Islam in Armenia has generally been avoided throughout the centuries. For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani During the Arabic invasion, Islam came to the Armenians however, most Armenians never converted to Islam. For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. The Armenians (Հայեր Hayer) are a Nation and Ethnic group originating in the Caucasus and in the Armenian Highlands A large The story was similar in the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish
In the 1990s the number of Muslims (mostly Azeris and Kurds) in Armenia reduced sharply due to emigration at the time of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This article is about Azeris in Armenia For Azeris in general see the respective article "Emigrant" redirects here For the Butterflies, see Catopsilia. For the republic see Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Nagorno-Karabakh is a Region in the South Caucasus. There is also a significant community of Kurds (50-70,000 people), few of whom are Sunni Muslims. Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h (Arabic Since the early 1990s, Armenia has also attracted diverse esoteric and sectarian groups. Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani [1]
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Arab invasions and Armenian revolts
The Muslim Arabs first invaded Armenia in 640. The initial Arab Muslim conquests (632–732 (فتح Fatah, literally opening, also referred to as the Islamic conquests or Arab The Arab conquest of Armenia was a part of the Muslim conquests which began after the death of Muhammad. Prince Theodoros Rshtuni led the Armenian defense. Theodoros Rshtuni (Թեոդորոս Ռշտունի (590 - 655 was a Nakharar, Ishkhan and Kouropalates of Armenia famous In about 652, a peace agreement was made, allowing Armenians freedom of religion. Prince Theodoros traveled to Damascus, where he was recognized by the Arabs as the ruler of Armenia, Georgia and Albania. Damascus ( دمشق,, also commonly known as الشام ash-Shām) is the capital and largest city of Syria. The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between This region should not be confused with modern-day Albania in south-eastern Europe. [2] By the end of the seventh century, the Caliphate's policy toward Armenia and the Christian faith hardened because of various reasons. Special representatives of Caliph called ostigans were sent to govern Armenia. The ostigans made the city of Dvin their residence. Before Dvin was the residence of Armenian Catholicos. Catholicos (plural Catholicoi) is a title used by the Patriarch (head/regional head Bishop) of any of certain Eastern churches [2]
Although declared domain of Caliph, most of Armenia though not all remained faithful to the Christian religion. The Caliph is the Head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the leader of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah The Arabs failed in several attempts to convert the Armenians to Islam. The Armenian obstinacy exasperated caliph Abd al-Malik. In 705, he gave to one of the ostikans an unprecedented order to murder all Armenian Nakharars. Ostikan was (and is? the title of various oriental provincial Governors. Nakharar (Նախարար plural Armenian Nakhararq Նախարարք meaning first born) was a hereditary title of the highest order for the ancient and medieval Armenian More than 400 Armenian noblemen were entrapped to one of Nakhichevan churches, then the doors were closed and the church was set in fire. The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikası Նախիջևանի Ինքնավար Հանրապետություն Нахичеванская Автономная Later, the Arab historians termed that time as The Year of Great Burning. Quoting Pope John VI, ". John VI, Pope from October 30, 701 to January 11, 705, was a native of Greece, and succeeded to the papal chair two . . ocean of tears flooded Armenia". A number of unsuccessful insurrections followed that tragic event during the 8th century. [2]
The Qur'an
There were Qur'an (Armenian: Ղուրան, Ghuran) manuscripts translated into Classical Armenian, Grabar. The Qur’an ( القرآن, literally "the recitation" also sometimes transliterated as Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran Classical Armenian (գրաբար Grabar, meaning "literary" also Old Armenian or Liturgical Armenian) is the oldest attested form However first printed version of Qur'an translated into Armenian language from Arabic appeared in 1910. The Armenian language (hy հայերեն լեզու hajɛɹɛn lɛzu —, conventional short form) is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting In 1912 a translation from a French version was published. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Both of them were in the Western Armenian dialect. Western Armenian (արեւմտահայերէն is one of the two modern Dialects of Armenian, an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian diaspora A new translation of the Qur'an in Eastern Armenian dialect was started with the help of the Islamic Republic of Iran embassy in Yerevan. Eastern Armenian is one of the two modern Dialects of Armenian (an Indo-European language) spoken in the Caucasus Mountains (particularly in For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. Yerevan (Երևան Երեւան or Երեվան ˌjɛrəˈvɑːn sometimes written as Erevan, Iravan, Erewan, Ayrivan, and Erivan The translation was done by Edvard Hakhverdyan from Persian in three years[3]. A group of Arabologists have been helping with the translation. Each of the 30 parts of Qur'an have been read and approved by the Tehran Center of Qur'anic Studies[4]. Tehran (or Teheran) ( Persian: تهران Tehrān) is the capital and largest City of Iran, and the administrative center of The publication of 1000 copies of the translated work was done in 2007. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The big interest towards the volume pushed the embassy to order another 3000 additional copies.
References
- ^ Armenia - church and country profile (Europe Desk)
- ^ a b c Arab invasions and Armenian revolts - Yuri Babayan
- ^ The Qur'an is published in the Armenian language
- ^ Qur'an in Armenian
See also
- History of Armenia
- Hamshenis
- The Emirate of Armenia
External links
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