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Battle of Vardanakert

702 CE · Asia · War

The Battle of Vardanakert was fought between an Arab garrison and Armenians in January 703. The Armenian prince Smbat VI Bagratuni defeated the 5,000-strong Umayyad army from the garrison in Nakhichevan. Struck by a surprise attack, the remaining Arabs fled to the river Araxes and either drowned or froze to death.

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