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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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Arab conquest of Armenia 1
Arab rule in the Caucasus 1
Armenia under Umayyad Caliphate 1

Statements (58)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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
Armenia under Abbasid Caliphate → follows → Muslim conquest of Armenia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armenia under Umayyad Caliphate
Arab Emirate of Armenia → partOf → Muslim conquest of Armenia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arab rule in the Caucasus
Arab Emirate of Armenia → significantEvent → Muslim conquest of Armenia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arab conquest of Armenia