''Ostikan'' ( hy, ոստիկան) was the title used by

Armenians Armenians ( hy, հայեր, ''hayer'' ) are an ethnic group native to the Armenian highlands of Western Asia. Armenians constitute the main population of Armenia and the ''de facto'' independent Artsakh. There is a wide-ranging diaspora ...

for the governors of the early

Caliphate A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...

s. In modern historiography, it is chiefly used for the caliphal governors of the province of

Arminiya Arminiya, also known as the Ostikanate of Arminiya ( hy, Արմինիա ոստիկանություն, ''Arminia vostikanut'yun'') or the Emirate of Armenia ( ar, إمارة أرمينيا, ''imārat Arminiya''), was a political and geographic de ...

, which included

Greater Armenia Greater Armenia ( hy, Մեծ Հայք, translit=Mets Hayk) is the name given to the Armenian state that emerged on the Armenian Highlands during the reign of King Artaxias I at the turn of the 2nd century BC. The term was used to refer princ ...

Arab governors of Armenia

Early governors

These are reported as governors under the Caliphs

Uthman Uthman ibn Affan ( ar, عثمان بن عفان, ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān; – 17 June 656), also spelled by Colloquial Arabic, Turkish and Persian rendering Osman, was a second cousin, son-in-law and notable companion of the Islamic prop ...

(r. 644–656) and

Ali ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam ...

(r. 656–661), as well as the early Umayyads: * Hudaifa ibn al-Yaman *

al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba Abu Abd Allah al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba ibn Abi Amir ibn Mas'ud al-Thaqafi ( ar, المغيرة بن شعبة بن أبي عامر بن مسعود الثقفي, Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Mughīra ibn Shuʿba ibn Abī ʿĀmir ibn Masʿūd al-Thaqafī); –6 ...

* al-Qasim ibn Rabi'a ibn Umayya ibn Abi's al-Thaqafi *

Habib ibn Maslama al-Fihri Ḥabīb ibn Maslama al-Fihrī ( ar, حبيب بن مسلمة الفهري; –) was an Arab general during the Early Muslim conquests, under Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan. Life Origin and career under Umar Born in Mecca , Habib was a member of the M ...

* al-As'ath ibn Qays al-Kindi (ca. 657) *

Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra Abū Saʿīd al-Muhallab ibn Abī Ṣufra al-Azdī ( ar, أَبْو سَعِيْد ٱلْمُهَلَّب ابْن أَبِي صُفْرَة ٱلْأَزْدِي; 702) was an Arab general from the Azd tribe who fought in the service of the Ra ...

(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:A. Ter-Ghevondyan's "Chronology of the Ostikans of Arminiya," Patma-banasirakan handes (1977) 1, pp. 117-128.
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Muhammad ibn Marwan Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Muḥammad ibn Marwān ibn al-Ḥakam () (died 719/720) was an Umayyad prince and one of the most important generals of the Umayyad Caliphate in the period 690–710, and the one who completed the Arab conquest of Armenia. ...

(c. 695–705), represented by the following deputies: ** Uthman ibn al-Walid ibn 'Uqba ibn Aban Abi Mu 'ayt **

Abdallah ibn Hatim al-Bahili Abd Allah ( ar, عبدالله, translit=ʻAbd Allāh), also spelled Abdallah, Abdellah, Abdollah, Abdullah and many others, is an Arabic name meaning "Servant of God". It is built from the Arabic words ''Abd (Arabic), abd'' () and ''Allah, Allāh ...

* Abd al-Aziz ibn Hatim al-Bahili (706–709) *

Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik Maslama ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ( ar, مسلمة بن عبد الملك, in Greek sources , ''Masalmas''; – 24 December 738) was an Umayyad prince and one of the most prominent Arab generals of the early decades of the 8th century, leading sever ...

(709–721) *

al-Djarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami Abu Uqba al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami ( ar, أبو عقبة الجراح بن عبد الله الحكمي, Abū ʿUqba al-Jarrāḥ ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥakamī) was an Arab nobleman and general of the Hakami tribe. During the course of th ...

(721–725) *

(725–729) *

(729–730) *

(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 Yazid ibn Asid ibn Zafir al-Sulami or Yazid ibn Usayd ibn Zafir al-Sulami () was an Arab general and governor in the service of the early Abbasid Caliphate. He was active mostly in the Caliphate's northwestern frontier region, serving as governor ...

(753–755) * Sulayman (755–?) * Salih ben Subai al-Kindi (c. 767) *

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(c. 769–770) *

al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba Al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i () was a senior military leader in the early Abbasid Caliphate. Biography He was the son of Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i, who along with Abu Muslim led the Abbasid Revolution that toppled the Umayyad Caliphat ...

(770/771–773/774) *

(773/774–778) *

Uthman ibn 'Umara ibn Khuraym Uthman ibn Affan ( ar, عثمان بن عفان, ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān; – 17 June 656), also spelled by Colloquial Arabic, Turkish and Persian rendering Osman, was a second cousin, son-in-law and notable companion of the Islamic prop ...

