Dadwar Explained

Dadwar (Middle Persian: Dādwar, meaning "bearer of law") was a Sasanian administrative office which corresponded to a sort of judge, who, as a deputy of the mowbed (chief priest), evaluated civil cases at a district level. The (ham)shahr dadwar was the head of the judiciary.

Sources

• Book: Miri. Negin. Potts. Daniel T.. The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Iran . 2013 . Oxford University Press . 978-0199733309 . Sasanian Administration and Sealing Practices .
• Encyclopedia: Shaki . Mansour . Dādwar, Dādwarīh . 1993 . Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. VI, Fasc. 5 . 557–559 .