''Drustbed'' was the title of the
chief physician in
Sasanian Iran
The Sasanian () or Sassanid Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians (, ) and also referred to by historians as the Neo-Persian Empire, was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th centuries AD. Named ...
(224–651). No mention of the title is made in the early Sasanian period, and all the known holders of the title first lived in the late Sasanian era, which implies that this title was presumably a late Sasanian invention.
Non-Zoroastrians were able to obtain the rank, such as the Christian
Gabriel of Sinjar Gabriel of Sinjar ( syc, ܓܒܪܐܝܠ ܕܫܝܓܪ, ') was a court physician (''drustbed'') of the Sasanian shah Khosrow II (). He played a major role in inter-Christian rivalries in the Sasanian empire.
Biography
Gabriel was born in Sinjar to a ...
, who served as the private physician of
Khosrow II
Khosrow II (spelled Chosroes II in classical sources; pal, 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩, Husrō), also known as Khosrow Parviz (New Persian: , "Khosrow the Victorious"), is considered to be the last great Sasanian king (shah) of Iran, ruling fr ...
().
References
Sources
* {{cite encyclopedia , last = Tafazzoli , first = Ahmad , title = Drustbed , url = https://iranicaonline.org/articles/drustbed , year = 1996 , encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. VII, Fasc. 6 , pages = 564–565
Sasanian court titles
Persian words and phrases