Kingdom of Vaspurakan
Kingdom of Vaspurakan Վասպուրական | |||||||||
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| 908–1021 | |||||||||
The Kingdom of Vaspurakan from 908 to 1021 | |||||||||
| Status | Kingdom | ||||||||
| Capital | Van | ||||||||
| Common languages | Armenian | ||||||||
| Religion | Armenian Apostolic Church | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| 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 era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Gagik I recognized as King of Armenia by Arab Caliph | 908 | ||||||||
• Senekerim-Hovhannes gives Vaspurakan to the Byzantine Empire | 1021 | ||||||||
| Currency | Solidus (coin), Hyperpyron | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Turkey 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. 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.