isfehbed

Updated: August 19, 2026

Here the Arsacide princes had permitted the local tribes to rule, for these tribes were probably from the first almost independent and only acknowledged their paramountcy and paid tribute. They had the title of Spadhapati or in modern language Ispehbed which was turned into the Arabic Isfehbed.

Konstantin Aleksandrovich Inostrantzev - Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I