Tovma Artsruni

Tovma Artsruni (; also known in English-language historiography as Thomas Artsruni) was a ninth- to tenth-century Armenian historian who authored the History of the House of Artsrunik . Despite its title, the four-volume work not only relates the history of the Artsruni royal family, of which Tovma was a member, but also comprehensively covers the history of Armenia.

History of the House of Artsrunik Tovma began writing History sometime in the 870s. and wrote a detailed account in History about the famous palace and church Gagik constructed on Akhtamar Island.

The precise date that Tovma completed his work is unknown, although some historians have determined that it was composed sometime after 905. Tovma's work ends with an incomplete 29th chapter, yet several unknown authors (collectively called Ananun 'anonymous' in Armenian historiography) took it upon themselves to continue Tovma's History down to the 1370s and added an appendix and colophon. Robert W. Thomson translated the history into English in 1985.