Ostikan

Ostikan

Ostikan

Title used by Armenians for the Governors of the Arab Caliphates

Ostikan (Armenian: ոստիկան) was the title used by Armenians for the governors of the early Caliphates. In modern historiography, it is chiefly used for the caliphal governors of the province of Arminiya, which included Greater Armenia.

Arab governors of Armenia

Early governors

These are reported as governors under the Caliphs Uthman (r. 644–656) and Ali (r. 656–661), as well as the early Umayyads:

Emirs (Ostikans)

With the submission of Armenia to Muhammad ibn Marwan after 695, the province was formally incorporated into the Caliphate, and an Arab governor (ostikan) installed at Dvin:[1][2]

Sources

References

  1. [1]
    Arab Governors (Ostikans) of Arminiya, 8th Century Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    A. Ter-Ghevondyan's "Chronology of the Ostikans of Arminiya," Patma-banasirakan handes (1977) 1, pp. 117-128.
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