• Vaspurakan (Armenian: Վասպուրական, Western Armenian pronunciation: Vasbouragan) was the eighth province of the ancient kingdom of Armenia, which later...
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    The Kingdom of Vaspurakan (Armenian: Վասպուրականի թագավորություն; also transliterated as Vasbouragan from Western Armenian) was a medieval Armenian kingdom...
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  • The Battle of Vaspurakan took place between Seljuk and Byzantine forces in 1046 during which the Turks raided Vaspurakan and then defeated and captured...
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    the 6th century BCE, and later as the center of the Armenian kingdom of Vaspurakan. Turkic presence in Van and in the rest of Anatolia started as a result...
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    Artsvi Vaspurakan (in Armenian Արծուի Վասպուրական) was an Armenian periodical. It was published monthly, then weekly, in Constantinople and Varagavank...
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  • too. Akca dies in Vaspurakan while they were conquering it, before getting to marry Alparslan, who hangs Kekavmenos, and Vaspurakan is theirs again. Season...
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    Vaspurakan in southern Armenia, first as prince of northwestern Vaspurakan (Gagik III, 904–908) and after that until his death as King of Vaspurakan,...
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    the de facto head until July 1915. It was briefly referred to as "Free Vaspurakan". After a setback beginning in August 1915, it was re-established in June...
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    Red Monastery) is an abandoned 10th century Armenian monastery in the Vaspurakan province of historic Armenia (now in the Van Province of Turkey). It was...
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    founding of several other Armenian principalities and kingdoms: Taron, Vaspurakan, Kars, Khachen and Syunik. During the reign of Ashot III (952/53–77),...
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    Artsruni was the first of the Artsrunis to rule Vaspurakan under Abbasid suzerainty. Gagik I of Vaspurakan claimed the title of "King of Armenia" from the...
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    the last king of Vaspurakan, John-Senekerim Artsruni, ceded his entire kingdom to the Byzantine empire, who established the Vaspurakan theme on the former...
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    She was the daughter of John-Senekerim Artsruni, an Armenian king of Vaspurakan, and the first consort of the king George I of Georgia. As a dowager queen...
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  • (Armenian: Դերենիկ-Աշոտ Արծրունի, died 958/959) was the second King of Vaspurakan, from the Artsruni dynasty, succeeding his father, Gagik I, on the latter's...
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  • (Armenian: Աբուսահլ-Համազասպ Արծրունի, died 968/969) was the third King of Vaspurakan, from the Artsruni dynasty, succeeding his childless elder brother, Derenik-Ashot...
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    separated as independent kingdoms and principalities such as the Kingdom of Vaspurakan ruled by the House of Artsruni in the south, Kingdom of Syunik in the...
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  • – Arshakuni (Arberani, Vaspurakan) Arnoy – Arnoy (Arnoyotn, Vaspurakan) Arshakuni – Arshakean – Aliovitean (Aliovit, Vaspurakan) Arshamuni – Arshmuni (Arshamuniq...
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    regions of Armenia such as Shirak, Bagrevand, Kogovit, Syunik, Lori, Vaspurakan, Vanand and Taron. Many historians, such as Cyril Toumanoff, Nicholas...
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  • Eristavi (died 918), King of Tao-Klarjeti Ashot-Sahak of Vaspurakan Derenik-Ashot of Vaspurakan Ashot ibn Shavur, Shaddadid ruler of Arran in 1068–69 Ashot...
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  • Gurgen-Khachik Artsruni (died 1003) was the fifth King of Vaspurakan, from the Artsruni dynasty. On the death of his father Abusahl-Hamazasp in 968/969...
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  • simply as Senachereim (Greek: Σεναχηρείμ), was the sixth and last King of Vaspurakan, from the Artsruni dynasty. In 1021/22, he surrendered his kingdom to...
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    Embroidery was widespread in all Armenian regions, concentrating in Van-Vaspurakan, Shirak-Karin, Syunik-Artsakh, Ararat land, Cilicia and the two major...
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    Royal titles Preceded by Mariam of Vaspurakan Queen consort of Georgia c. 1018–1027 Succeeded by Helena Argyre...
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    Nakhijevan was one the cantons of the historical Armenian province of Vaspurakan in the Kingdom of Armenia. Historically, the Persians, Armenians, Mongols...
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    Published in Costa Mesa, CA, by Mazda Publishers, they are: Armenian Van/Vaspurakan (2000) OCLC 44774992 Armenian Baghesh/Bitlis and Taron/Mush (2001) OCLC 48223061...
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  • lake Van, between Arzanene and Adiabene, in what later became southern Vaspurakan. The princes of Ake took part in the insurrection of 451 and were active...
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    The double-headed eagle device used in the flag of Kingdom of Vaspurakan (r. 908–1021)...
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    the king George I of Georgia (r. 1014–1027) by his first wife Mariam of Vaspurakan. At the age of three, Bagrat was surrendered by his father as a hostage...
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    monastery constructed at the presumed site of Bartholomew's martyrdom in Vaspurakan, Greater Armenia (now in southeastern Turkey). Saint Bartholomew Church...
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    army Ashot, one more son Sahak prince David prince Sofya princess of Vaspurakan Grigor-Derenik Artsruni Ashot, Gurgen, Gagik Mariam princess of Syunik...
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