''Drustbed'' was the title of the
chief physician
A chief physician, also called a head physician, physician in chief, senior consultant, or chief of medicine, is a physician in a senior management position at a hospital or other institution. In many institutions, it is the title of the most sen ...
in
Sasanian Iran
The Sasanian Empire (), officially Eranshahr ( , "Empire of the Iranians"), was an Iranian empire that was founded and ruled by the House of Sasan from 224 to 651. Enduring for over four centuries, the length of the Sasanian dynasty's reign ...
(224–651). No mention of the title is made in the early Sasanian period, and all the known holders of the title first lived in the late Sasanian era, which implies that this title was presumably a late Sasanian invention.
Non-Zoroastrians were able to obtain the rank, such as the Christian
Gabriel of Sinjar, who served as the private physician of
Khosrow II
Khosrow II (spelled Chosroes II in classical sources; and ''Khosrau''), commonly known as Khosrow Parviz (New Persian: , "Khosrow the Victorious"), is considered to be the last great Sasanian King of Kings (Shahanshah) of Iran, ruling from 590 ...
().
References
Sources
* {{cite encyclopedia , last = Tafazzoli , first = Ahmad , title = Drustbed , url = https://iranicaonline.org/articles/drustbed , year = 1996 , encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. VII, Fasc. 6 , pages = 564–565
Sasanian court titles
Persian words and phrases