Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin
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Ḥaydar ibn Kāwūs, better known by his hereditary title of al-Afshīn, was a senior general of Sogdian descent at the court of the Abbasid caliphs and a vassal prince of Oshrusana. He played a leading r
Afshin, upon the camel, parades Babak, upon the elephant, into Samarra. Persian miniature created in 16th-century Safavid Iran, from a copy of Abu Ali Bal'ami's 10th-century Tarikhnama
Babak parleys with Afshin Haydar, the Caliph al-Mu'tasim's general
Miniature from the Madrid Skylitzes manuscript depicting the Arab siege of Amorium
Osrushana
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Osrušana or Ustrushana was a former Iranian region in Transoxiana, home to the Principality of Ushrusana, an important pre-Islamic polity of Central Asia. Oshrusana lay to the south of the great, sout
Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin
…Arabic: الأفشين, Persian: اَفشین, romanized: Afshin), was a senior general of Sogdian descent at the court of the Abbasid caliphs and a vassal prince of Oshrusana. He played a leading role in the campaigns of Caliph al-Mu'tasim, and was responsible for the suppression of the rebellion of Babak Khorramdin and for…
Bunjikat, ancient capital of Osrushana
Bunjikat wall painting of goddess Nana, 8th-9th century.
Fighting figure with bow and spear, Osrushana.