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Arzan al-Rum

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Arzan al-Rum (Erzurum), the Muslim Armenian city on the Byzantine marches; in 605 the Georgians besieged, stormed and burned it — the manuscript reads the name 'Arhalis' 1.

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Arzan al-Rum (Erzurum), an Islamic Armenian city on the border of the land of Rum; in 605 the Georgians besieged it and took it by the sword and burned it — per the Shadharat copy where its name appears as "Arhalas" 1.

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The Georgians Take a City in Rum by the Sword, 605· Shihab al-Din Ghazi takes Arzan

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The Georgians Take a City in Rum by the Sword, 605· Shihab al-Din Ghazi takes Arzan

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  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 22
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The Georgians Take a City in Rum by the Sword, 605

In 605 the Georgians besieged a city of the Saljuq realm, took it by the sword and burned it; the manuscript reads the name as 'Arhalis', most plausibly Arzan al-Rum (Erzurum).