The Pāygān-sālār were commanders of the infantry units (''

paygan The Paygān (also known as Paighan) were the conscript light infantry unit within the Sasanian army and formed the bulk of its infantry force. The Paygan were sometimes referred to as being used as "cannon fodder". During peacetime, the corps cou ...

'') within the

Sassanid 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 ...

armies. The Paygan-salar were very respected and trustworthy men, they would be guarded by the elite

Dailamites The Daylamites or Dailamites (Middle Persian: ''Daylamīgān''; fa, دیلمیان ''Deylamiyān'') were an Iranian people inhabiting the Daylam—the mountainous regions of northern Iran on the southwest coast of the Caspian Sea, now comprisin ...

. The Paygān-Sālārs may have also acted as warden of prisons.

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2001). . * David Nicolle, ''Sassanian Armies: the Iranian empire early 3rd to mid-7th centuries AD'' (Montvert Publishing 1996). . Sasanian military offices Persian words and phrases {{Sasanian-stub