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297:. The long and arduous struggle between King Smbat and emir Yusuf ended at Yernjak, where the latter put the former to death in 914. However, by the end of the tenth century Yernjak was back in the hands of the princes of Syunik'. After the dissolution of the
266:. The ruins of the medieval Yernjak (or Ernjak) fortress, which dates to the seventh century, are located on a crag overlooking Alinja village. This fortress once controlled and gave its name to, Yernjak province, which comprised the whole valley down to the
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but the fortress managed to withstand the siege for thirteen years until it was taken in 1401. The fortress was probably razed by the forces of
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noted its formidable position, describing it as the "impossible to penetrable
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in 1045, in the following centuries the region passed into the hands of external powers. It was taken by the
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captured the canton and the fortress from the Arabs, who had taken them in 698. However, the emir of
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in the thirteenth century. Yernjak was invested by the forces of
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Harutyunyan, Babken H. (1976), "Syunike IX-XI darerum" , in
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was murdered in the castle in 1437 by his son Shah Kubad.
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