page_title: Aswaran
hierarchical_section_title: Aswaran
caption_attribution_description: Improved for background and perspectiveEnglish: Probably fake Sassanid silver plate with gold coating {see discussion page}, Azerbaijan Museum , Tabriz , Iran .
context_page_description: The Aswārān, also spelled Asbārān and Savaran, was a cavalry force that formed the backbone of the army of the Sasanian Empire. They were provided by the aristocracy, were heavily armored, and ranged from archers to cataphracts.
context_section_description: The Aswārān (singular aswār), also spelled Asbārān and Savaran, was a cavalry force that formed the backbone of the army of the Sasanian Empire. They were provided by the aristocracy, were heavily armored, and ranged from archers to cataphracts.
caption: Sasanian silverware, showing a combat between two noble horsemen wearing scale armor, cuirass, chaps, and equipped with kontos, swords, quivers and arrows.
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