Wuzurg-Framadar
Wuzurg-Framadar was the title of the highest royal court official in the New Persian Sassanid Empire .
In late ancient Persia, high-ranking nobles who were not directly related to the royal family were called wuzurgān . These greats were in the hierarchy below the šāhān šāh ( great king ) and his family and the local rulers, but above the rest of the nobility ( azadan ) and had great power and prestige. Framadar, on the other hand, was the name for a high administrative official in the Sassanid Empire. This is documented on Sassanid inscriptions and seals and appears to have acted together with tax officials, apparently there were two (or more) officials with this designation. A minister named framadar also seems to have played a role in the high Zoroastrian clergy; possibly he also acted in a state and religious dual function.
Wuzurg-Framadar is the name of the highest royal minister at the court, who was responsible for the administration and whose function was very similar to that of a vizier . In Sassanid times, several of these high court officials can also be identified by name. Their influence seems to have varied: under strong kings the wuzurg-framadar could be very influential and expand its power to the disadvantage of the nobility, while it played a comparatively smaller role under weak kings. Occasionally, however, they also dominated royal politics; in the sources, for example, the influential and very religious Mihr-Narseh , who functioned as wuzurg-framadar under Yazdegerd II , is sometimes named as a driving force behind the persecution of Christians during this period.
literature
- Court, Persian royal. In: The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity . Volume 1 (2018), p. 427 f.
Remarks
- ↑ Cf. generally Marie-Louise Chaumont: Framadar , in: Encyclopædia Iranica
- ^ Court, Persian royal. In: The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity . Volume 1 (2018), p. 427.