Sabzevar About this sound pronunciation (Persian: سبزوار‎‎) is a city in, and the capital of Sabzevar County, in Razavi Khorasan Province in northeastern Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 208,172, in 57,024 families.It is approximately 220 kilometres west of Mashhad, the provincial capital. In ancient times it was called Beihagh (Beyhaq). Sabzevar is the commercial center for an agricultural region producing grapes and raisins.