Dvin (ancient city)
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Dvin was a large commercial city and the capital of early medieval Armenia. It was situated north of the previous ancient capital of Armenia, the city of Artaxata, along the banks of the Metsamor Rive
Drawing of the central square of the ancient Armenian capital city of Dvin. The main cathedral of St. Grigor (4th–5th century), with a small church of St. Sarkis to the right (6th century), and the residence of the Catholicos on the left (5th century).
The defeat of the Byzantines at Dvin, miniature from the Madrid Skylitzes
Capital of Saint Gregory Cathedral of Dvin
A 2-meter long Armenian cross excavated from the site of Dvin
Shaddadids
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The Shaddadids were a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Kurdish origin. who ruled in various parts of Armenia and Arran from 951 to 1199 AD. They were established in Dvin. Through their long tenure in Armenia,
Dvin (ancient city)
…destroyed, along with most of its 70,000 inhabitants. Following a devastating Buyid raid in 1021, which sacked the city, Dvin was captured by the Kurdish Shaddadids of Ganja, and ruled by Abu'l-Aswar Shavur ibn Fadl, who successfully defended it against three Byzantine attacks in the latter half of the 1040s. In…
Coinage of Fadl b. Muhammad Shaddadi, Janza (985-1031 CE).
"Church of the Holy Apostles" at Ani, built around the time of the Shaddadids.
The ruins of Manuchihr Mosque, an 11th-century Shaddadid mosque built among the ruins of Ani.