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Northern [[Sasanian Empire|Iranshahr]] at the time when the Muslim conquests started included [[Tabaristan]], the greater portion of historic [[Adurbadagan]], [[Sasanian Armenia|Armin]], [[Caucasian Albania (Sasanian province)|Arān]], and [[Sasanian Iberia|Wiruzān]]. 

The Province of Arān fell to the [[Muslim conquest of Persia|Muslim conquest of Iranshahr]] in the mid-7th century and was incorporated into the [[Rashidun Caliphate]]. King [[Juansher|Javanshir Arānshah]] of Arān, the most prominent ruler of [[Mihranids|Mihranid dynasty]], fought against the Arab invasion of [[Caliphate|caliph]] [[Uthman]] on the side of [[Sasanian Empire|Sassanid Iranshahr]]. Facing the threat of the Arab invasion on the south and the [[Khazars|Khazar]] offensive on the north, Javanshir had to recognize the caliph's suzerainty. The Arabs then reunited the territory with [[Sasanian Armenia|Armin]] under one governor.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |author=Chaumont, M. L. |url=http://www.iranica.com/newsite/articles/v1f8/v1f8a022.html  |title=Albania |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Iranica |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310231608/http://www.iranica.com/newsite/articles/v1f8/v1f8a022.html |archivedate=2007-03-10}}</ref>

The first Arab incursions in present-day [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] happened approximately between 642 and 645, during the [[Muslim conquest of Persia|Muslim conquest of Iranshahr]]. It soon turned into a full-scale invasion, and [[Tbilisi]] was taken in 645.<ref name="Suny1994">{{cite book|author=Ronald Grigor Suny|title=The Making of the Georgian Nation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=riW0kKzat2sC&pg=PA27|accessdate=8 May 2012|year=1994|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-20915-3|pages=26–27}}</ref> The [[Emirate of Tbilisi]] was then established.

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[[Category:6th-century conflicts]]
[[Category:Military history of Armenia]]
[[Category:Military history of Georgia (country)]]
[[Category:Military history of Azerbaijan]]
[[Category:Muslim conquest of Persia]]