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Summary

Shihab al-Din Ghazi, lord of Mayyafariqin, took the city of Arzan in the land of Armenia. ¹

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Occurred at: Arzan al-Rum
Had participant: Shihab al-Din Ghazi of Khilat

People and things also explored

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

Sources

al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 487

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islam.museum contributors. “Shihab al-Din Ghazi takes Arzan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/shihab-arzan-627/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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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).