(778–785) *

Khuzayma ibn Khazim Khuzayma ibn Khazim ibn Khuzayma al-Tamimi () (died 818/9) was a powerful grandee in the early Abbasid Caliphate. The son of the distinguished military leader Khazim ibn Khuzayma, he inherited a position of privilege and power, and served early o ...

(785–786) *

Yusuf ibn Rashid al-Sulami Yusuf ( ar, يوسف ') is a male name of Arabic origin meaning "God increases" (in piety, power and influence).From the Hebrew יהוה להוסיף ''YHWH Lhosif'' meaning "YHWH will increase/add". It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name ...

(786–787) *

Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani ( ar, يزيد بن مزيد الشيباني, Yazīd ibn Mazyad al-Shaybānī; died 801) was an Arab general and governor who served the Abbasid Caliphate. Biography Yazid was member of the Shayban tribe, dominant ...

(787–788) * Abd al-Qadir (788) * Sulayman ibn Yazid (788–799) *

(799–801) *

Asad ibn Yazid al-Shaybani Asad ibn Yazid al-Shaybani () was an Arab general and governor for the Abbasid Caliphate, active in the early 9th century. Asad was a member of the Shayban tribe, dominant in the region of Diyar Bakr in the northern Jazira,Ter-Ghevondyan (1976 ...

(801–802) * Muhammad ibn Yazid al-Shaybani (802–803) *

(803–?) *

(c. 810) * Ishaq ibn Sulayman (c. 813) *

Khalid ibn Yazid ibn Mazyad Khalid ibn Yazid al-Shaybani (in Arabic language, Arabic خالد بن يزيد الشيباني) was an Arabs, Arab general and governor for the Abbasid Caliphate, active in the second quarter of the 9th century. Khalid was a member of the Shayb ...

(813–?) *

(828–832), (841), (c. 842-844) *

Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Shaybani Muhammad ibn Khalid ibn Yazid al-Shaybani ( ar, محمد بن خالد بن يزيد الشيباني) was an Arab general and governor for the Abbasid Caliphate, active in the Caliphate's Caucasian provinces in the 9th century. Muhammad was a memb ...

(c. 842/844–?) *

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(849–851) *

Yusuf ibn Abi Sa'id al-Marwazi Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Marwazi ( ar, يوسف بن محمد بن يوسف المروزي) was a ninth century governor of Adharbayjan and Arminiyah for the Abbasid Caliphate, serving there from 851 until early 852, when he was killed durin ...

(851–852) *

Bugha al-Kabir Bugha al-Kabir (), also known as Bugha al-Turki (), was a 9th-century Khazar general who served the Abbasid Caliphate. He was of Khazar origin, and was acquired along with his sons as a military slave (''ghulam'') by al-Mu'tasim in 819/820.Gordo ...

(852–855) *

(857–862) *

Ali ibn Yahya al-Armani 'Alī ibn Yaḥyā al-Armanī () was a famed Muslim military commander of the mid-9th century, involved in the border warfare with the Byzantine Empire. He served as governor of Tarsus from ca. 852 until 862, leading several expeditions against th ...

(862–863) *

Al-Abbas ibn al-Musta'in Al-Abbas also Abbass; (Arabic:اَلْعَبَّاسُ) means "Lion" in Arabic, The name traces back to Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (an uncle of Prophet Muhammad). Al-Abbas may refer to: * Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (c. 566–653), a paternal ...

(863 - 865) *

Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz ( ar, عبد الله بن المعتز, ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Muʿtazz; 861 – 17 December 908) was the son of the caliph al-Mu'tazz and a political figure, but is better known as a leading Arabic poet and the author o ...

(866 - 867) *

Abi'l-Saj Devdad Abu'l-Sāj Dēvdād (in ar, أبو الساج ديوداد ''Abū al-Sāj Dīwdād'') (died 879) was a Sogdian prince, who was of the most prominent emirs, commanders and officials of the Abbasid Caliphate. He was the eponymous ancestor of th ...

(867 - 870) *

Isa ibn al-Shaykh al-Shaybani Abu Musa Isa ibn al-Shaykh ibn al-Salil al-Dhuhli al-Shaybani (; died 882/83) was an Arab leader of the Shayban tribe. Taking advantage of the domestic turmoil of the Abbasid Caliphate, he created a semi-independent bedouin state in Palestine a ...

(870–875, nominally until 882/3) * Ja'far al-Mufawwid (875-878) *

(878)

Sources

*{{in lang, hy Ter-Ghevondyan, Aram
"Դիտողություններ «ոստիկան» բառի մասին (Observations on the word "ostikan")
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Patma-Banasirakan Handes ''Patma-Banasirakan Handes'' ( hy, Պատմա-Բանասիրական Հանդես (ՊԲՀ, ''PBH''); russian: Историко-филологический журнал, ''Istoriko-Filologicheskii Zhurnal''; "Historical-Philological Journal") is a ...

''. 4 (1962), pp. 243–48.

References

Gubernatorial titles Arminiya Armenian words and phrases