- The
Azadan (Middle Persian:
āzādān, Parthian: āzātān;
meaning 'free' and 'noble') were a
class of
Iranian nobles. They are
probably identical to the eleutheroi...
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following classes of
mobile cavalry troops:
Persian immortal guard (Zha****an)
Azadan nobility Aswaran:
elite cavalry also
described as the
Persian knightly caste...
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marzapani (მარზაპანი). The
ranks tradition (primarily of vāspuhrān and
āzādān) can be
traced to the
Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC), but due to lack of...
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croup (-high) horse." . Wiesehöfer 2006.
Dandamayev 1988, pp. 785–786.
Āzādān, Pīrōz (Peyravi, Morad). 2024.
Prexaspes is the
Ionic rendering of the Old...
- were
primarily composed of
Iranian aristocrats from the
wuzurgan and the
azadan, with
members of the
staff being from the former.
After the
reforms of Khosraw...
- bin
Azman Muhammad Loqman bin Abd. Aziz
Muhammad Rithauddeen bin
Yaakob Azadan bin Abd Aziz
Muhammad Afendi bin
Shahbudin Nazrul Azhar bin
Tamrin Mohd...
- held by
royal family members Rasnan A less
defined title Artabid Title for
Azadan families who were
entrusted with
specific duties, such as
crowning each...
-
small expeditionary force,
numbering around 800, of low-ranking
Azatan (
Azadan) nobility.
According to
other traditions, it
consisted of
prisoners that...
- term, a 'feudal' army
organized around the
banners of the
aristocratic azadan ('the free'), most
prominently the
vuzurgan ('great families') of Parthian...
- one of the
great houses. The army was
mainly composed of
Parthian nobles (
azadan) and
their subjects whom they
brought along. The army did thus not endure...
