‘Turkmen’ Sultan, Armenian Deputy?

Abstract This article reconstructs the positionality of an individual bearing the Armenian name Arewšah, as well as the Turkic name Khwushqadam, who supported the refoundation of an Armenian Christian monastery at Erkan in ca. 1430 CE . He is stated to have supported this refoundation in his capacity as local governor ( nāʾib ) serving the Muslim Aqquyunlu ruler qara ʿUthmān. Based on a detailed survey of the notes of possession contained in the unique manuscript that praises the patronage of Arewšah / Khwushqadam at Erkan, I suggest that he originally hailed from the area around the town of Hizan / Bitlis south of Lake Van, before assuming a governorship in Aqquyunlu Dersim. Although the name Arewšah is not attested in Aqquyunlu court historiography, I conclude with the suggestion that he could be identical to the Khwushqadam bīk b. ʿAbdalʿazīz who is mentioned among Aqquyunlu leaders between ca. 1435 and 1455 CE .