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Bagrat II
Bagrat II (died after 851) was the eldest son of Ashot IV the Meat-eater and leader of the Armenian Bagratuni family in the first half of the 9th cen…
Timeline
- 826–848Taron · TaronAfter his father Ashot IV died, he inherited the lands of Taron, Koyt, and Sasun, and was appointed Chief of Princes in 830. He rivaled his brother Smbat VIII, who held the office of sparapet, and intervened in the dispute over the deposition and elevation of the Armenian catholicos.
- 849–851Samarra · IraqAfter Caliph al-Mutawakkil acceded, Bagrat openly defied orders, and with Ashot I of Vaspurakan defeated an Arab army in a joint campaign, but was betrayed by his brother Smbat and captured during negotiations in 851; the general Bugha then pacified Armenia over the following three years.
Sources
- Bagrat II Bagratuni https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagrat_II_Bagratuni
- L'Arménie entre Byzance et l'Islam: depuis la conquête arabe jusqu'en 886 — Joseph L. Laurent (1919)