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Etymology

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Plural of اَلْأَسْوَار (al-ʔaswār), from اَلْ (al-) + أَسْوَار (ʔaswār), from Middle Persian ʾswbʾl, ʾsp̄wʾl (aswār, horseman, rider).

Proper noun

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اَلْأَسَاوِرَة (al-ʔasāwiram pl

  1. (historical) a group settled in early Islamic Basra composed of a faction of Sassanian Persian noble cavalrymen and their descendants

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