Nishapur County ( fa, شهرستان نیشابور, ''Šahrestâne Neyšhâbur''), or officially

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as Neyshabur County, is located in Razavi Khorasan province,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. The capital of the county is

Nishapur Nishapur or officially Romanized as Neyshabur ( fa, ;Or also "نیشاپور" which is closer to its original and historic meaning though it is less commonly used by modern native Persian speakers. In Persian poetry, the name of this city is wri ...

, the second largest city in the province and the third largest city in Eastern Iran. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form Firuzeh County and

Zeberkhan County Zeberkhan County ( fa, شهرستان زبرخان) is in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Qadamgah. At the 2006 census, the region's population (as Zeberkhan District of Nishapur County Nishapur ...

) was 441,184, in 118,214 households. Retrieved 27 October 2022 At the 2016 census, the county's population was 451,780, in 142,545 households.

Administrative divisions

History

Nishapur massacre by the Mongols

The Nishapur massacre by the

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took place at Nishapur in April of 1221. The

Mongol The Mongols ( mn, Монголчууд, , , ; ; russian: Монголы) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, Inner Mongolia in China and the Buryatia Republic of the Russian Federation. The Mongols are the principal member ...

armies of

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massacred the entire population of the area, which some estimates put at 1,747,000 citizens.DEATH BY GOVERNMENT
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References

Counties of Razavi Khorasan Province {{RazaviKhorasan-geo-stub