Armenian Rebellion Crushed: Abbasids Seize Transcaucasia
7,000 nobles lay dead in the snow at Bagrevand. The Armenian nakharars didn't just lose; they bled out their entire ruling class to stop Abbasid taxes. Families like the Mamikonians fled east into Byzantine lands, leaving their ancestral homes to rot. Transcaucasia turned Muslim as the great churches fell silent. You won't hear about this in school, but the Armenian identity that survived is built on those who ran away rather than converted.
April 25, 775
1251 years ago
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