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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.

The Paygān-Sālārs may have also acted as warden of prisons.^[1]

Sources

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

^ Farrokh, Kaveh; Karamian, Gholamreza; Maksymiuk, Katarzyna (2018). A Synopsis of Sasanian Military Organization and Combat Units. Publishing House of Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities. p. 42. ISBN 978-83-62447-22-0.

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[1] Farrokh, Kaveh; Karamian, Gholamreza; Maksymiuk, Katarzyna (2018). A Synopsis of Sasanian Military Organization and Combat Units. Publishing House of Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities. p. 42. ISBN 978-83-62447-22-0.

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-'''''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]].
+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]].
+The Paygān-Sālārs may have also acted as warden of prisons.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Farrokh |first1=Kaveh |last2=Karamian |first2=Gholamreza |last3=Maksymiuk |first3=Katarzyna |title=A Synopsis of Sasanian Military Organization and Combat Units |date=2018 |publisher=Publishing House of Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities |isbn=978-83-62447-22-0 |page=42 |language=en}}</ref>
 == Sources ==
+*{{cite book|last=Morony|first=Michael G.|author-link=Michael Morony|title=Iraq After The Muslim Conquest|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uhjSiRAwGuEC|year=2005|orig-date=1984|publisher=Gorgias Press LLC|isbn=978-1-59333-315-7}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
 *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.
+* 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.
+* 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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+[[Category:Sasanian military offices]]
 [[Category:Persian words and phrases]]
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