Wuzurg framadar

Wuzurg framadār (Middle Persian: 𐭫𐭲𐭬𐭥𐭯 𐭠𐭡𐭫‎, meaning "the grand lord") was a Sasanian office which was equivalent to the office of Grand Vizier in the later Islamic period.[1]

List

Abarsam, active during the reign of Ardashir I.[2][1]
Khosrow Yazdegerd under Yazdegerd I[1]
Mihr Narseh under Yazdegerd I and Bahram V[1]
Suren Pahlav under Bahram V, possibly Mihr Narseh's direct successor[1]
Izadgushasp
Farrukh Hormizd
Khosrow-Ormezd, recorded by Sebeos as a framadar, may have been a wuzurg-framadar, and the last person holding the title.[1]

Sources

Chaumont, Marie-Louise (2000). "FRAMADĀR". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. X, Fasc. 2. pp. 125–126.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
E. Yarshater, “Abarsam,” Encyclopædia Iranica, I/1, pp. 67-68; available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abarsam (accessed on 10 January 2014).

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[iranica-framadar-1] Chaumont, Marie-Louise (2000). "FRAMADĀR". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. X, Fasc. 2. pp. 125–126.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

[2] E. Yarshater, “Abarsam,” Encyclopædia Iranica, I/1, pp. 67-68; available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abarsam (accessed on 10 January 2014).