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Sabzevar

Also known as Sabzawar

Sabzevar is a city in Razavi Khorasan province in north-eastern Iran, west of Nishapur on the old road between Tehran and Mashhad. In the 14th century it was the capital of the Sarbadars, a Shia state formed in a revolt against Mongol officials after the break-up of the Ilkhanate. It was long a centre of Shia learning and is the birthplace of the 19th-century philosopher Hadi Sabzavari.

Sabzevar
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sabzevar. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sabzevar
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The Epoch Institute. “Sabzevar.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sabzevar.
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