Darigbed

Darigbed was a Sasanian title equivalent to the Byzantine title kouropalates ("palace superintendent").^[1] The title is first mentioned in the inscription of Shapur II (r. 240–270) at Naqsh-e Rostam.^[2]

• Apursam-Shapur, Iranian aristocrat, who served as darigbed under Shapur I (r. 240–270).^[2]
• Bozorgmehr, aristocrat from the House of Karen, who served as darigbed under Khosrow I (r. 531–579).^[3]
• Bahram Chobin, aristocrat from the House of Mihran, who served as darigbed under Hormizd IV (r. 579–590).^[3]
• Rostam Farrokhzad, aristocrat from the House of Ispahbudhan, who served as darigbed under Khosrow II (r. 590–628).^[4]
• Farrukhzad, aristocrat from the House of Ispahbudhan, who served as darigbed under Khosrow II (r. 590–628).^[3]

• Pourshariati, Parvaneh (2008), Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran, London and New York: I.B. Tauris, ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3
• Daryaee, Touraj (2009). Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire. I.B.Tauris. pp. 1–240. ISBN 978-0857716668.
• Frye, Richard N. (1994). "DARĪGBED". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. VII, Fasc. 1. p. 40.

• Sasanian palace offices
• Sasanian court titles