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Musa ibn Zurara

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bordered Musa's own domain of Arzanene. His ties to the powerful Bagratuni prince certainly strengthened Musa's own position against other rivals, both Christian and Muslim, but it did not stop him from developing a certain enmity towards Bagrat and taking up arms against him. Thus, when the Abbasid
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to Armenia. Musa appears to have joined the Armenian uprising at some point; Bugha also accused him of having been involved in the murder of Yusuf. As a result, he and was also carried into captivity to Samarra by Bugha al-Kabir.
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It is known that Musa had five brothers: Sulayman, Ahmad, Isa, Muhammad, and Harun. In common with other Arab leaders in Armenia, Musa married the sister of a Christian Armenian prince,
157:. In order to safeguard his domain against the Shaybanids, he allied himself closely with the Artsruni, marrying an Artsruni princess and even secretly converting to Christianity. In 413: 137:
The Armenians then proceeded to massacre the Arab settlers in Arzanene. At this time, Abu Sa'id invaded Armenia with his own army, but died on the way, and was succeeded by his son
126:. Ashot defeated al-Ala and evicted him from his territory, and then went to the assistance of Bagrat. The Armenian armies faced and defeated Musa near the capital of Taron, 114:, sought to reduce the power and autonomy of the Armenian princes, that had grown greatly during the previous years, he chose Musa and another local Arab lord, 145:, but he was later attacked and killed by the inhabitants of Khoyt in early 852. This prompted the Caliph to intervene in force by sending the general 138: 98:. Musa's fief of Arzen was the capital of the district of Arzanene, which in turn was held to belong to the Jaziran sub-province of Diyar Bakr. 28: 154: 438: 408: 322: 423: 418: 61:
Musa is the first attested member of his family, and he is only mentioned in the sources by name and patronymic, without a
43: 67:. Consequently, the exact origin and history of his family prior to him is unknown; however they had clearly settled in 111: 339: 165: 318: 106: 115: 379: 369: 102: 123: 63: 433: 387: 383: 357: 118:. Musa invaded Taron, while al-Ala attacked the other great southern Armenian principality of 55: 349: 51: 142: 76: 20: 141:. The latter managed to capture Bagrat and sent him as a prisoner to the Abbasid capital 334: 326: 146: 402: 353: 330: 314: 373: 310: 91: 306: 119: 95: 391: 361: 87: 134:, stopping only after the entreaties of Musa's wife, the sister of Bagrat. 75:) as part of the wider influx of Arab tribes into Armenia that began under 68: 131: 164:
he was taken prisoner by the ambitious Shaybanid ruler of Diyar Bakr,
127: 235: 233: 39: 262: 260: 220: 218: 216: 35: 429:Prisoners and detainees of the Abbasid Caliphate 290: 278: 266: 251: 239: 224: 207: 183: 414:9th-century people from the Abbasid Caliphate 153:After Musa died, he was succeeded by his son 8: 340:The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition 54:, which at the time were provinces of the 348:. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 679–680. 86:), and may well have been members of the 176: 375:The Arab Emirates in Bagratid Armenia 7: 195: 168:, who annexed the Zurarid domains. 