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Ostikan (Armenian: ոստիկան) was the
title used by
Armenians for the
governors of the
early Caliphates. In
modern historiography, it is
chiefly used for...
- al-Malik ibn
Marwan introduced direct Arab rule of the region,
headed by an
ostikan with his
capital in Dvin.
According to the
historian Stephen H. Rapp in...
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Ostikan (d. c. 801)
Muhammad ibn Yazid,
Ostikan (c. 802/803) Asad ibn
Yazid al-Shaybani,
Ostikan (d. c. 820)
Khalid ibn
Yazid al-Shaybani,
Ostikan (802–844)...
- as al-Arminiya with its
capital at Dvin, the
province was
headed by an
ostikan, or governor. However,
Umayyad rule in
Armenia grew in
cruelty in the early...
- (governors),
Byzantine kouropalates and
later Umayyad- and Abbasid-appointed
ostikans (governors).
Under Arsacid rule, Dvin
prospered as one of the most populous...
- Arabs'
fears of the Armeno-Byzantine alliance.
Speaking with the Arab
ostikan (governor)
Muhammad Ibn Abi'l-Saj (Afshin),
Smbat convinced him that the...
- (governors),
Byzantine kouropalates and
later Umayyad and Abbasid-appointed
ostikans (governors), all of whom were of
senior nakharar stock. In 640 Dvin was...
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against the emir of
Barda alongside his
ostikan; however,
failure of this
ostikan led to his replacement. The new
ostikan made a
secret peace treaty with the...
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loyalty was
rewarded by al-Hadi with his
appointment to the
governorship (
ostikan) of
Arminiya (a
large province encomp****ing the
whole of Transcaucasia)...
- and
succeeded him as
ostikan for
about a year; he was in turn
succeeded by his
brother Muhammad. Asad was re-appointed as
ostikan under Caliph al-Amin...
