Samjan Nobility

High Nobility:
	Shah
		-Vizier (Chief Advisor)
		-Amatya (High Priest of Pani)
		-Daftardar (Financial Minister)
		-Shahbanu (Shah's Wife)
		-Andarzbad (Councilor without specific duties)
	Emir (Prince, designated legitimate successor of the Shah should his line die out.)
	Satrap (Hereditary ruler of a large region. Duke.)
	Bay (Hereditary ruler of a small region. Count.)
	Marzban (Border Lord, more of a general than a noble. Margrave)
	Istandar (Minor landed nobility. A knight.)

Military Officers:
	Spahbad (General)
	Aspbad (Colonel)
	Framandar (Lieutenant)

Minor Nobility:
	Haznadar (Bureaucrats)
	Kadi (Tax Officials)
	Rasnan (Minor nobility without lands or official duties)

Average Military Might:
	Shah
	Satraps
	Spahbad
	Marzban
	Abdul-Hakims
	Bay
	Aspbad
	Istandar

The Shah's advisors are not necessarily landed, nor are Emirs. A family of Emirs can certainly fall on hard times and lose their lands. Thus, they'll excluded from Military rankings.

Sons of Satraps and Emirs are called Sheikhs, daughters are Shaykhah. Children of Emirs, regardless of gender, are given the title Mirza.

Mik's full noble title would be Sheikh Mikhael, Mirza of the line Abdul-Hakim.