Over history, Neyshabur has been one of the biggest centers of Islamic studies and home to many scholars, poets, Sufis. The construction of this ancient city dates back to the Sassanid era when Shapur I ordered to build the city around the mid-decades of the third century AD. In 643, Muslims conquered the city. Neyshabur was also the capital of the first semi-independent Iranian government after the Umayyad Caliphate dominating Iran.
Neyshabur County is adjacent to Ghoochan city on the north with, Chenaran and Mashhad cities on the east, Torbat-e Heydarieh and Kashmar cities on the south, Sabzevar city on the west and Farouj city on the northwest in North Khorasan Province.
One of the most attractive tourist sites is the garden which envelopes the resting place of the great scholar and poet, Omar Khayam. It is said that the said garden belonged to him. The exact date of his death have not been specified and it is known to be within the years 506 – 530 AH. Later another monument was erected about 100 m. north of the tomb to commemorate this renowned personality. This structure is a high tomb made of iron and stone, consisting of ten bases, which have geometrical shapes and are connected to each other.
Tomb of Attar Nishapuri, the poet and mystic, who lived during 12th century, is one of the main attractions of the city.
The tomb is built during the reign of Timurid dynasty. In Qajar era, during the reign of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, the governor of Khorasan was going to build another tomb instead, but unfavorable circumstances of the country convinced him to stop. After Qajar dynasty, during Pahlavi era, in the reign of the second king of Pahlavi dynasty, the tomb was restored completely in the format that still remains. In 1990s another restoration mission accomplished. Tomb of Attar was registered as a national heritage, too.