Abiward or Abi-ward, was an ancient

Sassanid The Sasanian () or Sassanid Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians (, ) and also referred to by historians as the Neo-Persian Empire, was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th centuries AD. Named ...

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

in modern-day

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. Archaeological excavations at the ancient city of Abiward have been made in the last century about 8 km west of Kaka (russian: Каахка) in an area of 12,000 m². The central ''tell'' is 60 feet high and 700 feet round. Abiwert-panorama

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ABĪVARD: a town in medieval northern Khorasan
Archaeological sites in Turkmenistan Sasanian cities Nishapur Quarter Ahal Region {{Turkmenistan-geo-stub