1994年12月15日 · DAWR (Ar. and Pers.), period, era, or cycle of history, a term used by Ismaʿilis in connection with their conceptions of time and the religious history of mankind. The early Ismaʿilis conceived of time (zamān) as a progression of cycles or eras, dawr s (Ar. pl. adwār), with a beginning and an end.