Naysabur

نيسابور

Naysabur, whose city is Abarshahr, of Khurasan's kuwar; besieged months by Ibn Amir, a quarter-warden's night aman let the Muslims open its gate, the marzban compounding from the qahandaz for the whole at a million — some say seven hundred thousand — and Qays ibn al-Haytham governed it; its rustaqs include Zam, Bakharz, Juwayn, Bayhaq, Basht, Ashband, Rukh, Zawa, Khuwaf, Asbara'in and Arghiyan.

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عبد الله بن عامر· Qays ibn al-Haytham al-Sulami· The Conquest of Naysabur

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  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
  • Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi
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