Shirawayh al-Aswari
شيرويه الأسواري
Shirawayh the Aswari; he married Marjana, mother of Ubaydallah ibn Ziyad, and built her a palace of many doors — called Hazārdir — for the thousand doors it held, or the thousand asāwira Kisra lodged there in a thousand houses.
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- Era
- The Umayyad Period
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Overview
Shirawayh al-Iswari. He married Marjana, mother of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad, and built her a palace with many doors, which was called "Hazardar" 1.
The name
Opinions differ on the reason for the name. It is said that it was because he made a thousand doors in it. It is also said that it was because a thousand guards settled the site in a thousand houses which Khusraw had assigned to them 1.
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Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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