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64: 594:(247 BC – 224 AD) the existence of a proper classification of ranks is unknown, in comparison to the Sasanian royal inscriptions from the 3rd century AD when the aristocracy was divided into four or five ranks; 941:
was moulded into influential "nobility of service" which became the backbone of the Sasanian state. However, this measures of centralization caused the transfer of the power to the military (the
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of the most strategic border provinces, such as the province of Armenia, were allowed a golden throne. In military campaigns the regional
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The Sasanian social, administrative and military structure and system was inherited by the Medieval Islamic civilization, however, the
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was a provincional function practiced for a single or multiple provinces, but there is no evidence for a "quarter of the empire", as
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changed over the years, with smaller territorial units being part of the civil administration. In the early years the main
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steadily disappeared depending on the region, as such in Iraq diminished and were replaced by Muslim frontier warriors
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was a military title strictly limited to the frontier marches and provinces. The least clear is the distinction with
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The Sasanian World through Georgian Eyes: Caucasia and the Iranian Commonwealth in Late Antique Georgian Literature
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were granted the administration of the border provinces and were responsible for maintaining the security of the
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Theophilus of Edessa's Chronicle and the Circulation of Historical Knowledge in Late Antiquity and Early Islam
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Decline and fall of the Sasanian empire: the Sasanian-Parthian confederacy and the Arab conquest of Iran
828: 521:(family title) for some Iranian families whose ancestor was a marzbān. The prominent Islamic scholar 361: 441:, warden of the marches, and by extension military commanders, in charge of border provinces of the 1582: 824: 17: 1738: 336: 286: 102: 949:
territories quasi-independent fiefs), and led to the eventual disintegration of the Empire.
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Sasanid Soldiers in Early Muslim Society: The Origins of 'Ayyārān and Futuwwa
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gradually became more independent from the government, while the four large
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can be dated to the Parthian Empire, where in the frontier areas such as
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Sassanian Armies: the Iranian Empire Early 3rd to Mid-7th Centuries AD
673:(marzban), probably an officier in charge of the frontier troops, and 1351: 922: 910: 894: 848: 777: 742: 213: 193: 876: 864: 697: 682: 610: 487:"protector". The word was borrowed from New Persian into Arabic as 438: 269: 241: 206: 42: 27:
Commanders of border provinces in the Parthian and Sasanian Empires
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of greatest seniority were permitted a silver throne, while
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The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars AD 363-628
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meant "guardian of the borders, provinces". Perhaps the
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Einige neuentdeckte Inschriften aus sasanidischer Zeit
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caste. There's a possibility that the Late Sasanian
