Arsiyah

Arsiyah (other forms of the word include - Lariçiyeh, al-Larisiya) was the name used for a group of Muslim mercenaries in the service of the Khazar Khaganate. Whether the Arsiyah were a single tribe or composed of Muslims from a number of different tribes is unclear. They were primarily immigrants from the vicinity of Khwarazm who resettled in Khazaria. According to the Arab historian Al-Masudi, they moved to the territory of the Khazar king in ancient times following the outbreak of war and plague (or drought and famine) in their own land after the emergence of Islam.

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