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Gagik-Abas of Kars

r. 1029–1065 · 11th century

Gagik-Abas was the last king of Kars, the Armenian Bagratid kingdom of Vanand in north-eastern Anatolia, reigning from 1029 to 1065. After the Byzantine annexation of Ani in 1045 and the Seljuk sack of the city in 1064, he ceded Kars to the Byzantine Empire in exchange for estates in Cappadocia, where he spent his last years.

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Kingdom of Kars

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Gagik-Abas of Kars. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/gagik-abas-of-kars
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