Muslim conquest of Armenia

Early Muslim conquests

Arab invasions of Byzantine Armenia in Anatolia
Date639–645
Location
Result Caliphate victory
Belligerents
Rashidun Caliphate
Umayyad Caliphate
Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Armenia
Sassanid Empire
Sassanid Armenia
Khazaria
Commanders and leaders
Iyad ibn Ghanim
Salman ibn Rabiah
Theodore Rshtuni Surrendered
Constans II
Sarvand bin Boulos  Surrendered
The Rumi Mauryan 
Bargik tarkhan 
Khazar Tarkhan 
Tuman Shah Surrendered
Strength
Unknown 100,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown killed
35,000 captured
Mohammad adil rais-Invasion of Anatolia and Armenia-ar

The Muslim conquest of Armenia was a part of the Muslim conquests after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in 632 CE. Persarmenia had fallen to the Arab Rashidun Caliphate by 645 CE. Byzantine Armenia was already conquered in 638–639.


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