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

Sources

* *Sassanian Elite Cavalry AD 224-642 *History Magazine *Historiae * Peter Wilcox, ''Rome's Enemies 3: Parthians and Sassanid Persians'' ( Osprey Publishing 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