en.unionpedia.org

Siyah al-Uswari, the Glossary

Index Siyah al-Uswari

Siyah, known in Arabic sources as Siyah al-Uswari ("Siyah the Aswar"; also spelled al-Aswari) was the commander of a faction of the Sasanian asbaran unit, but later defected to the Rashidun Caliphate, where he continued serving as the commander of the asbaran (which became known as the Asawira).[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 16 relations: Arabic, Asawira, Aswaran, Banu Tamim, Basra, Encyclopædia Iranica, Iraq, Islam, Middle Persian, Muslim conquest of Khuzestan, Muslim conquest of Persia, Rashidun Caliphate, Sasanian Empire, Siege of Shushtar, Yazdegerd III, Zoroastrianism.

  2. Generals of Yazdegerd III
  3. Iranian defectors

Arabic

Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.

See Siyah al-Uswari and Arabic

Asawira

The Asawira (أساورة) were a military unit of the Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphate.

See Siyah al-Uswari and Asawira

Aswaran

The Aswārān (singular aswār), also spelled Asbārān and Savaran, was a cavalry force that formed the backbone of the army of the Sasanian Empire.

See Siyah al-Uswari and Aswaran

Banu Tamim

Banū Tamīm (بَنُو تَمِيم) is an Arab tribe that originated in Najd in the Arabian Peninsula.

See Siyah al-Uswari and Banu Tamim

Basra

Basra (al-Baṣrah) is a city in southern Iraq.

See Siyah al-Uswari and Basra

Encyclopædia Iranica

Encyclopædia Iranica is a project whose goal is to create a comprehensive and authoritative English-language encyclopedia about the history, culture, and civilization of Iranian peoples from prehistory to modern times.

See Siyah al-Uswari and Encyclopædia Iranica

Iraq

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.

See Siyah al-Uswari and Iraq

Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

See Siyah al-Uswari and Islam

Middle Persian

Middle Persian, also known by its endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg (Pahlavi script: 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩𐭪, Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫀𐫡𐫘𐫏𐫐, Avestan script: 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬯𐬍𐬐) in its later form, is a Western Middle Iranian language which became the literary language of the Sasanian Empire.

See Siyah al-Uswari and Middle Persian

Muslim conquest of Khuzestan

The Muslim conquest of Khuzestan took place from 637/8 to 642, and ended with the acquisition of the rich Khuzestan Province by the Rashidun Caliphate.

See Siyah al-Uswari and Muslim conquest of Khuzestan

Muslim conquest of Persia

The Muslim conquest of Persia, also called the Muslim conquest of Iran, the Arab conquest of Persia, or the Arab conquest of Iran, was a major military campaign undertaken by the Rashidun Caliphate between 632 and 654.

See Siyah al-Uswari and Muslim conquest of Persia

Rashidun Caliphate

The Rashidun Caliphate (al-Khilāfah ar-Rāšidah) was the first caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

See Siyah al-Uswari and Rashidun Caliphate

Sasanian Empire

The Sasanian Empire or Sassanid Empire, and officially known as Eranshahr ("Land/Empire of the Iranians"), was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th to 8th centuries.

See Siyah al-Uswari and Sasanian Empire

Siege of Shushtar

The siege of Shushtar was fought from 641 to 642 between the Sasanian Empire and the invading Arab Muslims of the Rashidun Caliphate.

See Siyah al-Uswari and Siege of Shushtar

Yazdegerd III

Yazdegerd III (𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭪𐭥𐭲𐭩; also Romanized Yazdgerd, Yazdgird) was the last Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 632 to 651.

See Siyah al-Uswari and Yazdegerd III

Zoroastrianism

Zoroastrianism (Din-e Zartoshti), also known as Mazdayasna and Behdin, is an Iranian religion.

See Siyah al-Uswari and Zoroastrianism

See also

Generals of Yazdegerd III

Iranian defectors

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siyah_al-Uswari