ostikan
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English
Etymology
Transliteration of Old Armenian ոստիկան (ostikan).
Noun
ostikan (plural ostikans)
- (historical) Any of the Arab governors of Armenia.
- 2007, Lynn Jones, Between Islam and Byzantium: Aght'amar and the Visual Construction of Medieval Armenian Rulership:
- 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.