located near the river SishTaraz in the western part of the province, and 217
kilometres (135 mi) south of the province's capital Mashhad, in Iran, from east to Bardaskan, west to Torbat-e Heydarieh, north to Nishapur, south to Gonabad. Until two centuries ago, this
city was named Torshiz and
was the birthplace of Sheikh
Ahmad-e Jami. At the 2006 census, its population was 81,527, in 21,947
families
