Muslim conquest of Armenia

Early Muslim conquests

Arab invasions of Byzantine Armenia in Anatolia
Date639-645
Location
Result Arab victory
Belligerents
Rashidun Caliphate
Umayyad Caliphate
Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Armenia
Sassanid Empire
Sassanid Armenia
Commanders and leaders
Iyad ibn Ghanim
Salman ibn Rabiah
Theodore Rshtuni
Constans II
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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