Arab conquest of Armenia 642–744

Belligerents: Byzantine Empire, Khazar Khaganate, Sasanian Armenia, Rashidun Caliphate, Umayyad Caliphate

Who lived through the Arab conquest of Armenia

Well-known people alive during 642–744:

• Li Bai (701–762) — Classical Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty (701–762)
• Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (599–661) — 4th Rashidun Caliph (r. 656–661) and first Shia Imam
• Du Fu (712–770) — Tang dynasty Chinese poet (712–770)
• Brahmagupta (598–670) — Indian mathematician and astronomer (c. 598 – c. 668 CE)
• Uthman ibn Affan (574–656) — Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate from 644 to 656
• Aisha (614–678) — Muhammad's third wife (c. 613/614 – 678)
• Husayn ibn Ali (626–680) — grandson of Muhammad and the 3rd Shia Imam (626–680)
• Jabir ibn Hayyan (721–815) — 8th-century Islamic alchemist and author
• Mu'awiya I (603–680) — founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate (r. 661–680)
• Abū Ḥanīfa (699–767) — 8th-century Sunni theologian and jurist
• Bede (672–735) — Anglo-Saxon monk, writer and saint (672/3–735)
• Gregory II (669–731) — 89th Pope of the Catholic Church (from 715 to 731)
• Charles Martel (688–741) — Frankish military and political leader (c. 688–741)
• Gregory III (700–741) — 90th Pope of the Catholic Church
• Adrian I (700–795) — Pope from 772 to 795
• Pepin the Short (714–768) — King of the Franks from 751 to 768
• Benedict II (635–685) — pope
• Paul I (700–767) — pope (700-767)
• John of Damascus (675–749) — Christian monk, priest, hymnographer and apologist (675/6-749)
• Hasan ibn Ali (625–669) — 5th Rashidun Caliph (r. 661) and second Shia Imam
• Leo II (611–683) — pope
• Martin I (598–655) — 7th‑century pope and martyr, bishop of Rome (649–655), exiled for opposing Monothelitism, venerated as a saint in Catholic and Orthodox Churches
• Xuanzang (602–664) — 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (602–664)
• Sergius I (650–701) — pope
• John VII (650–707) — pope

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