Name The name "Badakhshan" (, Badaxšân; ; , Badakhshon; ) is derived from the Sasanian official title bēdaxš or badaxš, which may be from an earlier *pati-axša; the suffix -ān indicates that the country belonged, or had been assigned as a fief, to a person holding the rank of a badaxš.W. Eilers, "BADAḴŠĀN iii. The name ", Encyclopædia Iranica, December 15, 1988.
Name The name "Badakhshan" ( Badaxšân; ;  Badakhshon; ) is derived from the Sasanian official title bēdaxš or badaxš which may be from an earlier *pati-axša; the suffix -ān indicates that the country belonged or had been assigned as a fief to a person holding the rank of a badaxšW Eilers "BADAḴŠĀN iii The name " Encyclopædia Iranica December 15 1988