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

Romanized Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and ...

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 wr ...

, the second largest city in the province and the third largest city in

Eastern Iran Eastern Iran consists of the Lut Desert, the mountains ranges bordering Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the coastal strip of the Gulf of Oman. It includes the provinces of North Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan, South Khorasan and Sis ...

. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form

Firuzeh County Firuzeh County ( fa, شهرستان فیروزه), formerly Binalud County, is in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Firuzeh. At the 2006 census, the region's population (as Taghenkoh District and most of ...

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

Mongols 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 membe ...

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 of ...

armies of

Genghis Khan ''Chinggis Khaan'' ͡ʃʰiŋɡɪs xaːŋbr />Mongol script: ''Chinggis Qa(gh)an/ Chinggis Khagan'' , birth_name = Temüjin , successor = Tolui (as regent)Ögedei Khan , spouse = , issue = , house = Borjigin , ...

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

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