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'''Andarzbad''' (from [[Middle Persian]]: ''Andarz'', "advice, counsel") was a [[Sasanian Empire|Sasanian]] administrative office meaning "chief advisor", "chief councillor" or "chief of staff".{{sfn|Chaumont|1985|pages=22-23}}{{sfn|Zeini|Wiesehöfer|2018|page=71}} The ''andarzbads'' were assigned to cities within the Sasanian Empire such as [[Firuzabad, Fars|Ardashir-Khwarrah]] (i.e. Gor) or entire provinces, such as [[Sakastan (Sasanian province)|Sakastan]].{{sfn|Chaumont|1985|pages=22-23}}{{sfn|Zeini|Wiesehöfer|2018|page=71}} The main court ''andarzbad'', known as the ''darandarzbad'', served the [[Shahanshah]] ("[[King of Kings]]") directly and was one of the highest-ranking dignitaries within the Sasanian court.{{sfn|Chaumont|1985|pages=22-23}}{{sfn|Zeini|Wiesehöfer|2018|page=71}} However, there were also ''andarzbads'' who served in other functions.{{sfn|Zeini|Wiesehöfer|2018|page=71}} There was the ''andarzbad ī aswāragān'', who instructed the Sasanian knights, or according to [[Anahit Perikhanian]] the ''andarzbadī wāspuhragān'', who exercised executive authority within the King's domain.{{sfn|Chaumont|1985|pages=22-23}}{{sfn|Zeini|Wiesehöfer|2018|page=71}} The "''andarzbad'' of the [[Banbishn|queen]]s" (Middle Persian: ''bʾnykn hndrcpt''; [[Parthian language|Parthian]]: ''MLKTEn hndrzpty'') dates back to the reign of [[Shapur I]] ({{reign}}240–170) and is attested in his [[Shapur I's inscription at the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht|inscription at the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht]].{{sfn|Chaumont|1985|pages=22-23}}{{sfn|Zeini|Wiesehöfer|2018|page=71}} The ''mōgān-andarzbad'' ("advisor of the [[magi]]") was a dignitary who effectively functioned as a legal consultant and held status as "one of the highest ranking dignitaries of the priestly class".{{sfn|Chaumont|1985|pages=22-23}}{{sfn|Zeini|Wiesehöfer|2018|page=71}} M. L. Chaumont adds that the ''mōgān-andarzbad'' office "was quite different from that of the ''mōbadān [[Mobad|mōbad]]''".{{sfn|Chaumont|1985|pages=22-23}} ''[[Andarzgar]]'' ("counselor", "teacher"), a less familiar Sasanian title, may have been modeled on ''andarzbad'' but this remains uncertain.{{sfn|Asmussen|1985|page=23}}

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==Sources==
* {{Encyclopaedia Iranica | title = ANDARZGAR | last = Asmussen | first = J. P. | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/andarzgar-mid-pers-term-counselor-teacher | volume = 2 | fascicle = 1 | page = 23 }}
* {{Encyclopaedia Iranica | title = ANDARZBAD | last = Chaumont | first = M. L. | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/andarzbad-sasanian-administrative-title-meaning-chief-advisor-from-mid | volume = 2 | fascicle = 1 | pages = 22–23 }}
* {{ODLA|last1=Zeini|first1=Arash|last2=Wiesehöfer|first2=Josef|authorlink2=Josef Wiesehöfer|title=Andarzbad|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198662778.001.0001/acref-9780198662778-e-255?rskey=B5106O&result=298}}

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