Battle of Sevan

Battle of Sevan
Սևանի ճակատամարտ
Part of the Arab-Byzantine wars

Lake Sevan and the Sevan peninsula
Date921[1]
Location
North-West shore near Lake Sevan, Armenia
Result Armenian Victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Armenia Sajid dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Ashot II Beshir
Strength
70 archers[2] 1,000[3]
Casualties and losses
Light Heavy

The Battle of Sevan (Armenian: Սևանի ճակատամարտ) was a turning point in the history of a seven-year war. After the battle, Armenian troops under the command of Ashot cleared the central and northern region of the country from foreign invaders.

  1. ^ Institute for Armenian Studies of Yerevan State University: Ashot the Iron and Abbas
  2. ^ The Cambridge medieval history ,Volume 4, page 161
  3. ^ Armenia and the Armenians: being a sketch of its geography, history and church, by James Issaverdens, page 245