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Shamkur (al-Mutawakkiliyya) is an ancient city in Arran, which belongs to Armenia according to the book Futuh al-Buldan. A man of the men of Salman ibn Rabi'a conquered it, and then the Sawardiyya ruined it. ¹

Then Bugha, client of al-Mu'tasim, rebuilt it in the year 240 AH, settled in it a group of Khazars who had sought safety and desired Islam, and transferred to it merchants of Barda'a. He named it al-Mutawakkiliyya. ¹

the Armenia–Azerbaijan treaty (25 AH)

When Azerbaijan repudiated the treaty on 'Utba ibn Farqad's dismissal, al-Walid campaigned there — 'Abdallah ibn Shubayl raiding Muqan and the Tailsan until its districts bought peace at 800,000 dirhams on Hudhayfa's old terms — while Salman ibn Rabi'a ranged Armenia with twelve thousand. When the patrician Mawriyan advanced with eighty thousand, Habib ibn Maslama resolved on a night attack; his wife Umm 'Abdallah bint Yazid asked «where is your tryst?« — «the pavilion of the Mawriyan« — and when he reached it she was already inside, the first woman into the Mawriyan's pavilion.

Shamkur (al-Mutawakkiliyya)

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the Armenia–Azerbaijan treaty (25 AH)