Kingdom of Vanand
Kingdom of Vanand Վանանդի թագավորություն | |||||||||
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| 963–1064 | |||||||||
 Kingdom of Vanand c. 1060 A.D. | |||||||||
| Capital | Kars | ||||||||
| Common languages | Armenian | ||||||||
| Religion | Armenian Apostolic Church | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | 963 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1064 | ||||||||
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Kingdom of Kars (Armenian: Կարսի թագավորություն), alternatively known as the Kingdom of Vanand (Armenian: Վանանդի թագավորություն), was a medieval Armenian kingdom formed in the year 963 by the son of Abas I of Armenia, Mushegh Bagratuni (d. 984). The capital of the kingdom was Kars, currently part of modern-day Turkey.
In 963, shortly after the
Seljuk Turks), the Armenian king of Kars, Gagik-Abas, paid homage to the victorious Turks so that they would not lay siege to his city. In 1065 Gagik-Abas ceded his kingdom to the Byzantine Empire, but soon after Kars was taken by the Seljuk Turks.[1]
Rulers
| Ruler | Reign | title | Notes |
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| 1. Mushegh | 963 — 984 | King | |
| 2. Abas | 984 — 1029 | King | |
| 3. Gagik-Abas | 1029 — 1065 | King |
References
- ^ Arakelyan, Babken; Vardanyan, Vrezh; Khalpakhchyan, Hovhannes (1979). "Կարս [Kars]". Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia Volume 5 (in Armenian). Yerevan: Armenian Encyclopedia. pp. 342–344.
See also
| Independent Armenian states |
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| Minor or dependent Armenian states |
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| Provinces or Ashkhars of Armenia Major |
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| Other Armenian regions |
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| Other provinces under Tigranes the Great |
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