Pāyygān Sālār

Pāyygān Sālār were commanders of infantry units within the Sassanid armies. The Pāyygān Sālār were very respected and trustworthy men,they would be guarded by the elite Dailamites.

Sources

• Sassanian Elite Cavalry AD 224-642
• History Magazine
• Historiae
• Peter Wilcox, Rome's Enemies 3: Parthians and Sassanid Persians (Osprey Publishing 2001). ISBN 0-85045-688-6.
• David Nicolle, Sassanian Armies: the Iranian empire early 3rd to mid-7th centuries AD (Montvert Publishing 1996). ISBN 1-874101-08-6.