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Tauris in association with the 1506: 1468: 1254: 1199: 1187: 535:), was descended from the marzbāns of 416:transliteration: mrzwpn, derived from 1683:Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition 1218:Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition 1211: 1153:Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition 1147:Tafażżolī, Ahmad (15 December 1989). 933:in charge, sometimes still called as 871:, several mentioned belonging to the 636:, who mostly were lords of villages ( 1483: 1242: 1134: 1092: 1058: 554:The word marzban was borrowed into 531: 511: 498: 489: 430: 24: 1697: 1632:Sassanian Elite Cavalry AD 224-642 1212:Shaki, Mansour (21 October 2011). 669:(1st century BC) are found titles 578:The ranks tradition (primarily of 539:, where his father came from. The 420:"border, boundary" and the suffix 25: 1770: 1660:Darius in the Shadow of Alexander 1734:Officials of the Sasanian Empire 1012:List of Iranian titles and ranks 62: 1575:Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008), 1477: 1336: 1317: 1205: 1017:Military of the Sasanian Empire 992:, the governor of the provinces 879:was special military frontier. 532:نعمان بن ثابت بن زوطا بن مرزبان 1677:Gyselen, Rika (20 July 2004). 1608:, Liverpool University Press, 1140: 1052: 772:The primary sources imply the 620:(feudal nobles; freemen), and 30:For the villages in Iran, see 13: 1: 1022: 1663:, Harvard University Press, 1513:, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1059:Rapp, Stephen H. Jr (2014). 929:, Nemroz, Adurbadagan) with 804:could command a field army. 761:lacked civilian duties. The 681:existed during the reign of 456: 7: 1754:Parthian titles and offices 1490:The History of Ancient Iran 967: 445:(247 BC–224 AD) and mostly 10: 1775: 1276:Farrokh & McBride 2012 1108:Farrokh & McBride 2012 606:seven great noble families 573: 40: 29: 1759:Persian words and phrases 1749:Sasanian military offices 1063:. Routledge. p. 57. 974:Muḥammad ibn al-Marzubani 632:also originated from the 1583:Iran Heritage Foundation 1534:, Stockport: Montvert, 1507:Zakeri, Mohsen (1995), 913:(531–579 AD) were held 765:was the governor of an 586:) can be traced to the 917:by which were created 909:. During the reign of 784:(629 AD). The rank of 600:(kings, landholders), 367:Revolts and civil wars 71:Armed forces and units 1635:, Osprey Publishing, 919:four frontier regions 515:) has been used as a 41:For the dessert, see 1202:, p. 11, 30-31. 472:"frontier, border"; 306:Great Wall of Gorgan 1137:, p. 316, 224. 562:(մարզպան) and into 1600:Hoyland, Robert G. 1471:, p. 11, 110. 1344:Skjaervo, Prods O. 1125:, p. 138-139. 985:Marzpanate Armenia 543:(651–1349 AD) and 437:) were a class of 1717:978-1-134-75646-9 1670:978-0-674-74520-9 1642:978-1-78200-848-4 1615:978-1-84631-697-5 1592:978-1-84511-645-3 1568:978-1-86064-675-1 1549:Wiesehöfer, Josef 1541:978-1-874101-08-6 1520:978-3-447-03652-8 1500:978-3-406-09397-5 1444:, p. 53, 55. 1324:G. Gropp (1969), 1070:978-1-4724-2552-2 1047:Pourshariati 2008 588:Achaemenid Empire 461:The Persian word 403: 402: 296:Wall of the Arabs 143:Gond-i Shahanshah 16:(Redirected from 1766: 1720: 1693: 1691: 1689: 1673: 1650: 1645:, archived from 1618: 1595: 1571: 1544: 1523: 1503: 1472: 1466: 1457: 1451: 1445: 1439: 1433: 1432:, p. 51-53. 1427: 1421: 1415: 1409: 1403: 1397: 1396:, p. 12-13. 1391: 1382: 1376: 1370: 1369: 1363: 1355: 1354:, pp. 38–39 1340: 1334: 1333: 1321: 1315: 1309: 1298: 1292: 1279: 1273: 1258: 1252: 1246: 1240: 1229: 1228: 1226: 1224: 1209: 1203: 1197: 1191: 1185: 1179: 1173: 1164: 1163: 1161: 1159: 1144: 1138: 1132: 1126: 1120: 1111: 1105: 1096: 1090: 1075: 1074: 1056: 1050: 1044: 1038: 1032: 980:List of marzbans 915:military reforms 873:Greater Khorasan 807:The function of 741:in the province 534: 533: 514: 513: 501: 500: 492: 491: 476:is cognate with 465:is derived from 449:(224–651 AD) of 433: 432: 395: 388: 381: 311:Wall of Tammisha 228:Eran anbaraghbad 221:Pushtigban Salar 137:Sogdian warriors 66: 48: 47: 21: 1774: 1773: 1769: 1768: 1767: 1765: 1764: 1763: 1724: 1723: 1718: 1700: 1698:Further reading 1687: 1685: 1671: 1643: 1616: 1593: 1569: 1542: 1521: 1501: 1485:Frye, Richard N 1480: 1475: 1467: 1460: 1452: 1448: 1440: 1436: 1428: 1424: 1416: 1412: 1404: 1400: 1392: 1385: 1377: 1373: 1357: 1356: 1341: 1337: 1322: 1318: 1310: 1301: 1293: 1282: 1274: 1261: 1253: 1249: 1241: 1232: 1222: 1220: 1210: 1206: 1198: 1194: 1186: 1182: 1174: 1167: 1157: 1155: 1145: 1141: 1133: 1129: 1123:Wiesehöfer 2001 1121: 1114: 1106: 1099: 1091: 1078: 1071: 1057: 1053: 1045: 1041: 1033: 1029: 1025: 970: 592:Parthian Empire 576: 551:in their name. 459: 447:Sasanian Empire 443:Parthian Empire 399: 56:Sasanian Empire 54: 52:Military of the 46: 39: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 1772: 1762: 1761: 1756: 1751: 1746: 1741: 1739:Military ranks 1736: 1722: 1721: 1716: 1699: 1696: 1695: 1694: 1674: 1669: 1655:Briant, Pierre 1651: 1641: 1627:McBride, Angus 1623:Farrokh, Kaveh 1619: 1614: 1596: 1591: 1572: 1567: 1554:Ancient Persia 1545: 1540: 1528:Nicolle, David 1524: 1519: 1504: 1499: 1479: 1476: 1474: 1473: 1458: 1446: 1434: 1422: 1410: 1398: 1383: 1371: 1335: 1316: 1299: 1280: 1259: 1247: 1245:, p. 224. 