Talk:Nishapur

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Neyshabour Poets
Omar Khayyam

Attar of Nishapur

Notable Poets, scientists, Artists
Nesyshabour used to be a major city in history so a lot of poets, scientists andartists lived in it. a few of them are here for you: Hakim Omar Khayyam e Neyshabouri Sheykh Faridoddin Attar e Neyshabouri

and a few conterporary Pepeol Kamal-al-Molk : Artist(The world second paintist) Ostad Parviz Meshkatiyan(Composer and Artist) Doktor Reza Shafiyee kadkani(Professor of Persian Litrature and Poet) Omid e Majd(Translator of Quran in the form of poem) Yaghma -Shaer e khesht mal(Poet with lack of academic education)

Number of deaths?
"After the husband of Genghis Khan's daughter was killed at Nishapur in 1221, she ordered the death of all in the city (~1.7 million), and the skulls of men, women, and children were piled in pyramids by the Mongols."

I find it hard to believe that the city had 1.7 million inhabitants in 1221. That would have made it the biggest city in the world at the time, which seems unlikely considering the dry surroundings and low population density of Central Asia. Where are the references?


 * The source itself notes that it isn't true:
 * "While Khan inarguably killed his fair share of people, it's impossible that he -- or anyone else -- personally ever took as many lives in such a short time. For Khan to have killed that many people in an hour, he would have had to take 29,133 lives per minute."
 * I have removed the claim about the population total. The largest city in the world in 1200 had a population of somewhere between 250,000 and 1 million, and was certainly not Nishapur. Titanium Dragon  (talk) 06:36, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

Etymology of "nishapur"
I was wondering if someone can include the etymology behind "nishapur". I think its sanskrit, nisha+pur, meaning night+city, city of the night... but I dont have any references and dont know why the city got such a name... so i wont include it in the main article... if there is someone out there who knows the background behind the name, kindly add it.. 41.209.23.34 (talk) 06:50, 10 July 2008 (UTC) Vineeta


 * If you are able to read Persian, you may start a detailed investigation of the origin of this name by reading the following entry form Dehkhoda's dictionary: . Otherwise, later (when I have the necessary time) I shall put down here what I know about the etymology of Nishapur. Kind regards, --BF 12:39, 10 July 2008 (UTC).

I Need help
I Need help for improving this article.۝ ۝ (talk) 06:58, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Nishapur
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Reference named "USGS": From Turquoise: Turquoise. minerals.usgs.gov From Ardabil:  

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langauge of neishabour
I do not think anybody speaks Arabic in neishabour,where this information is coming from — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.112.159.176 (talk) 01:51, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

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Changing the name of the article to the modern name
Hello everyone. I am from the city of Neyshabur. People here mostly pronounce the contemporary name of the city with the phoneme /b/ and not /p/. The current modern name of the city is written and pronounced as نیشابور and romanized as Neyshabur and not Nishapur or Neyshapur. Nishapur or Neyshapur is the historical and the archeological name that is used for the city. The common Persian name used in Iran for reference to this city is نیشابور which is mostly romanized as Neyshabur. Also, IRNA or the official news agency of the government of Iran uses the tag نیشابور or ''Neyshabur for reference to this cityIRNA. Currently, there are two main universities in the city that are named after the word Neyshabur, one is the University of Neyshabur and the other is the Islamic Azad University of Neyshabur (IAUN) please check their respective websites for the confirmation of my claim. The encyclopedia of Brittania has also romanized the name of the city as Neyshabur not Nishapur. You can also check the city's name in Google maps too. I suggest considering moving the page from Nishapur to Neyshabur. Thank you for reading my suggestion. Best of lucks.
 * The common name in Persian is irrelevant, this is the English Wikipedia, not the Persian one. Britannica is not WP:RS, and even if it was, that does not prove that Neyshabur is WP:COMMON NAME. --HistoryofIran (talk) 16:55, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for your answer and help! I didn't change the WP:COMMON NAME this time and only added Neyshabur as the official name. I have also added a citation (An official governmental website along with my previous citations that are not included this time) to the Municipality of Neyshabur as my claim for the usage of this Romanization as the official name. You can check it out. You can change the article if you still disagree with me on this matter. Best regards! Ehsanbasafa (talk) 12:08, 25 November 2021 (UTC)Ehsanbasafa

More information about the modern and contemporary period is needed
It would be nice to add more information about the contemporary and the modern period of this city instead of its past and history. Ehsanbasafa (talk) 20:22, 26 November 2021 (UTC)Ehsanbasafa

Merge suggestion
It has been suggested that History of Nishapur be merged into this article. Proposed since April 2022. Hi, Since the article the history of Nishapur is too small, I suggest merging it into this article. Best regards, Ehsanbasafa (talk) 14:16, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ Klbrain (talk) 16:09, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

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