Pāyygān Sālār
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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
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Dailamites
The Daylamites or Dailamites were an Iranian people inhabiting the mountainous regions of northern Iran on the southern shore of the Caspian Sea. They were employed as soldiers from the time of the Sassanid Empire, and long resisted the Arab conquest of Iran and subsequent Islamization...
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Sources
- Sassanian Elite Cavalry AD 224-642
- History Magazine
- Historiae
- Peter Wilcox, Rome's Enemies 3: Parthians and Sassanid Persians (Osprey PublishingOsprey PublishingOsprey Publishing is an Oxford-based publishing company specializing in military history. Predominantly an illustrated publisher, many of their books contain full-colour artwork plates, maps and photographs, and the company produces over a dozen ongoing series, each focusing on a specific aspect of...
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