Bidaxsh

Bidaxsh (bidakhsh, also spelled Pitiakhsh; in Roman sources Vitaxa), was a title of Iranian origin attested in various languages from the 1st to the 8th-century.[1] It has no identical word in English, but it is similar to a margrave, toparch and marcher lord.[2] The title was prominent in Armenia and Georgia, being used by the military governor of a province, and being the hereditary title of the dynasts of Gugark.[1][3]

References

  1. Sundermann 1989, pp. 242-244.
  2. Rapp 2014, p. 62.
  3. Aleksidze 2018.

Sources

  • Sundermann, Werner (1989). "Bidaxš". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. IV, Fasc. 3. pp. 242–244.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Aleksidze, Nikoloz (2018). "Pitiakhsh". In Nicholson, Oliver (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-866277-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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