A series of enigmatic ninthor tenth-century wall paintings from Nishapur in eastern Iran seems to have been imbued with amuletic, apotropaic, or talismanic properties. Recapitulating while exaggerating some of the properties of marble, the paintings also include anthropomorphic and vegetal imagery. Their idiosyncratic iconography seems to highlight a tension between physis and technē that may b...

in the face of strategic and geopolitical importance of nishapur, this city was not much taken into consideration by the archeologists of the historic period. the analysis of the new findings of the ancient castle of sasanian nishapur as well as the identification of some sasanian settlements in the plain of nishapur can make it possible to re-configure the eco-political structures of the commu...

with the advent of islam during the first half of the 7th century ce, pottery manufacture gradually started to change all over the islamic world. at the beginning iranian potters continued their pre-islamic traditions, therefore; nishapur potteries and their motifs can be seen as a link between two most flourishing eras in history of persian art (pre and post islamic period). the samanids were ...

as the chief communication channel between eastern and western civilizations, the  silk road has played the significant role in the history of northeastern iran. the  silk road has provided a communicative way for commercial exchanges in one hand, and was in used by invader nomads in order to plunder of northeastern iran during many decades in other hand. the contacts have led to interaction be...

abu hafs al-haddad was one of the masters and founders of malāmatiyya (or malamatis) in nishapur in the 9th century (about 3rd hijri century). through a deep study of ancient sources, in present article, we have rendered some valuable details about his life and family, some of the aspects that reflect the main lines of his thoughts have been made clear, on one hand; and the principles of malāma...