Fushenjan

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Fushenjan فوشنجان
village
The northern and western gardens of Fushanjan are visible in the right corner of the picture. The picture was taken from a dirt road accessible from the Baghrud Road of Nishapur.
Fushenjan
Coordinates: 36°12′39″N 58°53′41″E / 36.21083°N 58.89472°E / 36.21083; 58.89472
Country	Iran
Province	Razavi Khorasan
County	Nishapur
Bakhsh	Central
Rural District	Fazl
Population  (2006)
• Total	1,457
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)
Area code	051

Fushenjan (Persian: فوشنجان also Romanized as Fūshenjān),^[1] also known as Pushtanghan (Persian: پشتنقان) or Pushenjan^[2] (Persian: پوشنجان) in the historic sources of The Quarter of Nishapur (Persian: ربع نیشابور) in Khorasan, is a village in Fazl Rural District, in the Central District of Nishapur County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,457, in 421 families.^[3]

This village has been claimed to be the birthplace of Haji Bektash Veli by Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism of Iran^[4] and is home to Baktash Archaeological Site of Nishapur^[4] which was uncovered by an archeological group led by the archeological department of the University of Neyshabur in an archeological excavation project initiated in the year 2016.^[2][5] This site is part of the Iran National Heritage list with the national registration number of 24383.^[4] There is no historical source or record which implies that Bektash was really born in Fushenjan.^{[citation needed][disputed – discuss]} The cited websites clearly show that the Iranian government invented^{[citation needed][disputed – discuss]} the place for tourist attraction and missionary activity.