Andarzbad
Andarzbad was a Sasanian administrative office meaning "chief advisor", "chief councillor" or "chief of staff". The andarzbads were assigned to cities within the Sasanian Empire such as Ardashir-Khwarrah or entire provinces, such as Sakastan. The main court andarzbad, known as the darandarzbad, served the Shahanshah directly and was one of the highest-ranking dignitaries within the Sasanian court. However, there were also andarzbads who served in other functions. There was the andarzbad ī aswāragān, who instructed the Sasanian knights, or according to Anahit Perikhanian the andarzbadī wāspuhragān, who exercised executive authority within the King's domain. The "andarzbad of the queens" dates back to the reign of Shapur I and is attested in his inscription at the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht. The mōgān-andarzbad was a dignitary who effectively functioned as a legal consultant and held status as "one of the highest ranking dignitaries of the priestly class". M. L. Chaumont adds that the mōgān-andarzbad office "was quite different from that of the mōbadān mōbad". Andarzgar, a less familiar Sasanian title, may have been modeled on andarzbad but this remains uncertain.