Ashur, Assur, or Asur may refer to:
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Assur
Aššur (; Sumerian: AN.ŠAR2KI, Assyrian cuneiform: ''Aš-šurKI'', "City of God Aššur"; syr, ܐܫܘܪ ''Āšūr''; Old Persian ''Aθur'', fa, آشور: ''Āšūr''; he, אַשּׁוּר, ', ar, اشور), also known as Ashur and Qal'a ...
, an Assyrian city and first capital of ancient Assyria
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Ashur, Iran
Ashur ( fa, اشور, also Romanized as Āshūr) is a village in Ahram Rural District, in the Central District of Tangestan County, Bushehr Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, ...
, a village in Iran
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Asur, Thanjavur district, a village in the Kumbakonam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India
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Assuras
Assuras, sometimes given as Assura or Assur, was a town in the Roman province of Proconsular Africa.
Ruins of its temples and theatres and other public buildings are at ''Henchir-Zenfour''.
Bishopric
At an early stage Assuras became the cent ...
or Assur, a town in the Roman province of Proconsular Africa
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Ashur (Bible)
Ashur ( ''ʾAššūr'') was the second son of Shem, the son of Noah. Ashur's brothers were Elam, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
Prior to the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, there was contention in academic circles regarding whether Ashur or Nimrod b ...
, the grandson of Noah in Genesis
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Ashur (god), the main god of Assyrian mythology in Mesopotamian religion
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Asur people
Asur people are a very small Austroasiatic ethnic group living primarily in the Indian state of Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh ...
, a tribal group living primarily in the Indian state of Jharkhand
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High Elves (''Warhammer'') or Asur, a race in ''Warhammer Fantasy''
* Ashur, a traditional and common given and family name among
Assyrian people
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Asur (disambiguation)
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Assyria (disambiguation) Assyria may refer to:
*Assyria, an ancient empire in Mesopotamia
*Either of two provinces of the Persian Empire:
**Achaemenid Assyria, also known as Athura
**Asuristan (Sassanid)
*Assyria (Roman province), province of the Roman Empire
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Asura (disambiguation)
The Asuras are a race of power-seeking deities in Hinduism.
Asura may also refer to:
* Asura (Buddhism), the lowest ranks of the deities of the Kāmadhātu
* ''Asura'' (moth), a genus of moths in the family Erebidae
* Asura (''Samurai Showdown'' ...
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Ashura (disambiguation)
Ashura is the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar.
Ashura may also refer to:
* King Ashura, character from ''Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle''
* Baron Ashura, a character from ''Mazinger Z''
* Asura (Buddhism) or Ashura
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Achour (disambiguation)
Achour is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
* Ahmed Achour (born 1945), Tunisian composer and conductor
* Dallal Merwa Achour (born 1994), Algerian volleyball player
* Doria Achour (born 1991), Tu ...
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Assuristan (Sassanid name for Assyria)
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Anshar, a primordial god in the Babylonian creation myth Enuma Elish
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