Nev-Shapur/Nishapur
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf, E.J. Keall
Creators: M. Roaf, E.J. Keall
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Tom Elliott, World Historical Gazetteer
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Apr 19, 2026 08:58 PM
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History
An ancient settlement (modern Nishapur), founded or rebuilt by Šāpūr I. Capital of the Sassanian province of Abaršahr.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/952092
36.202448, 58.798373
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 30527 (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Nev-Shapur (30 BC - AD 640)
- نیشابور (Nīşābūr: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1300 - AD 1923)
- Nīšāpūr (Modern Persian, unspecified date range)
- Nev-Shapur/Nishapur capital of Abarshahr (AD 224 - AD 651)
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settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 97 D3 Nev-Shapur
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: 2.5 miles SE Nishapur
M. Roaf, E.J. Keall, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Tom Elliott, and World Historical Gazetteer, 'Nev-Shapur/Nishapur: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/952092> [accessed: 15 July 2026]
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