Battle of Vardanakert

Cuándo

dic 702

Tipo

Batalla

Coordenadas

40.02° N, 44.34° E

Description

702 battle

702 battle between Umayyad Caliphate and Bagratid Armenia

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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