Arab Emirate of Armenia

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The Arab Emirate of Armenia was a medieval Muslim-ruled polity established by the Abbasid Caliphate over Armenian territories before the rise of the independent Bagratid Armenian kingdom.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Arab Emirate of Armenia canonical 1
Arab emirate of Armenia 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf emirate ⓘ
historical polity ⓘ
vassal state ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Arab Armenia

Caucasus region ⓘ
appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction Armenian Highlands ⓘ
capital Dvin ⓘ
causeOf integration of Armenian territories into Abbasid fiscal system ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country (historical) Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Greater Armenia
dissolvedAbolishedOrDemolished c. 800s ⓘ
endTime 9th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Arabs ⓘ
Armenians ⓘ
followedBy Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Bagratid Armenia
hasBorderWith Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Caucasian Albania ⓘ
Caucasian Iberia ⓘ
linked to: Sasanian Iberia
hasCapital Dvin ⓘ
hasCentralGovernment emir appointed by the Abbasid Caliph ⓘ
hasCulturalInfluence Arabic administrative practices in Armenia ⓘ
Islamic culture in Armenia ⓘ
hasGovernmentForm emirate under caliphal authority ⓘ
hasHistoricalRegion Ararat plain ⓘ
hasPart Armenian principalities under Arab suzerainty ⓘ
hasPolicy military obligations to the Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
taxation of non-Muslims (jizya) ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic majority Christian population ⓘ
hasSovereign Abbasid Caliph ⓘ
linked to: Caliph
historyOfTopic Armenia under Arab rule ⓘ
inception c. 700s ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
Armenian ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Armenia ⓘ
South Caucasus ⓘ
oppositeOf independent Armenian monarchy ⓘ
partOf Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Arab rule in the Caucasus ⓘ
Islamic Caliphate ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Caliphates
precededBy Arab governance in Armenia under the Umayyads ⓘ
religion Christianity (subject population) ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
significantEvent Arab conquest of Armenia ⓘ
decline of Abbasid control in Armenia ⓘ
rise of Bagratid Armenian nobility ⓘ
startTime 8th century ⓘ
subclassOf Muslim-ruled state ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Ages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Bagratid Armenia → predecessor → Arab Emirate of Armenia ⓘ
Bagratuni dynasty → precededBy → Arab emirate of Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Arab Emirate of Armenia