Gardman
Gardman (Armenian: Գարդման), also known as Gardmank' or Gardmanadzor, was one of the eight cantons of the ancient province of Utik' in the Kingdom of Armenia and simultaneously, together with the canton of Tuch'katak, an Armenian principality.[1] It roughly corresponded within the Gazakh, Shamkir, Aghstafa, Dashkasan, Goygol, Tovuz, Gadabay districts of modern-day Azerbaijan and the original Tavush Region of Armenia. Gardman was also the name of the central fortress of the canton.
History
In the view of historian
The region was conquered by the
In 982, Gardman and Parisos, the northern district of Artsakh, became the small Armenian kingdom of Parisos, which lasted until 1017 and thereafter became part of the Kingdom of Lori.[5] In 1601, the princely family of Melik-Shahnazaryan established the melikdom of Gardman. The ruling family belonged to a branch of the House of Khachen, and their residence was in the village of Voskanapat (and for this reason, the statelet was sometimes referred to as the Voskanapat melikdom).[5] The territorial rights of the meliks were confirmed after the Russian Empire took control of the region in the early nineteenth century.[8]
References
- ^ Hewsen 2001, pp. 100–103, 118–121.
- ^ Hewsen 2001, p. 58: "the names Gardman and Gargarac'ik' suggest a Georgian connection".
- ^ a b Ulubabyan 1977.
- ^ a b c Hewsen 2001, pp. 119, 163.
- ^ Bosworth 1986.
- ^ Hakobyan 2007, pp. 243–244.
- ^ Hakobyan 2007, p. 378.
Bibliography
- Bosworth, C. E. (1986). "ARRĀN". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition. Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation.
- Hakobyan, Tʻadevos Kh. (2007). Hayastani patmakan ashkharhagrutʻyun (in Armenian). Yerevan: Yerevan State University Press. pp. 243–244.
- ISBN 0-226-33228-4.
- Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia (in Armenian). Vol. 2. Yerevan. p. 700.)
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