahandiz), and then made peace for all of it for one million dirhams, or it is said seven hundred thousand. Qays ibn al-Haytham al-Sulami governed it. 2
In the geographers' books
Connections
- Place of death of
- Abd al-Ghafir al-Farisi· Muhyi al-Din Abu Sa'd al-Nisaburi· al-Jajarmi· Umar Khayyam
- Home of
- al-Jajarmi
- Birthplace of
- Umar Khayyam
- Site of
- Battle of Nishapur (1038)· The Conquest of Naysabur· Jaʿda ibn Hubayra's Khurāsān mission and Naysābūr's defiance (37 AH)· Khayyam's algebra treatise· The Nizamiyya of Nishapur· The defeat and killing of Rafi' ibn Harthama· Siege of Nishapur· Siege of Nishapur
- Contains
- The Bayhaqiyya Madrasa of Nishapur· The Sa'diyya Madrasa of Nishapur· Qasr al-Shadiyakh
People and things also explored
Khayyam's algebra treatise· Umar Khayyam· The Jalali calendar reform· Abd Allah ibn Amir· Abdallah ibn Hamuwayh al-Juwayni· Abu Hamid al-Ghazali· Ali ibn Abi Talib· علي بن الجهم
Sources
- GeoNames gazetteer
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.548
- Ahsan al-Taqasim fi Ma'rifat al-Aqalim of al-Muqaddasi , pp.247-248
- al-Farghani, Elementa astronomica (Golius, Amsterdam 1669)
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islam.museum contributors. “Nishapur”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/nishapur/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.