Padgospan (also spelled Padghospan, Padhuspan and Baduspan) was a high-ranking office in the late Sasanian era, which functioned as the lieutenant of the Spahbed (marshal).
Known Paygospans
Name Area Spahbed King Other titles Dadhi, son of Nakhirjan, son of () (Al-Tabari) "the North": Adurbadagan, Armenia and its areas, Media, Tabaristan and its regions (i.e. Gilan and Daylam) unknown Khosrow I Mardanshah Nemroz (Sistan) Shahrbaraz Hormizd IV, Khosrow IIIlkka Syvänne: Military History of Late Rome 602–641. Pen and Sword Military, 2022, ISBN 9781399075701, p. 214. Shahin Vahmanzadegan Mesopotamia (Assyria) unknown Khosrow II Marzban of Armenia unknown ("al-Fadhusfan")According to Pourshariati, "al-Fadhusfan" (which is the Araibzed form of Paygospan) was actually the title, and not the name, of the person. Cf. Parvaneh Pourshariati: Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran. I.B. Tauris, London 2008, ISBN 9781845116453, p. 247. Spahan unknown Yazdegerd III Ostandar, Marzban of Spahan, King (Malik)Hossein Kamaly: ISFAHAN vi. MEDIEVAL PERIOD. In: Encyclopædia Iranica.
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