Subdivisions of the Abbasid Caliphate

Arminiya, also known as the Ostikanate of Arminiya or the Emirate of Armenia (, imārat armīniya), was a political and geographic designation given by the Muslim Arabs to the lands of Greater Armenia, Caucasian Iberia, and Caucasian Albania, following their conquest of these regions in the 7th century. Though the caliphs initially permitted an Armenian prince to represent the province of Arminiya in exchange for tribute and the Armenians' loyalty during times of war, Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan introduced direct Arab rule of the region, headed by a governor known as the ostikan with his capi

one of the military districts of the Ummayad and Abbasid Caliphate province of Bilad al-Sham

Al-ʿAwāṣim (, "the defences, fortifications"; sing. al-ʿāṣimah, , "protectress") was the Arabic term used to refer to the Muslim side of the frontier zone between the Byzantine Empire and the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates in Cilicia, northern Syria and Upper Mesopotamia. It was established in the early 8th century, once the first wave of the Muslim conquests ebbed, and lasted until the mid-10th century, when the Byzantine advance overran it. It comprised the forward marches, comprising a chain of fortified strongholds, known as al-thughūr (; sing. al-thaghr, , "cleft, opening"), and the rear

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a region of ancient and medieval Persia

military district of Syrian province in the Arab Caliphate

province of Arab Islamic Caliphates

sub-province of Syria under the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates

thumb|right|300px|The district of Al-Sharat in Wiktionary:circa|circa 985 shown in the southern part of the province of [[Bilad al-Sham]]