Amsar
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| Amsar | |
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| Municipality | |
 Amsar
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| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| Rayon | Quba |
| Population [citation needed] | |
| • Total | 2,475 |
| Time zone | AZT (UTC+4) |
| • Summer (DST) | AZT (UTC+5) |
Amsar is the lezgi village and municipality in the Quba Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 2,475.
'Amsar' is also a term describing the 'garrison towns' created under Caliph Omar I during his reign from 634-644 AD.[1] They were used to deter pillaging and looting by locally settling some of the population in the conquered territories. Important Amsar included Basra and Kufa in Iraq.
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