Meanings
nounostikan (plural ostikans)
plural ostikans
- historicalAny of the Arab governors of Armenia.
The Sadjid ostikans were eager to foster mistrust amongst the nakharars, seeking to destabilize Bagratuni rule and to usurp the Bagratuni king's right to send taxes to the caliph.
2007, Lynn Jones, Between Islam and Byzantium: Aght'amar and the Visual Construction of Medieval Armenian Rulership
Origin
Transliteration of Old Armenian ոստիկան (ostikan).
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