1230: 1204: 1192: 1180: 1165: 1139: 1127: 1112: 1097: 1095:, p. 316. 1076: 1069: 1051: 1049:, p. 503. 1039: 1026: 1024: 1021: 1020: 1019: 1014: 1009: 999: 993: 987: 982: 977: 969: 966: 604:(princes; the 575: 572: 458: 455: 426:Modern Persian 414:Middle Persian 401: 400: 398: 397: 390: 383: 375: 372: 371: 370: 369: 364: 359: 354: 349: 344: 342:Arabian tribes 339: 331: 330: 326: 325: 324: 323: 318: 313: 308: 303: 298: 290: 289: 283: 282: 281: 280: 273: 266: 259: 256:Savaran Sardar 252: 245: 238: 231: 224: 217: 210: 197: 190: 183: 173: 172: 168: 167: 166: 165: 160: 153: 146: 139: 134: 129: 124: 117: 112: 105: 100: 93: 86: 81: 73: 72: 68: 67: 59: 58: 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1771: 1760: 1757: 1755: 1752: 1750: 1747: 1745: 1742: 1740: 1737: 1735: 1732: 1731: 1729: 1719: 1713: 1710:, Routledge, 1709: 1708: 1702: 1701: 1684: 1680: 1675: 1672: 1666: 1662: 1661: 1656: 1652: 1649:on 2016-03-04 1648: 1644: 1638: 1634: 1633: 1628: 1624: 1620: 1617: 1611: 1607: 1606: 1601: 1597: 1594: 1588: 1584: 1580: 1579: 1573: 1570: 1564: 1560: 1556: 1555: 1550: 1546: 1543: 1537: 1533: 1529: 1525: 1522: 1516: 1512: 1511: 1505: 1502: 1496: 1492: 1491: 1486: 1482: 1481: 1470: 1465: 1463: 1456:, p. 55. 1455: 1450: 1443: 1438: 1431: 1426: 1420:, p. 53. 1419: 1414: 1408:, p. 12. 1407: 1402: 1395: 1390: 1388: 1381:, p. 14. 1380: 1375: 1367: 1361: 1353: 1349: 1345: 1339: 1331: 1327: 1320: 1314:, p. 13. 1313: 1308: 1306: 1304: 1296: 1291: 1289: 1287: 1285: 1277: 1272: 1270: 1268: 1266: 1264: 1256: 1251: 1244: 1239: 1237: 1235: 1219: 1215: 1208: 1201: 1196: 1190:, p. 30. 1189: 1184: 1178:, p. 10. 1177: 1172: 1170: 1154: 1150: 1143: 1136: 1131: 1124: 1119: 1117: 1109: 1104: 1102: 1094: 1089: 1087: 1085: 1083: 1081: 1072: 1066: 1062: 1055: 1048: 1043: 1037:, p. 46. 1036: 1031: 1027: 1018: 1015: 1013: 1010: 1007: 1003: 1000: 997: 994: 991: 988: 986: 983: 981: 978: 975: 972: 971: 965: 963: 959: 955: 950: 948: 944: 940: 936: 932: 928: 924: 920: 916: 912: 908: 904: 900: 896: 892: 891:Bedouin Arabs 888: 884: 880: 878: 874: 870: 866: 862: 858: 854: 850: 846: 842: 838: 834: 830: 826: 822: 818: 815:regions were 814: 810: 805: 803: 799: 795: 791: 787: 783: 779: 775: 770: 768: 764: 760: 756: 752: 748: 744: 740: 736: 732: 728: 724: 720: 716: 712: 708: 704: 700: 699: 694: 693: 688: 684: 680: 676: 672: 668: 664: 659: 657: 653: 649: 645: 644: 639: 635: 631: 627: 623: 619: 618: 613: 612: 607: 603: 599: 598: 593: 589: 585: 581: 571: 570:(მარზაპანი). 569: 565: 561: 557: 552: 550: 546: 542: 538: 528: 524: 520: 519: 508: 504: 495: 486: 483: 479: 475: 471: 468: 464: 454: 452: 448: 444: 440: 436: 427: 423: 419: 415: 411: 407: 396: 391: 389: 384: 382: 377: 376: 374: 373: 368: 365: 363: 360: 358: 355: 353: 350: 348: 345: 343: 340: 338: 335: 334: 333: 332: 328: 327: 322: 319: 317: 314: 312: 309: 307: 304: 302: 299: 297: 294: 293: 292: 291: 288: 287:Defense lines 285: 284: 279: 278: 274: 272: 271: 267: 265: 264: 260: 258: 257: 253: 251: 250: 246: 244: 243: 239: 237: 236: 232: 230: 229: 225: 223: 222: 218: 216: 215: 211: 209: 208: 203: 202: 198: 196: 195: 191: 189: 188: 184: 182: 181: 177: 176: 175: 174: 170: 169: 164: 161: 159: 158: 154: 152: 151: 147: 145: 144: 140: 138: 135: 133: 130: 128: 125: 123: 122: 118: 116: 113: 111: 110: 106: 104: 103:War elephants 101: 99: 98: 94: 92: 91: 87: 85: 82: 80: 77: 76: 75: 74: 70: 69: 65: 61: 60: 57: 53: 50: 49: 44: 37: 33: 32:Marzban, Iran 19: 1706: 1686:. 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Index

Marzuban
Marzban, Iran
Pir Marzban
Marzipan
Military of the
Sasanian Empire

Cataphract
Clibanarii
Aswaran
Grivpanvar
War elephants
Paygan
Immortals
Pushtigban
Sarmatians
Daylamites
Sogdian warriors
Gond-i Shahanshah
Darigan
Stor Bezashk
Navy
Spahbed
Aspbed
Paygosban
Marzban
Kanarang
Masmughan
Pushtigban Salar
Eran anbaraghbad

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