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Aghdznik , also known as Altzniq or Arzanene, was a region of old Armenia
Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
 that existed before AD 300, when it was ruled by Bakur (or Pakur). About 330 it was incorporated into Siunik.

Aghdznik was later a small Arab
Arab

An Arab is a person who Identity as such on linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs , refers to the Ethnocultural group at large....
 chiefdom in the 10th century, in Kurdistan
Kurdistan

Kurdistan is an extensive plateau and mountainous area in the Middle East, inhabited mainly by Kurdish people. It covers parts of eastern Turkish Kurdistan, northern Iraqi Kurdistan, northwestern Iranian Kurdistan and smaller parts of northern Syria and Armenia....
 (today East Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
).

Hamdum, an Arab chief, conquered Altzniq and Amida (Diyarbakir
Diyarbakir

Diyarbakir is the largest city in southeastern Turkey. Situated on the banks of the River Tigris, it is the seat of Diyarbakir Province, and has a population of 2.5 million....
), around 962. In 963 a sister of Hamdum whose name is not given in the original sources, governed the region for ten years.







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Aghdznik , also known as Altzniq or Arzanene, was a region of old Armenia
Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
 that existed before AD 300, when it was ruled by Bakur (or Pakur). About 330 it was incorporated into Siunik.

Aghdznik was later a small Arab
Arab

An Arab is a person who Identity as such on linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs , refers to the Ethnocultural group at large....
 chiefdom in the 10th century, in Kurdistan
Kurdistan

Kurdistan is an extensive plateau and mountainous area in the Middle East, inhabited mainly by Kurdish people. It covers parts of eastern Turkish Kurdistan, northern Iraqi Kurdistan, northwestern Iranian Kurdistan and smaller parts of northern Syria and Armenia....
 (today East Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
).

Hamdum, an Arab chief, conquered Altzniq and Amida (Diyarbakir
Diyarbakir

Diyarbakir is the largest city in southeastern Turkey. Situated on the banks of the River Tigris, it is the seat of Diyarbakir Province, and has a population of 2.5 million....
), around 962. In 963 a sister of Hamdum whose name is not given in the original sources, governed the region for ten years.

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