- Al-
ʿAwāṣim (Arabic: العواصم, "the defences, fortifications"; sing. al-ʿāṣimah, اَلْـعَـاصِـمَـة, "protectress") was the
Arabic term used to
refer to the...
- part of
Qinnasrin by
Caliph Abd al-Malik in 692. In 786, the jund of al-
Awasim and al-Thughur were
established from the
northern frontier region of Qinnasrin...
-
converts from
Greater Khorasan, an area that
would become known as al-
ʻAwāṣim in the
ninth century CE. The
ribat fortifications later served to protect...
- Arab-Byzantine
frontier including the
construction of new
fortified districts (al-
Awasim) in
order to more
effectively gain
control of Asia Minor. However, with...
-
Barqa Egypt Hejaz Ifriqiya Iraq
Sawad Jazira Jibal Khurasan Sindh Syria Awasim Jund al-Urdunn Jund
Dimashq Jund
Filastin Jund Hims Jund
Qinnasrin Tabaristan...
- reconquered, to the
Muslim conquests: by the 640s,
Cilicia formed the
border (Al-
Awasim)
between Byzantium and the new Arab
Rashidun Caliphate and its successors...
- this time as an
advance strongpoint within the
fortified zone of the al-
ʿAwāṣim,
stretching from
Tarsus northeast to Malatya, and as an ****embly point...
- of the 8th century,
making it the
capital of the
frontier province of al-
Awasim. Afterward, the city
became a
point of
contention between the Byzantines...
- the
frontier provinces with the
Byzantine Empire (the al-Thughur wa al-'
Awasim), with his seat at Manbij. In this capacity, in July-August 803,
Qasim led...
-
Mardaites gained a semi-independent
status around the Nur
Mountains within al-
ʿAwāṣim, the Byzantine-Arab
border region. They
initially agreed to
serve as mercenaries...
