misr

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English

Etymology

From Arabic مِصْر (miṣr).

Noun

misr (plural amsar)

  1. (chiefly historical) An Arab frontier outpost or garrison town, chiefly in the period of early Islamic expansion.
    • 2010, Fred M Donner, Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam, page 137:
      Some of the amsar grew into great cities and eventually became the centers in which a new Islamic culture was elaborated [] .
    • 2013, Aminah Beverly McCloud, Scott W. Hibbard, Laith Saud, editors, An Introduction to Islam in the 21st Century:
      Each misr was divided into quarters that hosted different tribes – not only the fighting men, but also their women and children.
    • 2019, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Arabs, Yale University Press, page 205:
      The amsar may have been golden, but they were gilded garrisons.