Smbat

Smbat, Sambat, Smpad, Sumbat or Sempad is an Armenian and Georgian masculine given name. It may refer to:

Bagratuni nobles

• Smbat IV Bagratuni (died 616/7), Armenian noble in Byzantine and Sasanian service, marzpan of Hyrcania and Armenia
• Smbat VI Bagratuni (670–726), presiding prince of Armenia
• Smbat VII Bagratuni (died 775), presiding prince of Armenia
• Smbat VIII Bagratuni, 9th-century Armenian noble

Kings of Armenia

• Smbat I (850–912/914), Smbat the Martyr, king of Armenia from 890 to 912
• Smbat II (died 989), king of Armenia from 977 to 989
• Smbat III (died 1042), king of Armenia from 1020 to 1040. Also known as Hovhannes-Smbat of Ani
• Sempad the Constable (1208–1276), noble in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. Diplomat, judge, historian and military commander, brother of King Hetoum I
• Sempad, King of Armenia (1277–1310), king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1296 to 1298
• Smbat Artsruni (died 1471), last Armenian king
• Sempad Thor'netsi, 10th-century Armenian king

Kings of Georgia

• Sumbat I of Klarjeti (died 899), Georgian prince and monarch
• Sumbat I of Iberia (died 958), Georgian prince and monarch
• Sumbat II of Klarjeti (died 988), Georgian prince and monarch
• Sumbat III of Klarjeti (died 1011), Georgian prince and monarch

Given name

• Smbat Baroyan (1875–1956), Armenian fedayee commander during the Armenian national movement
• Sumbat Davitis Dze, 11th-century Georgian chronicler
• Sumbat Der Kiureghian (1913–1999), Armenian Iranian artist
• Smbat Lputian (born 1958), Armenian chess grandmaster
• Smbat Margaryan (born 1993), Armenian weightlifter
• Smpad Piurad (1862–1915), Armenian writer, intellectual, publisher and activist
• Sumbat Saakian (1951–1993), Georgian politician
• Smbat Shahaziz (1840–1908), Armenian poet, educator and publicist

See also

• Sambat (Greek: Σαμβατάς) is sometimes considered to have been used as the Khazar name for Kyiv
• Sam Bat, a Canadian manufacturer of baseball bats
• Smbataberd, medieval fortress in Armenia
• Smbat Walls, a historical fortification in Armenia
• Killing of Smbat Tsakanyan, 2014 murder in Nagorno-Karabakh
• Symbatios (disambiguation)