Hamra' Daylam
حمراء ديلم
The four thousand 'Shahanshah's troops' with Rustam at al-Qadisiyya; in al-Baladhuri they were safe-conducted to settle and ally where they wished with fixed stipends, allied with Zuhra ibn Hawiyya al-Sa'di, their naqib Dayl giving the name Hamra' Daylam; Ziyad moved some to Syria — called al-Furs — and some to Basra's asawira; al-Mada'ini makes them Khusraw's servants brought from Daylam who converted after al-Qadisiyya and witnessed al-Mada'in.
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- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
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Overview
Hamra' Daylam were four thousand men who were with Rustam on the day of al-Qadisiyya, and were called the troops of the Shahanshah. 1
Al-Baladhuri reports that they asked for safe conduct on condition that they might settle wherever they liked, make alliances with whom they liked, and have a fixed stipend. They allied themselves with Zuhra ibn Hawiyya al-Sa'di, and their leader was called Dayl, so they were called Hamra' Daylam. Ziyad sent some of them to Syria, where they called themselves Persians, and sent a group to Basra, where they joined the Asawira. 1
Al-Mada'ini said that they had been the servants and retinue of Abarwiz, came from Daylam, embraced Islam after al-Qadisiyya, and witnessed the conquest of al-Mada'in. 1
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition), p.393-394
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islam.museum contributors. “Hamra' Daylam”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/hamra-daylam/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.