Dadwar

<i>Dadwar</i>

Dadwar

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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.[1] The (ham)shahr dadwar was the head of the judiciary.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Miri 2013, p. 915.
  2. [2]
    Shaki 1993, pp. 557–559.

Sources

  • Miri, Negin (2013). "Sasanian Administration and Sealing Practices". In Potts, Daniel T. (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Iran. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199733309.
  • Shaki, Mansour (1993). "Dādwar, Dādwarīh". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. VI, Fasc. 5. pp. 557–559.
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