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Description: IMG6689 Mausoleum of Omar Khayyam, Nishabur. Architect Hooshang Seyhoun. Nishapur or Nishabur is a city in Razavi Khorasan Province, in northeastern Iran, situated in a fertile plain at the foot of the Binalud Mountains. Nearby are the turquoise mines that have supplied the world with turquoise for at least two millennia. The city was founded in the 3rd century by Shapur I as a Sasanian satrapy capital. From the Abbasid era to the Mongol invasion of Khwarezmia and Eastern Iran, the city evolved into a significant cultural, commercial, and intellectual center within the Islamic world. Nishapur, along with Merv, Herat and Balkh were one of the four great cities of Greater Khorasan and one of the greatest cities in the middle ages, a seat of governmental power in eastern of caliphate, a dwelling place for diverse ethnic and religious groups, a trading stop on commercial routes.
Title: Mausoleum of Omar Khayyám
Credit: Neyshabur, Iran
Author: Ninara from Helsinki, Finland
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