Battle of Bagrevand

Battle of Bagrevand
Bagrevand map
Date 25 April 775 Location Bagrevand Result Decisive Abbasid victory
Belligerents
Abbasid Caliphate	Armenian princes
Commanders and leaders
Amir ibn Ismail	Smbat VII Bagratuni † Mushegh VI Mamikonian †

The Battle of Bagrevand was fought on 25 April 775, in the plains of Bagrevand, between the forces of the Armenian princes who had rebelled against the Abbasid Caliphate and the caliphal army. The battle resulted in a crushing Abbasid victory, with the death of the main Armenian leaders. The Mamikonian family's power in particular was almost extinguished. The battle signalled the beginning of large-scale Armenian migration into the Byzantine Empire.^[1]