The Treaty of Nvarsak (also spelled Nuarsak) was signed between the Armenian rebel leader Vahan Mamikonian and the representatives of the Sasanian King of Kings (shahanshah) Balash (Vorlage:Reign) at Nvarsak in 484.[1]
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The Nvarsak Treaty was concluded after the previous Sasanian shahanshah Peroz I (Vorlage:Reign) was killed by the Hephthalites amid Armenian guerrilla efforts.[2] This treaty ensured religious freedom and autonomy for Armenians.[3]
The conditions of the treaty were as follows:Vorlage:Sfn
- All existing fire-altars in Armenia should be destroyed and no new ones should be constructed.
- Christians in Armenia should have freedom of worship and conversions to Zoroastrianism should be stopped.
- Land should not be allotted to people who convert to Zoroastrianism
- The Sasanian king should, in person, administer Armenia and not through deputies.
Following the treaty, Vahan Mamikonian was appointed as hazarapet and later marzban ("margrave") of Armenia.Vorlage:Sfn The Armenian cavalry led by Vahan supported Balash against the uprising of a pretender named Zarer (son or brother of Peroz).Vorlage:SfnVorlage:Sfn
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==Sources== * {{cite encyclopedia | article = Balāš | last1 = Chaumont | first1 = M. L. | first2 = K. | last2 = Schippmann | authorlink = | url = https://iranicaonline.org/articles/balas-proper-name#Sasanianking | editor-last = | editor-first = | editor-link = | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. III, Fasc. 6 | pages = 574–580 | location = | publisher = | year = 1988 | isbn = }} * {{Cambridge History of Iran|volume=3a|last=Frye|first=R. N.|chapter=The political history of Iran under the Sasanians}} [[Category:5th century in Armenia]] [[Category:Peace treaties]] [[Category:484]] [[Category:5th-century treaties]] [[Category:Treaties of Armenia]] [[Category:Treaties of the Sasanian Empire]] [[Category:Christianity in the Sasanian Empire]] {{Sasanian-stub}}
- ↑ A. Hacikyan, Nourhan Ouzounian, Edward S. Franchuk, Gabriel Basmajian, The Heritage of Armenian Literature, Vol.1, (Wayne State University Press, 2000), 259.
- ↑ Oliver Nicholson: The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2018, ISBN 978-0-19-866277-8, S. 137.
- ↑ Razmik Panossian, The Armenians: From Kings and Priests to Merchants and Commissars, (Columbia University Press, 2006), 48.