This article is about the Cavalry military units of Iran's ancient Sasanian Empire. For Iran's modern-day mounted police, see ASVARAN.
Aswaran
Historical re-enactment of an aswaran cataphract
Country
Sassanian Empire
Allegiance
Shahanshah, Eran-spahbed
Branch
Sasanian army
Type
Heavy cavalry
Equipment
Lance, bow and arrows, sword, and less commonly dart, mace, and axe
Military unit
Military of the Sasanian Empire
Armed forces and units
Cataphract
Clibanarii
Aswaran
Grivpanvar
War elephants
Paygan
Immortals
Pushtigban
Sarmatians
Daylamites
Sogdian warriors
Gond-i Shahanshah
Darigan
Stor Bezashk
Navy
Ranks
Spahbed
Aspbed
Paygosban
Marzban, Kanarang
Masmughan
Pushtigban Salar
Eran anbaraghbad
Argbed
Hazarbed
Paygan-salar
Savaran Sardar
Gond Salar
Darigbed
Navbed
Defense lines
Wall of the Arabs
Gawri Wall
Great Wall of Gorgan
Wall of Tammisha
Derbent Wall
Darial
Conflicts
Romans
Arabian tribes
Hephthalites
Turks
Ethiopians
Muslim Arabs
Revolts and civil wars
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Sasanian silverware, showing a combat between two noble horsemen wearing scale armor, cuirass, chaps, and equipped with kontos, swords, quivers and arrows.
The Aswārān (singular aswār), also spelled Asbārān and Savaran, was a cavalry force that formed the backbone of the army of the Sasanian Empire.[1] They were provided by the aristocracy, were heavily armored, and ranged from archers to cataphracts.
The Aswārān (singular aswār), also spelled Asbārān and Savaran, was a cavalry force that formed the backbone of the army of the Sasanian Empire. They...
apparently chosen from the House of Suren. Spāhbed: Field general. Aswārān-sardār, aswārān-sālār: literally "Commander of the Cavalry", but its duties are...
The unit consisted of Iranian noblemen who were originally part of the aswaran unit of the Sasanian army. It was disbanded in 703 by al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf...
describing the assault by the Persian asāwira (descendants of the Sasanian aswārān heavy cavalry) that killed Mas'ud ibn Amr, the governor of Basra, in 684...
is mentioned by some sources as one of the pieces of equipment of the Aswaran, the cavalry force of the Sasanian Empire. On the American continent, the...
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Professor American Administrative Appointed Institutional (university) Aswaran Salar Sasanian Empire Executive Appointed Divisional (entire cavalry) Augusta...
Military of the Sasanian Empire Armed forces and units Cataphract Clibanarii Aswaran Grivpanvar War elephants Paygan Immortals Pushtigban Sarmatians Daylamites...
under Azarethes, consisting of a cavalry force numbering about 15,000 Aswaran with an additional 5,000 Lakhmid Arab cavalry under Al-Mundhir, to invade...
History of veterinary medicine Horses in the Middle Ages Horses in warfare Aswaran Futuwwa Ayyār Behrens-Abouseif, Doris (2014). Practising Diplomacy in the...
Military of the Sasanian Empire Armed forces and units Cataphract Clibanarii Aswaran Grivpanvar War elephants Paygan Immortals Pushtigban Sarmatians Daylamites...
southwestern Arabia. Yemen was conquered in 570 by a small expeditionary aswaran force led by the Sasanian veteran Vahrez−the Himyarite prince Sayf ibn...
channeled into designated kill zones between the tiers of forts. The mobile aswaran cavalry would then carry out counter-attacks from strategically positioned...
Military of the Sasanian Empire Armed forces and units Cataphract Clibanarii Aswaran Grivpanvar War elephants Paygan Immortals Pushtigban Sarmatians Daylamites...
Military of the Sasanian Empire Armed forces and units Cataphract Clibanarii Aswaran Grivpanvar War elephants Paygan Immortals Pushtigban Sarmatians Daylamites...
of Khosrau I) Commander of the cavalry: Aspwargan salar (Parthian) or aswaran salar (Sassanian) Commander of the archers: Tirbodh Commander of the infantry:...
army Late Roman army Roman-Persian Wars* Persian war elephants Cataphract Aswaran Farrokh, Kaveh; Karamian, Gholamreza; Maksymiuk, Katarzyna (2018). A Synopsis...
Military of the Sasanian Empire Armed forces and units Cataphract Clibanarii Aswaran Grivpanvar War elephants Paygan Immortals Pushtigban Sarmatians Daylamites...
main force of the Sasanian army was the Aswaran cavalry. Previously only nobles could enlist into the Aswaran cavalry which was very limited and created...
(lower nobility). The azadan and wuzurgan formed the bulk of the cavalry (aswaran), which in turn formed the backbone of the Sasanian army. The azadan were...
troops. The Mughal army generally divided into four branches: the cavalry (Aswaran), the infantry (Paidgan), the artillery (Topkhana) and the navy. These...
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