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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.


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