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Amargar

Amargar was a Sasanian administrative office which corresponded to a type of tax collector or chief fiscal officer. The amargar could administer several towns, or even a province, such as Kirman or Pars. The Eran-amargar was in charge of the financial affairs of the whole empire.

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Amargar (Middle Persian: āmārgar) was a Sasanian administrative office which corresponded to a type of tax collector or chief fiscal officer. The amargar could administer several towns, or even a province, such as Kirman or Pars.1 The Eran-amargar was in charge of the financial affairs of the whole empire.1

References

References

  1. MacKenzie & Chaumont 1989, pp. 925–926.
Sources

Sources

  • MacKenzie, D. N.; Chaumont, M. L. (1989). "Āmārgar". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. I, Fasc. 9. pp. 925–926.
  • Miri, Negin (2013). "Sasanian Administration and Sealing Practices". In Potts, Daniel T. (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Iran. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199733309.