Chronos Journal of the Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology 3, 2022
The present study reconsiders the hypothesis that Murvan Qru’s campaign, as appears in Georgian S... more The present study reconsiders the hypothesis that Murvan Qru’s campaign, as appears in Georgian Sources, is a part of Marwān b. Muḥammad’s campaigns in the Caucasus during the years 735-740. A critical examination of the sources reveals that: a) Marwān b. Muḥammad did not operate against Georgia at all, b) the Arab dominion was consolidated in Georgia, while the Presiding Prince of Kartli assisted Marwān b. Muḥammad in his struggle against the Khazars and c) Marwān b. Muḥammad’s transformation into Murvan Qru is a result of propaganda in favour of the Chosroids and against the pro-Arab parties in Georgia.
Chronos Journal of the Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology 3, 2022
The present study reconsiders the hypothesis that Murvan Qru’s campaign, as appears in Georgian S... more The present study reconsiders the hypothesis that Murvan Qru’s campaign, as appears in Georgian Sources, is a part of Marwān b. Muḥammad’s campaigns in the Caucasus during the years 735-740. A critical examination of the sources reveals that: a) Marwān b. Muḥammad did not operate against Georgia at all, b) the Arab dominion was consolidated in Georgia, while the Presiding Prince of Kartli assisted Marwān b. Muḥammad in his struggle against the Khazars and c) Marwān b. Muḥammad’s transformation into Murvan Qru is a result of propaganda in favour of the Chosroids and against the pro-Arab parties in Georgia.
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