Battle of Varnakert

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. In the Battle of Varnakert (702) Smbat Bagratuni defeated the 8,000-strong Umayyad army from the garrison in Nakhichevan. Smbat, with the aid of Byzantine Empire, managed to re-conquer the majority of Armenia and drive the Arabs out of the country. ^[1] Despite this success, the Umayyad generals Muhammad ibn Marwan and Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik soon restored Armenia to subject status, and secured Muslim control by organizing a large-scale massacre of the princely families (nakharar) within the cathedral of Nakhchivan in 705.^[2]

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↑ Ghevond, Histoire des Guerres et Conquêtes des Arabes en Arménie, translated by Chamazarian, Paris, 1856, p. 23
↑ Marc Ferro, The Use and Abuse of History: or How the Past is Taught to Children, (Routledge, 2003), 217.

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[1] Ghevond, Histoire des Guerres et Conquêtes des Arabes en Arménie, translated by Chamazarian, Paris, 1856, p. 23

[2] Marc Ferro, The Use and Abuse of History: or How the Past is Taught to Children, (Routledge, 2003), 217.

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