Abarshahr
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf, E.J. Keall Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: M. Roaf, E.J. Keall Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Apr 19, 2026 11:05 PM
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History
A province of the Sasanian empire with its capital as Nishapur. The name and regional/administrative connotation outlasted the Sasanians.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/952057
36.202448, 58.798373
- Representative Locations:
- Barrington Atlas location (30 BC - AD 640)
- Abarshahr part of (administrative) Sasanian Empire (AD 224 - AD 651)
- Nev-Shapur/Nishapur capital of Abarshahr (AD 224 - AD 651)
province
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 97 C3 Abarshahr
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M. Roaf, E.J. Keall, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Abarshahr: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/952057> [accessed: 07 October 2026]
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