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Armenia's Rising under al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba

انتقاض أهل أرمينية على الحسن بن قحطبة

between 754 and 775 CE

Armenia → al-Baylaqan → Bardha'a (Partaw)

In al-Baladhuri: Armenia's people rose in revolt in the governorship of al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba al-Ta'i — after the removal of Ibn Asid and Bakkar ibn Muslim al-Uqayli — their chief being Mushay'il the Armenian; al-Mansur sent him reinforcements under Amir ibn Isma'il, and al-Hasan met Mushay'il, who was killed, his hosts scattered, and matters settled for him — it is he after whom Nahr al-Hasan at al-Baylaqan, the garden called Bagh al-Hasan at Bardha'a, and the estates known as al-Hasaniyya were named.

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Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq
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In time

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate · The Umayyad Period

Overview

Al-Baladhuri relates that the people of Armenia rebelled in the governorship of al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba al-Ta'i, and their leader was Mushayil the Armenian. 1

The event

This came after the removal of Ibn Usayd and Bakkar ibn Muslim al-Uqayli. Al-Mansur sent reinforcements under Amir ibn Isma'il. Al-Hasan met Mushayil in battle, and he was killed and his gatherings scattered, and affairs were set in order for al-Hasan. 1

Al-Baladhuri says that the Nahr al-Hasan at al-Baylaqan, the Bagh al-Hasan at Barda'a, and the estates known as al-Hasaniyya were named after al-Hasan. 1

The date falls in the caliphate of al-Mansur; it is a derived estimate and needs an additional source.

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Had participant
Mushay'il the Armenian· al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba al-Ta'i· Abu Ja'far al-Mansur· Amir ibn Isma'il
Occurred at
Armenia· al-Baylaqan· Bardha'a (Partaw)

People and things also explored

Al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah's Governorship of Armenia· The Rising of Musafir al-Qassab in Armenia· Yazid ibn Asid al-Sulami's Governorship of Armenia· Arran· Armenia· al-Baylaqan· The Entry of Abd al-Rahman al-Dakhil into al-Andalus· the Armenia–Azerbaijan treaty (25 AH)

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition) , p.295
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islam.museum contributors. “Armenia's Rising under al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/mushayil-revolt/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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Al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah's Governorship of Armenia

In al-Baladhuri: Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik gave Armenia to Adi ibn Adi ibn Amira al-Kindi — Adi ibn Amira being one of those who settled al-Raqqa having parted with Ali ibn Abi Talib — then Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz appointed him, he being the owner of the Nahr Adi at al-Baylaqan, though some say Umar's governor was Hatim ibn al-Nu'man, which is unsound; then Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik appointed Mi'laq ibn Saffar al-Bahrani, removed him for al-Harith ibn Amr al-Ta'i, who raided the Lakz and took Rustaq Hamsadan; and al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami of Mudhhij governed Armenia, settling at Bardha'a, where its conflicting measures and weights were laid before him and he set them on justice and fulness, making a measure called al-Jarrahi which its people deal by to this day; then he crossed the Kurr and marched until he passed the river called al-Samur, reaching the Khazars and killing them in a great slaughter, and fought the people of Bilad Hamzin, then compounded with them to transfer them to a rustaq.