Siyah al-Uswari, the Glossary
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]
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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.
- Generals of Yazdegerd III
- Iranian defectors
Arabic
Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.
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Asawira
The Asawira (أساورة) were a military unit of the Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphate.
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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.
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Banu Tamim
Banū Tamīm (بَنُو تَمِيم) is an Arab tribe that originated in Najd in the Arabian Peninsula.
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Basra
Basra (al-Baṣrah) is a city in southern Iraq.
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.
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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.
Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
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.
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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.
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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.
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Rashidun Caliphate
The Rashidun Caliphate (al-Khilāfah ar-Rāšidah) was the first caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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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.
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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.
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Yazdegerd III
Yazdegerd III (𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭪𐭥𐭲𐭩; also Romanized Yazdgerd, Yazdgird) was the last Sasanian King of Kings of Iran from 632 to 651.
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Zoroastrianism
Zoroastrianism (Din-e Zartoshti), also known as Mazdayasna and Behdin, is an Iranian religion.
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See also
Generals of Yazdegerd III
- Andarzaghar
- Aparviz of Sakastan
- Apranik
- Azadbeh
- Bahman Jaduya
- Farrukhzad
- Faylakan
- Hormozd Jadhuyih
- Hormuzan
- Isfandyadh
- Iyas ibn Qabisah al-Ta'i
- Jalinus
- Kanadbak
- Mahoe Suri
- Mardanshah
- Mardanshah of Damavand
- Mihran Bahram-i Chobin
- Mihran Razi
- Mihran-i Hamadani
- Mushegh III Mamikonian
- Muta of Daylam
- Narsi
- Piruz Khosrow
- Rostam Farrokhzad
- Shahrag
- Shahriyar of Derbent
- Shahrvaraz Jadhuyih
- Siyah al-Uswari
- Siyavakhsh
Iranian defectors
- Ahmad Rezaee
- Alqas Mirza
- Hormizd (son of Hormizd II)
- Jafar Qoli Khan Donboli
- List of Iranian defectors
- Mohammad Reza Heydari
- Shahram Amiri
- Siyah al-Uswari