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Sources for battle

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  • The Armenian Review - Volume 36 -1983, page 65; "considers 702 as the date of the battle of Vardanakert , while David Baghishetsi , in his Manr Zhamanakagrutiunner ( Minor Chronicles ) ( Erevan , 1956 ) , 11 , 333 , marks the Armenian year 151 ( June 4 , 702 - June 3 , 703..."
  • Medieval Monarchies of Armenia: The Last Phase, Srpouhie-Anna Essefian, Georgetown University, 1976, page 45;"..indicates that the date of the Battle of Vardanakert was 702."
  • Making the Medieval Relevant: How Medieval Studies, ed.Chris Jones, ‎Conor Kostick, ‎Klaus Oschema, 2019, page 98;"Iraq & 13 Between 14 February 701 & 2 February 702 Syria 703 Date (CE) Representative excerpts →[1] Event ... Also: “Those who escaped the sword [at the battle of Vardanakert, January 703] fell into the River Eraskh [Araxes or Araks]".
  • Church-state Relations in Armenia During the Arab, Manuel M. Jinbashian, 2000, page 127; "382 says in the year 82 / Bebruary 701 - February 702 Muḥammad appointed Abū Shaykh ibn Abdallah over Armenia but the ... Ibn al - Athir and Ibn al - Khayyāj , who was most probably killed at the battle of Vardanakert". --Kansas Bear (talk) 20:55, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Church of the Holy Cross of Ałt‘amar: Politics, Art, Spirituality in the Kingdom of Vaspurakan, ed. Zaroui Pogossian, Edda Vardanyan, Brill, 2019, page 149;"If this conjecture is true, Vard did not participate in the Battle of Vardanakert in 703 were the Arabs were rooted."
  • The Umayyad World, Andrew Marsham, Taylor & Francis, 2020, page 224;"His next assignment in the NOrth immediately followed the Battle of Vardanakert (c.703), when the Kamsarakan family challenged and resoundingly defeated the local Arab troops in the region of Shirak."
  • Non-Muslim Provinces under Early Islam: Islamic Rule and Iranian Legitimacy in Armenia and Caucasian Albania, Alison Vacca, Cambridge University Press, 2017, page 37;"This includes the Battle of Warthän/Vardanakert in or around 703, when Armenians routed the caliphal army and attempted to kill the surviving soldiers."
  • The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the sixth to the eighteenth century, Vol. II, ed. Agop Jack Hacikyan, ‎Gabriel Basmajian, ‎Edward S. Franchuk, Wayne State University Press, 2000, page 146;"At the same time , they organized themselves into units , took positions at the fronts and the fight began . Although the Armenian warriors numbered ... The battle of Vardanakert took place in January 703."

I think this is sufficient evidence that this battle did indeed take place. --Kansas Bear (talk) 21:31, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]