Nisaean plain
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The Nisaean plain (also spelled Nesaean; Greek: Nḗsaion pedíon)[a] was a fertile plain in Media, a historic region in Iran.[1][2] It was best known for being the home of the esteemed Nisaean horse.[1] The plain may be identical with the Nisaya district mentioned in the Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great (r. 522–486 BC).[1] However, Rüdiger Schmitt notes that this cannot be strictly proven.[1] The name of the plain possibly survived into the Medieval era, as Yaqut al-Hamawi, writing in the 13th century, mentioned a town in Hamadan (ancient Ecbatana) with the name Nisa.[1] The city of Nahavand is located on the Nisaean plain.[2]
Notes
- ^ Old Iranian *i was ostensibly rendered as ē in the most renowned Greek Herodotean manuscripts.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Schmitt 2002.
- ^ a b Sherwin-White & Wiesehöfer 2012.
Sources
- Schmitt, Rüdiger (2002). "Nisāya". Encyclopaedia Iranica.
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