However, this made the Arab statesman al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf disband the Asawira, by destroying their homes, reducing their salary, and resettling them to other cities.[1] Some of their descendants are later mentioned in some sources, such as Musa ibn Sayyar al-Uswari,[4] who was the student of Hasan of Basra, a prominent Muslim scholar, who was also of Iranian origin.