Usage examples (9)

• The divine name Ashir, as in early Assyrian texts, the institution of eponyms and many personal names which occur in Assyria, are so characteristic that we must assume...
• A small column advanced to the Sokh Ashir (ph), which has been surrounded by the tribes there.
• Like Yahia Tebani, 24-year-old Ashir was in bed when the police raided her west London flat at 4am.
• Although Ashir says her younger sibling did not throw any missiles, she admits he did protect himself when the "police people started fighting".