The Matigan-i Hazar Datistan was the judicial code of the Magistan (Megisthanes), the imperial parliament of the Arsacid Empire (150 BCE–226 CE) and, for a while, of the Sassanid Empire (226–650 CE). The ''Matigan-i Hazar Datistan'' was a compilation of the social, moral, civil and criminal laws of the time. Although the name suggests a thousand chapters or laws (''Hazar'': thousand), it is not known whether the code really had that many, and may simply mean 'a significant number'. A considerable portion of the code has been lost.

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