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There are two possibilities about the meaning of the word "Sariyya": | There are two possibilities about the meaning of the word "Sariyya": | ||
* An army of less than | * An army of less than four hundred soldiers | ||
* Those soldiers dispatched secretly. | * Those soldiers dispatched secretly. | ||
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== Number == | == Number == | ||
[[Ibn Ishaq]] says, "The [[Prophet (s)|The Prophet]]'s (s) Ba'aths and Sariyyas were | [[Ibn Ishaq]] says, "The [[Prophet (s)|The Prophet]]'s (s) Ba'aths and Sariyyas were thirty-eight." [[Al-Mas'udi]] quotes thirty-five Ba'ths and Sariyyas from some different authors, quotes forty-eight Sariyyas from [[al-Tabari]] and quotes sixty-six Sariyyas from some other authors. In ''[[I'lam al-wara]]'', [[Fadl b. Hasan al-Tabrisi|al-Tabrisi]] mentions thirty-six Sariyyas.<ref>Al-Tabrisi, ''I'lam al-wara'', p.69-70</ref> | ||
== Names and Historical Order == | == Names and Historical Order == | ||
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[[Al-Mas'udi]] wrote that, | [[Al-Mas'udi]] wrote that, | ||
* Sariyyas went out to fight in groups of | * Sariyyas went out to fight in groups of three to five hundred people at night. | ||
* Sawarib: groups of soldiers who went out on the day | * Sawarib: groups of soldiers who went out on the day. | ||
* Manasir: groups of more than | * Manasir: groups of more than five hundred people and less than eight hundred ones. | ||
* Jaysh: an army which reached | * Jaysh: an army which reached eight hundred solders. | ||
* Khashkhash: groups of soldiers more than | * Khashkhash: groups of soldiers more than eight hundred and less than one thousand. | ||
* Jaysh Azlam: an army, the number of whose soldiers reaches | * Jaysh Azlam: an army, the number of whose soldiers reaches one thousand. | ||
* Jaysh Jahfal: an army, the number of whose soldiers reaches | * Jaysh Jahfal: an army, the number of whose soldiers reaches four thousand. | ||
* Jaysh Jarrar: an army, the number of whose soldiers reaches | * Jaysh Jarrar: an army, the number of whose soldiers reaches twelve thousand. | ||
* When Sariyyas or Sawarib go out for war and divide in smaller groups, a group less than | * When Sariyyas or Sawarib go out for war and divide in smaller groups, a group less than forty is called Jara'id, a group of more than forty and less the three hundred were called Maqanib and a group more than three hundred and less than five hundred was Jamarat. And if they sent forty, they called them 'Usaba. | ||
* Katiba: an army which is gathered and does not scatter later. | * Katiba: an army which is gathered and does not scatter later. | ||
* Hadira: a group of less than | * Hadira: a group of less than ten sent for war. | ||
* Ar'an: unparalleled Grand Army. | * Ar'an: unparalleled Grand Army. | ||
* Khamis: A great army.<ref>Ayati, ''Tarikh'', p.283</ref> | * Khamis: A great army.<ref>Ayati, ''Tarikh'', p.283</ref> | ||