Gugark

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Գուգարք
Province of the ancient kingdom of Armenia
189 BC–13th century

CapitalArdahan
History 
• Artaxias I declaring himself independent
189 BC
• Disestablished
13th century
Today part of Armenia
 Turkey
 Georgia (country)

Gugark (

Latin: Gogarene, Greek: Γογαρινή) was the 13th province of the ancient kingdom of Armenia. It now comprises parts of northern Armenia, northeast Turkey, and southwest Georgia.[1]

Etymology

Etymologically, Gugark in Armenian language denotes land of Gugars. word "Gugar" being a root and suffix -k meaning "land of".

History

At first, according to ancient

Caucasian Iberia. The ruler of the region around 425 was Archoucha (Arshusha of Gogarene). In 652, the Armenian prince Theodore Rshtuni was allowed by the Arabs
to unite Gugark with his realms.

In the following centuries, Gugark and its cantons fell under the sway of several rulers. In the 8th century, it became a part of

Bagratunis took over its eastern cantons.[1]

Inhabitants

Armenian

pitiakhsh
of Iberians.

Cantons

  • