Arab Armenia

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administrative division of the Arab Caliphate historical period political entity

Arab Armenia was a historical period in the early Middle Ages when Armenia came under the political and administrative control of the Arab Caliphate.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Armenia 4

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division of the Arab Caliphate ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
political entity ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greater Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
commonLocalLanguage Armenian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
conflictWith Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
local Armenian princes in revolt ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
endTime 9th century ⓘ
followed Byzantine rule in parts of Armenia ⓘ
Sasanian rule in Armenia ⓘ
followedBy Bagratid Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy ostikan of Armenia ⓘ
governmentType province of a caliphate ⓘ
hasAdministrativeCenter Dvin NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCapital Dvin NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature integration into Caliphal administrative system ⓘ
local Armenian nobility retained some autonomy ⓘ
maintenance of Armenian Christian institutions ⓘ
payment of tribute to the Caliphate ⓘ
periodic Armenian uprisings against Arab rule ⓘ
spread of Islam among parts of the population ⓘ
strategic frontier zone between Caliphate and Byzantine Empire ⓘ
taxation under Islamic law for non‑Muslims (jizya, kharaj) ⓘ
hasPosition ostikan (Arab governor) ⓘ
historicalEra Early Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Islamic conquests period ⓘ
historicalRegion Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance stage in transition from Sasanian and Byzantine influence to independent Bagratid Armenia ⓘ
languageUsedInAdministration Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn South Caucasus ⓘ
Transcaucasia NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorLocalReligion Armenian Apostolic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCity Ani (later important Armenian city) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dvin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Theodosiopolis (Karin, Erzurum) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Arab Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy Byzantine–Sasanian contest over Armenia ⓘ
religion Islam (state religion of the Caliphate) ⓘ
resultOf Arab conquest of Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 7th century ⓘ
underControlOf Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rashidun Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Arab Emirate of Armenia → appliesToJurisdiction → Arab Armenia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armenia
al-Muntasir → appointedGovernorOf → Arab Armenia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armenia
Sassanian Armenia → followedBy → Arab Armenia ⓘ
Marwan ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan → governorOf → Arab Armenia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armenia
Anastasian War → involvedRegion → Arab Armenia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armenia