- The
Asawira (Arabic: أساورة) were a
military unit of the
Rashidun and
Umayyad Caliphate. The unit
consisted of
Iranian noblemen who were
originally part...
-
author makes another allusion when
describing the ****ault by the
Persian asāwira (descendants of the
Sasanian aswārān
heavy cavalry) that
killed Mas'ud...
-
Asawira. The
reason for
their defection was in
order to
preserve their status and wealth. However,
according to the
Khuzestan Chronicle, the
Asawira first...
- الأحرار) in Sanaa, al-abnāʾ in Yemen, al-aḥāmira (الأحامرة) in Kufa, al-
asāwira (الأساورة) in Basra, al-khaḍārima (الخضارمة) in al-Jazira, and al-jarājima...
- (سوار), uswār/iswār (اسوار),
Modern Persian savār (سوار). The
Arabic word
asāwira (أساورة), used to
refer to a
certain faction of the
Sasanian cavalry after...
- the
Asawira. The
reason for
their defection was to
preserve their status and wealth. However,
according to the
Khuzestan Chronicle, the
Asawira first...
- stir up the revolt, but
Tamimi tribesmen under Ibn al-Harith and
their asawira allies under Mah-Afridhun,
stormed the
building and
killed Mas'ud. After...
-
Asawira. The
reason for
their defection was in
order to
preserve their status and wealth. However,
according to the
Khuzestan Chronicle, the
Asawira first...
-
continued serving as the
commander of the
asbaran (which
became known as the
Asawira).
During the Arab
invasion of Iran, the
Sasanian king
Yazdegerd III (r...
- city
along with
Persian Aswaran. Later, as did Aswaran, who were
known as
Asawira during the
caliphate period, they
settled in
Basra as
allies of Banu Tamim...
