Sabzevar

Sabzevar, in the Khurasan region of northeastern Iran, was a medieval town (medieval Bayhaq district) and a notable centre of Shi'i learning. The Twelver Qur'an commentator al-Tabarsi (al-Tabrisi, d. 1153), author of the major tafsir Majma' al-Bayan, is associated with the Bayhaq/Sabzevar region.