Kingdom of Vaspurakan

Kingdom of Vaspurakan
Վասպուրական
908–1021
The Kingdom of Vaspurakan from 908 to 1021
The Kingdom of Vaspurakan from 908 to 1021
StatusKingdom
CapitalVan
Common languagesArmenian
Religion
Armenian Apostolic Church
GovernmentMonarchy
King 
• 908–937/943
Gagik I Artsruni
• 937/943—958/959
Derenik-Ashot
• 958/959–968/969
Abusahl-Hamazasp
• 968/969–1003
Ashot-Sahak
• 991–1003
Gurgen-Khachik
• 1003–1021
Seneqerim-Hovhannes
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Gagik I recognized as King of Armenia by Arab Caliph
908
• Senekerim-Hovhannes gives Vaspurakan to the Byzantine Empire
1021
CurrencySolidus (coin), Hyperpyron
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Bagratid Armenia
Byzantine Empire
Today part ofTurkey
Iran
Iraq
Azerbaijan

The Kingdom of Vaspurakan (Armenian: Վասպուրականի թագավորություն; also transliterated as Vasbouragan from Western Armenian) was a medieval Armenian kingdom centered on Lake Van, located in what is now eastern Turkey and northwestern Iran. It was named after Vaspurakan, a province of historic Greater Armenia.[1] Ruled by the Artsruni dynasty, it competed and cooperated with the Bagratuni-ruled Kingdom of Armenia for a little over a century until its last king ceded the kingdom to the Byzantine Empire in 1021.