Padgospan (also spelled Padghospan, Padhuspan and Baduspan) was a high-ranking office in the late Sasanian era, which functioned as the lieutenant of the Spahbed (marshal).[1]
Known Paygospans
edit| Name | Area | Spahbed | King | Other titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dadhi, son of Nakhirjan[2] | "the North": Adurbadagan, Armenia and its areas, Media, Tabaristan and its regions (i.e. Gilan and Daylam) | unknown | Khosrow I[3] | |
| Mardanshah | Nemroz (Sistan) | Shahrbaraz | Hormizd IV, Khosrow II[4] | |
| Shahin Vahmanzadegan | Mesopotamia (Assyria) | unknown | Khosrow II | Marzban of Armenia |
| unknown ("al-Fadhusfan")[5] | Spahan | unknown | Yazdegerd III | Ostandar, Marzban of Spahan, King (Malik)[6] |
References
edit- ↑ Morony 2005, p. 28.
- ↑ Persian: داذی, romanized: Dādhī, son of Persian: نخیرجان, romanized: Nakhīrjān (Persian: نخویرگان, romanized: Nakhwīragān) (Al-Tabari)
- ↑ محمدحسن گنجی، عباس زریاب خویی: آذربایجان. در: دائرةالمعارف بزرگ اسلامی. ۱۳۹۸.
- ↑ Ilkka Syvänne: Military History of Late Rome 602–641. Pen and Sword Military, 2022, ISBN 9781399075701, p. 214.
- ↑ According to Pourshariati, "al-Fadhusfan" (which is the Araibzed form of Paygospan) was actually the title, and not the name, of the person. Cf. Parvaneh Pourshariati: Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran. I.B. Tauris, London 2008, ISBN 9781845116453, p. 247.
- ↑ Hossein Kamaly: ISFAHAN vi. MEDIEVAL PERIOD. In: Encyclopædia Iranica.
Sources
edit- Marciak, Michał (2017). Sophene, Gordyene, and Adiabene: Three Regna Minora of Northern Mesopotamia Between East and West. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-35072-4.
- Morony, Michael G. (2005) [1984]. Iraq After The Muslim Conquest. Gorgias Press LLC. ISBN 978-1-59333-315-7.[permanent dead link]
- Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008). Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3.