Capital Not specified Government Not specified Established 1086 | Languages Armenian Historical era High Middle Ages Founded 1086 | |
Religion Armenian Apostolic Church | ||
Principality of Pir or Pir principality (1086-1099/1100) — was a small independent Armenian principality at the Euphrates river in the Near East
History
In second half XI c. After invasion of Turkic tribes in Armenia and following Byzantine annexation of Armenian lands, were increased Armenian migration out of Transcaucasus to the Northern part of the Near East. Were formed a lot of independent Armenian principalities as result of this process. One of them was the princedom of Pir which was founded by Abelkharib Pahlavuni in 1086. But this state existed not a long. When crusaders appeared in the region, they formed their first state in the East which was called the County of Edessa. After that the crusaders occupied the Pir principility and expelled his founder.