A. Bruke, V. Maxwell, I. Shearer, Iran, Lonely Planet, 2012 But it was partly destroyed during the wars between the Seljuks and the Byzantine Empire in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
A. Bruke, V. Maxwell, I. Shearer, Iran, Lonely Planet, 2012 The first monastery was built in the seventh century and expanded in the tenth century. The monastery was damaged during the wars between the Seljuks and the Byzantine Empire in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.