Theodore Rshtuni

Sparapet

Theodore Rshtuni
Թէոդորոս Ռշտունի
BornAD 590
Died655/656
Damascus
Buried
Rshtunik'
RankSparapet (appointed before 640); marzban (634-)
Battles / warsArab conquest of Armenia
Byzantine–Arab Wars

Theodore or Theodoros Rshtuni (Old Armenian: Թէոդորոս Ռշտունի, romanized: T῾ēodoros Ṙštuni, Armenian pronunciation: [tʰɛodoɾos ərəʃtuni]; AD 590–655[1] or 656[2]), equated with Pasagnathes (Πασαγνάθης), the "patrikios of the Armenians" from the chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor,[3][4] was an Armenian nakharar (magnate), famous for resisting the first Arab invasions of Armenia. After the previous ishkhan (prince) David Saharuni was overthrown by other nakharars[5] in 638 or 640, Theodore Rshtuni became the leading prince of Byzantine Armenia under the same title as his predecessor, "Prince of Armenia" (ishkhan hayots’).[6]

  1. ^ Morrow, John Andrew (2017). "Cancelling the Covenants: The Issue of Annulment". Islām and the People of the Book. Vol. 1. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 421. ISBN 9781527509672. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
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  3. ^ Theophilus (of Edessa) (2011). Theophilus of Edessa's Chronicle and the Circulation of Historical Knowledge in Late Antiquity and Early Islam. Translated texts for historians. Vol. 57. Translated by Robert G. Hoyland (also introduction and notes). Liverpool University Press. p. 139 (text and note 336). ISBN 9781846316975. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  4. ^ Pasagnathes 1 at, Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire 641-867 (PBE I) online edition, King's College London. Accessed 2021-09-16.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Whittow was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Theodoros Rštuni". Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit Online/Prosopography of the Middle Byzantine Period Online (PMBZ Online) (in German). Berlin: de Gruyter. Retrieved 16 September 2021. Contains commented references to all primary sources which mention Theodore Rshtuni.