sipahsalar

Etymology

From Classical Persian سِپَهْسَالَار (sipahsālār), اِسْپَهْسَالَار (ispahsālār), from Middle Persian 𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬵⸱𐬯𐬁𐬮𐬁𐬭 (spāh-sālār).

noun

  1. A title given to commanders in chief and general officers in the armies of many states of the medieval Islamic world.