Spāhbad (also spelled spahbod) is a Middle Persian title meaning "army chief" used chiefly in the Sasanian Empire. Originally there was a single spāhbad...

Surena or Suren, also known as Rustaham Suren (died 53 or 52 BC), was a Parthian spahbed ("general" or "commander") during the first century BC. He was...

rank on 23 December 2022, the bicentenary of his birth. Magister militum Spahbod Constable of France Grand Domestic Shōgun Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary...

of Persian survivors escape. Following the defeat, the Sasanians under Spahbod Azarethes together with their client Lakhmids started another invasion...

Azarethes (Greek: Ἀζαρέθης), also recorded as Exarath (Ἑξαράθ) and Zuraq, was a Sassanid Persian military commander during the Byzantine–Sassanid Wars...

Parthian and Sassanian armies: Commander-in-chief: Eran spahbod (to be replaced with four spahbods, one for each frontier of the empire during the reign...

of Nishapur. During the Sassanid dynasty the province was governed by a Spahbod (Lieutenant General) called "Padgoosban" and four margraves, each commander...

Executive Appointed Courtly Soter Greek Ceremonial Identified Supernatural Spahbod Persian Executive Appointed Divisional (army corps of about 60,000 soldiers)...

Amidst the conflict, Sasanian king Khosrow II had appointed Shahrbaraz, his spahbod (army chief), to lead an offensive into the Diocese of the East of the...

[citation needed] During the Sassanid dynasty, the province was governed by a Spahbod (Lieutenant General) called "Padgoosban" and four margraves, each commander...

an army against the Arabs. Even Rostam-e Farokhzad, who was both Eran Spahbod and Viceroy, did not see the Arabs as a threat. Without opposition, the...

The titles of sparapet and spaspet, derived from the ancient Iranian spahbod, were used to designate the supreme commander of the armed forces in the...

many years. During the Sassanid dynasty, the province was governed by a Spahbod (Lieutenant General) called "Padgošban" and four margraves, each commander...

sent the rest of his forces, an all-cavalry force under the command of spahbod Surena, to scout out and harass Crassus's army. Orodes did not anticipate...

defeated the Saffarids, and called themselves descendants of Sassanid Eran spahbod Bahram Chobin. However, after the reign of the Umayyads and Abbasids, Iran...

in the center of Tehran. This street is named after Parthian General, Spahbod Surena. It is located in the southern part of Takhti (Mahnaz) square, between...

been stationed there under legatus Gaius Severianus. Encouraged by the spahbod Osroes, Parthian troops marched further west into Roman Syria. Marcus Aurelius...

Vologases then installed Pacorus as King of Armenia. Encouraged by the spahbod Osroes, Parthian troops marched further west into Roman Syria. After Armenia...

during the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 with the Sasanian army under spahbod Shahin invaded Asia Minor and reached Chalcedon, across the Bosporus from...

of cataphracts along with Adiabenian auxiliaries under the command of spahbod Moneses and ordered him to expel Tigranes from Armenia. Having quelled...

[citation needed] Cataphract Clibinarii Pushtigban Body Guards Sassanid army Spahbod Byzantine army Late Roman army Roman-Persian Wars Derbent, the only surviving...

fined. They also had thorough knowledge of herbs. Cataphract Sassanid army Spahbod Dinkard VIII.26.11. Sassanian Elite Cavalry AD 224-642 By Kaveh Farrokh...