Principality of Hamamshen Համամշէն | |||||||||
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| 790–1486[1] | |||||||||
| Capital | Hamamshen | ||||||||
| Common languages | Armenian | ||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||
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| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | 790 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1486[1] | ||||||||
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The Principality of Hamamshen (Homshetsi dialect: Համամշէն, Eshakhutatun Hamamshen) was a small principality established in about 790[2] by Armenians who fled the Arab invasions of Armenia and the creation of the Muslim Arab-ruled state of Arminiya.
- ^ Simonian. "Hamshen Before Hemshin", p. 31.
- ^ Simonian, Hovann (2015-07-31). Hemshin : history, society and identity in the highlands of northeast Turkey. Simonian, Hovann H. London. p. 3. ISBN 978-1138874619. OCLC 921268078.
The foundation of Hamshen, in about AD 790, came at the end of almost a century in which the fortunes of Armenians in Armenia had steadily declined, a period and a process that culminated in the transformation of the political organization of Armenia, a transformation to which the foundation of Hamshen itself contributed.
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