24: 14: 42:, located on the borders between 354:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_0749 81: 1: 158: 112:Abu Sa'id Muhammad al-Marwazi 455: 94:who dominated the area of 439:History of Siirt Province 166:Ahmad ibn Isa al-Shaybani 130:, and pursued him until 116:al-Ala ibn Ahmad al-Azdi 409:9th-century Arab people 424:9th century in Armenia 281:, pp. 48, 56, 63. 419:9th-century governors 90:tribe, much like the 370:Ter-Ghewondyan, Aram 105:, whose province of 291:Ter-Ghewondyan 1976 279:Ter-Ghewondyan 1976 267:Ter-Ghewondyan 1976 252:Ter-Ghewondyan 1976 240:Ter-Ghewondyan 1976 225:Ter-Ghewondyan 1976 208:Ter-Ghewondyan 1976 184:Ter-Ghewondyan 1976 103:Bagrat II Bagratuni 323:Lévi-Provençal, E. 293:, pp. 29, 63. 242:, pp. 42, 48. 186:, pp. 32, 42. 384:Livraria Bertrand 269:, pp. 42–43. 227:, pp. 55–56. 56:Abbasid Caliphate 44:Upper Mesopotamia 32: early 850s 446: 395: 380:Nina G. Garsoïan 378:. Translated by 365: 294: 288: 282: 276: 270: 264: 255: 249: 243: 237: 228: 222: 211: 205: 199: 193: 187: 181: 163: 160: 124:Ashot I Artsruni 85: 83: 33: 30: 26: 454: 453: 449: 448: 447: 445: 444: 443: 399: 398: 368: 305: 302: 297: 289: 285: 277: 273: 265: 258: 250: 246: 238: 231: 223: 214: 206: 202: 194: 190: 182: 178: 174: 161: 80: 77:Harun al-Rashid 31: 17:Musa ibn Zurara 12: 11: 5: 452: 450: 442: 441: 436: 431: 426: 421: 416: 411: 401: 400: 397: 396: 366: 319:Kramers, J. H. 315:Gibb, H. A. R. 301: 298: 296: 295: 283: 271: 256: 244: 229: 212: 200: 198:, p. 679. 188: 175: 173: 170: 147:Bugha al-Kabir 84: 786–809 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 451: 440: 437: 435: 432: 430: 427: 425: 422: 420: 417: 415: 412: 410: 407: 406: 404: 393: 389: 385: 381: 377: 376: 371: 367: 363: 359: 355: 351: 347: 343: 341: 336: 332: 328: 324: 320: 316: 312: 308: 304: 303: 299: 292: 287: 284: 280: 275: 272: 268: 263: 261: 257: 254:, p. 42. 253: 248: 245: 241: 236: 234: 230: 226: 221: 219: 217: 213: 210:, p. 27. 209: 204: 201: 197: 192: 189: 185: 180: 177: 171: 169: 167: 156: 151: 148: 144: 140: 135: 133: 129: 125: 121: 117: 113: 108: 104: 99: 97: 93: 89: 78: 74: 70: 66: 65: 59: 57: 53: 49: 45: 41: 37: 25:موسى بن زرارة 22: 18: 374: 345: 338: 286: 274: 247: 203: 191: 179: 155:Abu'l-Maghra 152: 136: 100: 72: 62: 60: 47: 16: 15: 335:Pellat, Ch. 327:Schacht, J. 307:Frye, R. N. 122:, ruled by 71:(Armenian: 403:Categories 382:. Lisbon: 172:References 162: 890 120:Vaspurakan 110:governor, 96:Diyar Bakr 92:Shaybanids 34:) was the 392:490638192 372:(1976) . 362:495469456 344:Volume I: 331:Lewis, B. 196:Frye 1960 88:Banu Bakr 48:al-Jazira 46:(Arabic: 434:Arminiya 337:(eds.). 309:(1960). 73:Aghdznik 69:Arzanene 311:"Arzan" 300:Sources 143:Samarra 132:Baghesh 52:Armenia 390:  360:  333:& 50:) and 21:Arabic 313:. In 139:Yusuf 107:Taron 64:nisba 40:Arzen 388:OCLC 358:OCLC 128:Mush 36:emir 350:doi 346:A–B 38:of 29:fl. 405:: 386:. 356:. 342:. 329:; 325:; 321:; 317:; 259:^ 232:^ 215:^ 159:c. 82:r. 58:. 27:; 23:: 394:. 364:. 352:: 79:( 19:(

Index

Arabic
emir
Arzen
Upper Mesopotamia
Armenia
Abbasid Caliphate
nisba
Arzanene
Harun al-Rashid
Banu Bakr
Shaybanids
Diyar Bakr
Bagrat II Bagratuni
Taron
Abu Sa'id Muhammad al-Marwazi
al-Ala ibn Ahmad al-Azdi
Vaspurakan
Ashot I Artsruni
Mush
Baghesh
Yusuf
Samarra
Bugha al-Kabir
Abu'l-Maghra
Ahmad ibn Isa al-Shaybani
Ter-Ghewondyan 1976
Frye 1960
Ter-Ghewondyan 1976

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