Ostikan
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:
- Hudaifa ibn al-Yaman
- al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba
- Habib ibn Maslama al-Fihri
- (ca. 657)
- Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra (ca. 686)
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]
- Muhammad ibn Marwan (c. 695–705), represented by the following deputies:
- (706–709)
- Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik (709–721)
- al-Djarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami (721–725)
- Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik (725–729)
- al-Djarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami (729–730)
- Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik (730–732)
- Marwan ibn Muhammad (732–733)
- Sa'id ibn Amr al-Harashi (733–735)
- Marwan ibn Muhammad (735–744)
- Ishaq ibn Muslim al-Uqayli (744–750)
- Abu Ja'far Abdallah ibn Muhammad (750–753)
- Yazid ibn Asid ibn Zafir al-Sulami (753–755)
- Sulayman (755–?)
- Salih ben Subai al-Kindi (c. 767)
- (c. 769–770)
- al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba (770/771–773/774)
- Yazid ibn Asid ibn Zafir al-Sulami (773/774–778)
- (778–785)
- Khuzayma ibn Khazim (785–786)
- (786–787)
- Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani (787–788)
- Abd al-Qadir (788)
- (788–799)
- Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani (799–801)
- Asad ibn Yazid al-Shaybani (801–802)
- (802–803)
- Khuzayma ibn Khazim (803–?)
- Asad ibn Yazid al-Shaybani (c. 810)
- (c. 813)
- Khalid ibn Yazid ibn Mazyad (813–?)
- Khalid ibn Yazid ibn Mazyad (828–832), (841), (c. 842-844)
- Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Shaybani (c. 842/844–?)
- (849–851)
- Yusuf ibn Abi Sa'id al-Marwazi (851–852)
- Bugha al-Kabir (852–855)
- Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Shaybani (857–862)
- Ali ibn Yahya al-Armani (862–863)
- (863 - 865)
- Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (866 - 867)
- Abi'l-Saj Devdad (867 - 870)
- Isa ibn al-Shaykh al-Shaybani (870–875, nominally until 882/3)
- Ja'far al-Mufawwid (875-878)
- Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Shaybani (878)
Sources[]
- (in Armenian) Ter-Ghevondyan, Aram. "Դիտողություններ «ոստիկան» բառի մասին (Observations on the word "ostikan"). Patma-Banasirakan Handes. 4 (1962), pp. 243–48.
References[]
Categories:
- Gubernatorial titles
- Arminiya
- Armenian words and phrases