Dvin (ancient city)

Arminiya, also known as the Ostikanate of Arminiya (Armenian: Արմինիա ոստիկանություն, Arminia vostikanut'yun) or the Emirate of Armenia (Arabic: إمارة أرمينية, imārat armīniya), was a political and geographic designation given by the Muslim Arabs to the lands of Greater Armenia, Caucasian Iberia, and Caucasian Albania, following their conquest of these regions in the 7th century. Though the caliphs initially permitted an Armenian prince to represent the province of Arminiya in exchange for tribute and the Armenians' loyalty during times of war, Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan introduced direct Arab rule of the region, headed by an ostikan with his capital in Dvin. According to the historian Stephen H. Rapp in the third edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam:Early Arabs followed Sāsānian, Parthian Arsacid, and ultimately Achaemenid practice by organising most of southern Caucasia into a large regional zone called Armīniya (cf. the Achaemenid satrapy of Armina covering much of southern Caucasia and the subsequent Kūst-i Kapkōh of the Sāsānians).

Hnaberd (Armenian: Հնաբերդ) is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia.

Verin Artashat (Armenian: Վերին Արտաշատ) is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia. It sits adjacent to the ruins of the ancient city of Dvin.

Berdik (Armenian: Բերդիկ) is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia.

Norashen (Armenian: Նորաշեն) is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia. It is located adjacent to the ruins of the ancient city of Dvin.

Dvin (Armenian: Դվին) is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia. It is located near the ruins of the ancient city of Dvin.

Aygestan (Armenian: Այգեստան) is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia.

The 893 Dvin earthquake occurred on 28 December at around midnight. It had a magnitude of approximately 6 and a maximum intensity of approximately IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale. It destroyed the city of Dvin in Armenia, causing approximately 30,000 casualties. The similarity of the Arabic name for Dvin, 'Dabil' to Ardabil in northwestern Iran, has caused confusion in written records, such that the 893 Ardabil earthquake appears in several catalogues, although it is generally regarded as a false event. It was also recorded as an event during the classical period of India in several early catalogues at an unspecified capital.

Verin Dvin (Armenian: Վերին Դվին) is a village in the Verin Dvin Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia, located 30 kilometers south of Yerevan. The largest Assyrian community in Armenia is in Verin Dvin, where around 2,000 out of the 2,700 residents in the village are ethnic Assyrians. The village is home to 2 Assyrian churches including the church of Mar Tuma (Saint Thomas) dating back to 1828. The village is built near the ruins of the ancient city of Dvin. The secondary school of the village has a majority of ethnic Assyrian students and provides lessons in Assyrian history and language.

Mrganush (Armenian: Մրգանուշ) is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia.

Kanachut (Armenian: Կանաչուտ) is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia.

Getazat (Armenian: Գետազատ), also known Getashen as until 1948, and Aghjaghshlagh,) is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia.