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Encyclopedia Britannica



NISHAPUR

This article appears in Volume V19, Page 710 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: NEW-NUM
NISHAPUR , a province of Persia, situated between Meshed and Sabzevar, in northern
Khorasan
 . The older name of the
district
  was Abarshehr. It has a population of from 130,000 to 140,000, is divided into twelve districts, and pays a yearly revenue of about 12,000. It produces much
grain
  and
cotton
 , and is considered one of the most fertile districts of Persia. One of its subdivisions is that of Bar-i-Madan, with
chief
  place Madan (situated 32 M. N.W. of the city of Nishapur, at an
elevation
  of 5100 ft., in 36 28' N., 58 20' E.), where the famous mines are which have supplied the world with turquoises for at least 2000 years. The province used to be one of the administrative divisions of
Khorasan
 , but is now a
separate
  province, with a
governor
  appointed by the shah.


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