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Revision as of 17:19, 5 December 2014

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.