Dadwar
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Dadwar (Middle Persian: Dādwar, meaning "bearer of law") was a Sasanian administrative office which corresponded to a sort of judge, who, as a deputy of the mowbed (chief priest), evaluated civil cases at a district level.[1] The (ham)shahr dadwar was the head of the judiciary.[2]
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