Facts in brief:
Captured by Muslim Arabs during rule of caliph Umar 7th cen.; passed through control of Arab dynasties, Armenians, Byzantiness, Persian Il-Khans & Mongols until Kurdish dynasty established 1300s; occupied by Russians in WW I.
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