Paygan-salar

Military of the Sasanian Empire

Armed forces and units
Cataphract Clibanarii Aswārān Grīvpānvar War elephants Pāygān Zhāyēdān Pushtīgbān Sarmatians Daylamites Sogdian warriors Gond ī Shāhanshāh Darigan Stōr Bezashk Navy
Ranks
Spāhbed Aspbed Pāygōsbān Marzbān, Kanarang Masmughān Pushtigbān Sālār Erān anbāraghbad Argbed Hazārbed Pāygān Sālār Savārān Sardār Gond Sālār Darīgbed Nāvbed
Defense lines
Wall of the Arabs Great Wall of Gorgan Wall of Tammisha Derbent Wall Darial
Conflicts
Romans Arabian tribes Hephthalites Turks Ethiopians Rashidun Caliphate Revolts and civil wars

The Pāygān-sālār were commanders of the infantry units (paygan) within the Sassanid armies. The Paygan-salar were very respected and trustworthy men, they would be guarded by the elite Dailamites.

Sources

Morony, Michael G. (2005) [1984]. Iraq After The Muslim Conquest. Gorgias Press LLC. ISBN 978-1-59333-315-7.
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.

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