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Javanshir (Dzevanshir), which is Persian
Persian language

name=Persian|nativename=|pronunciation=[f??r'si]|image=|caption=Farsi in Perso-Arabic script |states= Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Bahrain....
 for Young Lion, was the prince of Caucasian Albania
Caucasian Albania

Caucasian Albania was an ancient kingdom that existed on the territory of present-day Republic of Azerbaijan and southern Dagestan and came under strong Armenian religious and cultural influence....
 from 643 to 681, hailing from the region of Gardman
Gardman

Gardman was an old region of the province of Utik in the Kingdom of Armenia and Caucasian Albania. It was ruled by a local Mihranid family of Persian origin, which later became the ruling dynasty of Caucasian Albania....
. His deeds are the subject of legends and epic. He was either of Parthian
Parthian

Parthian may be:A demonym "of Parthia", a region of north-eastern Iran* Parthian language, a now-extinct Middle Iranian language* Parthian shot, an archery skill famously employed by Parthian horsemen...
 or Persian
Persian people

Persian identity, at least in terms of language, is traced to the ancient Indo-Iranians , who arrived in parts of Greater Iran circa 2000-1500 BCE....
 origin, as the Mihranid family claimed descent from the Sassanid Persians.

He came of the Mihranid
Mihranids

The Mihranids were the ruling dynasty of Caucasian Albania. They claimed to be of Sassanids descent but were probably of Parthian origin.The dynasty was founded when certain Mihran, a distant relative of Sasanids, settled in the region of Gardman in Utik....
 dynasty (603-821) founded by his father, Varaz-Grigor, who was the first Girdmanian prince to become the ruler of Caucasian Albania
Caucasian Albania

Caucasian Albania was an ancient kingdom that existed on the territory of present-day Republic of Azerbaijan and southern Dagestan and came under strong Armenian religious and cultural influence....
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Javanshir (Dzevanshir), which is Persian
Persian language

name=Persian|nativename=|pronunciation=[f??r'si]|image=|caption=Farsi in Perso-Arabic script |states= Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Bahrain....
 for Young Lion, was the prince of Caucasian Albania
Caucasian Albania

Caucasian Albania was an ancient kingdom that existed on the territory of present-day Republic of Azerbaijan and southern Dagestan and came under strong Armenian religious and cultural influence....
 from 643 to 681, hailing from the region of Gardman
Gardman

Gardman was an old region of the province of Utik in the Kingdom of Armenia and Caucasian Albania. It was ruled by a local Mihranid family of Persian origin, which later became the ruling dynasty of Caucasian Albania....
. His deeds are the subject of legends and epic. He was either of Parthian
Parthian

Parthian may be:A demonym "of Parthia", a region of north-eastern Iran* Parthian language, a now-extinct Middle Iranian language* Parthian shot, an archery skill famously employed by Parthian horsemen...
 or Persian
Persian people

Persian identity, at least in terms of language, is traced to the ancient Indo-Iranians , who arrived in parts of Greater Iran circa 2000-1500 BCE....
 origin, as the Mihranid family claimed descent from the Sassanid Persians.

He came of the Mihranid
Mihranids

The Mihranids were the ruling dynasty of Caucasian Albania. They claimed to be of Sassanids descent but were probably of Parthian origin.The dynasty was founded when certain Mihran, a distant relative of Sasanids, settled in the region of Gardman in Utik....
 dynasty (603-821) founded by his father, Varaz-Grigor, who was the first Girdmanian prince to become the ruler of Caucasian Albania
Caucasian Albania

Caucasian Albania was an ancient kingdom that existed on the territory of present-day Republic of Azerbaijan and southern Dagestan and came under strong Armenian religious and cultural influence....
. Some time between 629 and 638, Caucasian Albania
Caucasian Albania

Caucasian Albania was an ancient kingdom that existed on the territory of present-day Republic of Azerbaijan and southern Dagestan and came under strong Armenian religious and cultural influence....
 passed from Roman to Iranian allegiance, and Varaz-Grigor was replaced by his son Javanshir . Javanshir succeeded him in 635, and fought against the Arab
Arab

An Arab is a person who Identity as such on linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs , refers to the Ethnocultural group at large....
 invasion of caliph
Caliph

The Caliph is the head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the leader of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah....
 Uthman
Uthman

?Uthman ibn ?Affan was one of the sahaba . An early convert to Islam, he played a major role in early Muslim history, most notably as the third Caliph of the Rashidun Empire and in the compilation of the Qur'an....
 on the side of the Sasanid Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
. In 637, he led an Albanian army, which alongside the Armenia
Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
n prince Mushek Mamikonean and Grigor of Syunik
Syunik

Syunik is the southernmost province of Armenia. It borders the Vayots Dzor marz to the north, Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan exclave to the west, Karabakh to the east, and Iran to the south....
, took part in the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah
Battle of al-Qadisiyyah

The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah was the decisive engagement between the Rashidun Caliphate and the Sassanid Empire during the first period of Islamic expansion around 636 CE, which resulted in the Islamic conquest of Persia....
 between the Persian and Arab armies. After the Sassanid defeat in 642, Javanshir concluded an alliance with the Byzantine empire
Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
. Facing the threat of the Arab invasion on the south and the Khazar offensive on the north, Javanshir had to recognize the Caliph’s suzerainty, a move, which would prove to be a turning point in the country’s history.

Javanshir was assassinated, in 669, by the oppositionist nobles, whose power he had tried to restrict.

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