Muslim conquest of Armenia

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7th-century conflict Islamic conquest military campaign

The Muslim conquest of Armenia was a series of 7th-century military campaigns by the early Islamic Caliphate that brought much of historic Armenia under Muslim political and fiscal control.

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Label	Occurrences
Arab conquest of Armenia	1
Arab rule in the Caucasus	1
Armenia under Umayyad Caliphate	1
Armenia under the Rashidun Caliphate	1
Muslim conquest of Armenia canonical	1

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Target entity: Muslim conquest of Armenia
Context triple: [Muslim conquest of the Levant, followedBy, Muslim conquest of Armenia]

A. Muslim conquest of Persia
The Muslim conquest of Persia was the 7th-century series of campaigns in which Arab Muslim armies overthrew the Sasanian Empire and incorporated its territories into the early Islamic caliphate.
B. Muslim conquest of the Levant
The Muslim conquest of the Levant was a 7th-century series of campaigns in which early Islamic armies defeated Byzantine forces and brought Syria, Palestine, and surrounding regions under Muslim rule.
C. Arab conquests in Central Asia
The Arab conquests in Central Asia were a series of 7th–8th century military campaigns through regions such as Transoxiana that brought much of Central Asia under Islamic rule and reshaped its political, cultural, and religious landscape.
D. Sasanian invasion of the Levant
The Sasanian invasion of the Levant was a major early 7th-century Persian military campaign that overran key Byzantine territories in the Eastern Mediterranean, including much of Syria and Palestine, dramatically reshaping the region’s political and religious landscape.
E. Armenia under Abbasid Caliphate
Armenia under the Abbasid Caliphate was a medieval Armenian territory governed as a province of the Islamic Abbasid Empire, marked by periods of local autonomy, heavy taxation, and frequent uprisings that set the stage for the later emergence of the independent Bagratid Armenian kingdom.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Muslim conquest of Armenia
Target entity description: The Muslim conquest of Armenia was a series of 7th-century military campaigns by the early Islamic Caliphate that brought much of historic Armenia under Muslim political and fiscal control.

A. Muslim conquest of Persia
The Muslim conquest of Persia was the 7th-century series of campaigns in which Arab Muslim armies overthrew the Sasanian Empire and incorporated its territories into the early Islamic caliphate.
B. Muslim conquest of the Levant
The Muslim conquest of the Levant was a 7th-century series of campaigns in which early Islamic armies defeated Byzantine forces and brought Syria, Palestine, and surrounding regions under Muslim rule.
C. Arab conquests in Central Asia
The Arab conquests in Central Asia were a series of 7th–8th century military campaigns through regions such as Transoxiana that brought much of Central Asia under Islamic rule and reshaped its political, cultural, and religious landscape.
D. Sasanian invasion of the Levant
The Sasanian invasion of the Levant was a major early 7th-century Persian military campaign that overran key Byzantine territories in the Eastern Mediterranean, including much of Syria and Palestine, dramatically reshaping the region’s political and religious landscape.
E. Armenia under Abbasid Caliphate
Armenia under the Abbasid Caliphate was a medieval Armenian territory governed as a province of the Islamic Abbasid Empire, marked by periods of local autonomy, heavy taxation, and frequent uprisings that set the stage for the later emergence of the independent Bagratid Armenian kingdom.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	7th-century conflict ⓘ Islamic conquest ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Armenian marzpanate NERFINISHED ⓘ Caucasian Albania NERFINISHED ⓘ Iberia (Kartli) NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Habib ibn Maslama al-Fihri NERFINISHED ⓘ Muʿāwiya ibn Abī Sufyān NERFINISHED ⓘ Salman ibn Rabiʿa al-Bāhilī NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodore Rshtuni NERFINISHED ⓘ ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Rabīʿa NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Arab–Byzantine wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedBySource	Armenian chronicles of Sebeos NERFINISHED ⓘ The History of al-Tabari NERFINISHED ⓘ Theophanes the Confessor NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	late 7th century ⓘ
followedBy	Arab rule in Armenia ⓘ Armenian emirate of Dvin NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	Battle of Nihāwand NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of al-Qādisiyyah NERFINISHED ⓘ Muslim conquest of Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ Muslim conquest of the Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEffect	Muslim fiscal control over much of Armenia ⓘ Muslim political control over much of Armenia ⓘ decline of Byzantine influence in Armenia ⓘ end of joint Byzantine–Sasanian control of Armenia ⓘ integration of Armenia into the Caliphate ⓘ
hasEnglishWikipediaArticle	true ⓘ
hasPart	Arab invasion of 640–642 in Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ Umayyad consolidation of control in Armenia ⓘ campaigns of Habib ibn Maslama in Armenia ⓘ treaty arrangements with Armenian nakharars ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early Islamic period ⓘ
historicalRegion	Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
location	Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ Byzantine Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ South Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ Transcaucasia NERFINISHED ⓘ historic Armenia ⓘ
mainSubject	Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent	Armenian nobility ⓘ Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ local Armenian princes ⓘ
participant	Armenian nakharars ⓘ Armenian nobility ⓘ Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Rashidun Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Arab–Byzantine wars NERFINISHED ⓘ early Muslim conquests NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Armenia becomes tributary to the Caliphate ⓘ Muslim victory ⓘ establishment of Arab suzerainty over Armenia ⓘ imposition of jizya and kharaj in Armenia ⓘ
startTime	640 ⓘ 7th century ⓘ

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Muslim conquest of the Levant → followedBy → Muslim conquest of Armenia ⓘ

Sassanian Armenia → followedBy → Muslim conquest of Armenia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Armenia under the Rashidun Caliphate

Arab Emirate of Armenia → significantEvent → Muslim conquest of Armenia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab conquest of Armenia

Arab Emirate of Armenia → partOf → Muslim conquest of Armenia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arab rule in the Caucasus

Armenia under Abbasid Caliphate → follows → Muslim conquest of Armenia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Armenia under Umayyad Caliphate

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