Asawira
The Asawira (
Sasanian army. It was disbanded in 703 by al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf
.
Etymology
The word is the
Arabic broken plural form of the Middle Persian word aswār ("horseman"), which in turn is from the Old Persian word asabāra. The Parthian form is asbār.[1]
Background
During the
Zoroastrian names, such as a certain Mah-Afridhan.[3]
History
They thereafter participated in the conquest of
Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan had a mosque constructed in Basra for them in the late 660s.[1]
During the
Hasan of Basra
, a prominent Muslim scholar, who was also of Iranian origin.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Bosworth 1987, pp. 706–707.
- ^ "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica".
- ^ Pourshariati 2008, p. 240.
- ^ Zakeri 1995, p. 335.
Sources
- Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008). Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3.
- Jalalipour, Saeid (2014). The Arab Conquest of Persia: The Khūzistān Province before and after the Muslims Triumph (PDF). Sasanika.[permanent dead link]
- Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. II, Fasc. 7. pp. 706–707.
- ]
- Zakeri, Mohsen (1995). Sasanid Soldiers in Early Muslim Society: The Origins of 'Ayyārān and Futuwwa. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. pp. 1–391. ISBN 3447036524.