Wuzurg framadar explained

Wuzurg framadār (pal|LBʾ plmtʾr,^[1] meaning "the grand commander or the grand commanding body") was a Sasanian office which was equivalent to the office of Grand Vizier in the later Islamic period.

List

• Abarsam, active during the reign of Ardashir I.^[2]
• Khosrow Yazdegerd under Yazdegerd I
• Mihr Narseh under Yazdegerd I and Bahram V
• Suren Pahlav under Bahram V, possibly Mihr Narseh's direct successor
• Bozorgmehr under Kavad I and Khosrow I
• Izadgushasp under Khosrow I
• Piruz Khosrow under Kavadh II and Ardashir III
• Mah-Adhur Gushnasp under Ardashir III
• Farrukh Hormizd under Boran

Notes and References

1. Web site: Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica .
2. E. Yarshater, “Abarsam,” Encyclopædia Iranica, I/1, pp. 67-68; available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abarsam (accessed on 10 January 2014).