Kars

Castle, later a city in the Vanand canton of the Ayrarat province in Armenia (present day northeast Turkey, on the Kars River). Considered inaccessible during the reign of Sembat I, Kars served as a royal treasury. In 961, Kars became Kingdom, as the Prince Mushegh Bagradouni previously appointed as ruler of Kars by the King Ashot III, proclaimed himself King of Kars. Mushegh's grandson, King Gaguik (1029-1064) was the last King of Kars. According to Vardan the Great, under the threat of Seljuk invasions, Gaguik surrendered his Kingdom to the Byzantine Emperor getting in exchange 4 Greek cities and 100 villages.

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