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• ASĀWERA

  C. E. Bosworth

  Arabic broken plural form of a singular oswār(ī), eswār(ī), early recognized by Arab philologists as a loanword from Persian meaning “cavalryman.”

• ʿAŠĀYER

  F. Towfīq

  “tribes” in Iran. 1. Definitions. 2. Historical background. 3. Population figures. 4. Territorial distribution: (a) Lor and Lak tribes; (b) Kurdish tribes; (c) Turkish tribes; (d) Arab tribes; (e) Baluch and Brahui tribes. 5. Organization. 6. Economy.

• ASB

  Multiple Authors

  ASB, “horse” (equus cabullus, Av. aspa-, Old PerS. asa- and aspa-, Mid. and NPers. asp/b); uses and significance of horses in the Iranian world.

• ASB i. In Pre-Islamic Iran

  A. Sh. Shahbazi

  the horse in the culture and society of the ancient Iranian world.

• ASB ii. Among the Scythians

  F. Thordarson

  the horse in Scythian culture.

• ASB iii. In Islamic Times

  ʿA. Solṭānī Gordfarāmarzī

  horses and horsemanship in Iran in the Islamic period.

• ASB iv. In Afghanistan

  C. E. Bosworth

  horses and horsemanship in Afghanistan.

   

• ASB-SAVĀRĪ

  J.-P. Digard

  "horse-riding." The Iranian lands, in the course of their long history, have been the source of major advances in the techniques of equitation.

• ĀŠBANAKKUŠ

  M. Mayrhofer

  name of an Iranian in the Persepolis Fortification Tablets.

• ASBĀNBAR

  Cross-Reference

  See MADĀʾEN.