Arminiya
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Arminiya, also known as the Ostikanate of Arminiya (Armenian: Հայաստանի Օստիկանություն,[1] Hayastani ostikanut'yun) or the Emirate of Armenia (Arabic: إمارة أرمينية, imārat armīniya), was a political and geographic designation given by the Muslim Arabs to the lands of Greater Armenia, Caucasian Iberia, and Caucasian Albania, following their conquest of these regions in the 7th century. Though the caliphs initially permitted an Armenian prince to represent the province of Arminiya in exchange for tribute and the Armenians' loyalty during times of war, Caliph Abd 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 the third edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam:[2]
Early Arabs followed Sāsānian, Parthian Arsacid, and ultimately Achaemenid practice by organising most of southern Caucasia into a large regional zone called Armīniya (cf. the Achaemenid satrapy of Armina covering much of southern Caucasia and the subsequent Kūst-i Kapkōh of the Sāsānians).
Ostikanate of Arminiya Հայաստանի Օստիկանություն | |||||||||||||||||||||
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654–884 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Status | Province (largely autonomous vassal principalities) of the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates | ||||||||||||||||||||
Capital | Dvin 40°0′16.870″N 44°34′45.012″E | ||||||||||||||||||||
Common languages | Armenian (native language) Arabic | ||||||||||||||||||||
Religion | Christianity (Armenian Apostolic Church, Paulicianism) Sunni Islam (state) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||||||||||||
• Established | 654 | ||||||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 884 | ||||||||||||||||||||
ISO 3166 code | AM | ||||||||||||||||||||
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