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Sipahsalar


Ispahsālār (Persian: اسپهسالار‎‎) or sipahsālār (سپهسالار; "army commander"), in Arabic rendered as isfahsalār (إسفهسلار) or iṣbahsalār (إصبهسلار), was a title used in much of the Islamic world during the 10th–15th centuries, to denote the senior-most military commanders but also as a generic general officer rank.

The title derives from Middle Persian spāh-sālār (...
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