Urnayr (attested only as Old Armenian Ուռնայր Uṙnayr) was the third Arsacid king of Caucasian Albania from approximately 350 to 375. He was the successor...
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the Albanian king Vachagan I (or Vache I) to acknowledge his suzerainty. Urnayr fought alongside Shapur II at the Battle of Bagavan in 372, where he was...
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Empire turned Caucasian Albania into a vassal state in 252, while King Urnayr officially adopted Christianity as the state religion in the 4th century...
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of Caucasian Albania from approximately 336 to 350. He was succeeded by Urnayr. Gadjiev 2020, p. 33. Chaumont, M. L. (1985). "Albania". Encyclopaedia Iranica...
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Christianity as their state religion, as did Ethiopia and Eritrea. In 314, King Urnayr of Albania adopted Christianity as the state religion. The Early Middle...
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tells of how Urnayr of Albania asked Shapuh to let his contingent face the Armenian force, and how Mushegh engaged in single combat with Urnayr and wounded...
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inscription of Shapur I at Naqsh-e Rustam. In the middle of the 4th century, King Urnayr of Albania arrived in Armenia and was baptized by Gregory the Illuminator...
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approximately 415 to 440. He was most likely the son of the previous Albanian king Urnayr, while his mother was a daughter of the Sasanian King of Kings (shahanshah)...
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kingdom a vassal state in 252 AD.: 38 Caucasian Albania's ruler, King Urnayr, went to Armenia and then officially adopted Christianity as the state religion...
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kingdom became a province of the Sasanian Empire. Caucasian Albania's King Urnayr adopted Christianity as the state religion during the fourth century, and...
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