Wuzurgan (Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭰𐭥𐭫𐭢, meaning "grandees" or the "great ones"), also known by its Modern Persian form of Bozorgan (بزرگان), was the name of the high nobility and the third class-rank of the four of the Sasanian aristocracy. After the fall of the Sasanian Empire, they reappear under the Dabuyid dynasty.
high nobility included the powerful Parthian noble families (known as the wuzurgan) that were centered on the Iranian plateau. They served as the backbone...
wispuhran (princes of royal blood), the wuzurgan (grandees) and the azadan (lower nobility). The azadan and wuzurgan formed the bulk of the cavalry (aswaran)...
in their own right, although subordinate to the shahanshah. In general, Wuzurgan from Iranian families held the most powerful positions in the imperial...
nobility belonged to the powerful Parthian noble families (known as the wuzurgan) who were centered on the Iranian Plateau. The backbone of the Sasanian...
population, including Kavad II himself. After the death of Kavad II, the Wuzurgan elected Ardashir as his successor, who was only a 7-year-old boy. In reality...
reverse. The aswaran were primarily composed of Iranian aristocrats from the wuzurgan and the azadan, with members of the staff being from the former. After...
Furthermore, his death marked the start of a 125-year-long conflict between the wuzurgan, a powerful group of nobility, and the kings, who both struggled for power...
as Romans and Kushans. The Sasanian king usually selected Argbeds from wuzurgan, Iranian noble families who held the most powerful positions in the imperial...
the nobility included the powerful Parthian noble families (known as the wuzurgan) that were centred on the Iranian plateau. They served as the backbone...
Bahman Jadhuyih and Jalinus against him with a force from the powerful Wuzurgan class, who had units such as war elephants and the Zhayedan. Rostam is...
mentor, and handed out several honors to Kartir, giving him the rank of wuzurgan "grandee" and appointing him as the dadwar "supreme judge" of the whole...
reduce the authority of the powerful Parthian noble families (known as the wuzurgan) who formed the bulk of the Iranian feudal army. Centered on the Iranian...
of Khosrow. Furthermore, he also said that there were not any grandees (wuzurgan) who supported him. Khosrow, however, began suspecting Farrukhzad of treachery...
aid, who murdered Farrukh Hormizd. In 632, this civil war ended and the wuzurgan agreed to make Yazdegerd III emperor. However, during the same time, the...
and handed out several honors to him, giving him the rank of grandee (wuzurgan), and appointing him as the supreme judge (dadwar) of the whole empire...
to falling out with one of the most prominent and powerful noble of the Wuzurgan class in Daylam, had to leave the region and settle further east in Mazandaran...
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