Siyah al-Uswari

سياه الأسواري

Siyah al-Uswari, of Ziyad's circle; granted leave for a Basra bathhouse.

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The Umayyad Period
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Siyah al-Uswari, one of the companions of Ziyad, mentioned by al-Baladhuri. He asked Ziyad's permission to build a bath in Basra, and Ziyad granted it 1.

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The Asawira's Settlement at Basra· The Asawira's Conversion Compact

People and things also explored

the Asawira· Abu Musa al-Ashari· Basra· Khuzistan (al-Ahwaz)· The Asawira's Settlement at Basra· The Asawira's Conversion Compact

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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the Asawira

Persian cavalrymen who entered Islam en bloc at the conquest; in al-Baladhuri they lived opposite Daylam and converted when the Muslims came to Qazwin on the terms of Basra's asawira, then settled at Kufa, joined there by those of Hamra' Daylam whom Ziyad moved to Basra.