Proper noun
Nishapur
A city in Iran.
Excavations at Nishapur show artwork both monochrome and polychrome from the 8th and 9th centuries. Source: Internet
The city fell to the Afghans in 1750, after almost a year of siege and bloody conflict; the Afghan forces then pushed on into present-day Iran, capturing Nishapur and Mashhad in 1751. Source: Internet