Formation of the new ethnic and confessional map of the Armenian and Southern-Caucasus plateaus under the arab domination
As a result of the migratory policy of the Arab Caliphate in the Province (arab. vilayet) of Arminiya, that unites all Armenian, Eastern-Georgian and Albanian lands, the ethnic map of Armenian and Southern-Caucasus plateaus underwent substantial changes for the first time in the course of many centuries. On the one hand, it led to appearing of Arab-Muslim element, sufficiently stable, on the other hand - to outflow of autochthonic Armenian population. Although the contemporary historiography tend to deny coherent policy of Caliphate on arabization of the population of Arminiya, nevertheless such processes took place, although within the entire life cycle of this province this process for its larger part (in particular, for Armenian and Eastern-Georgian regions) remained unfinished.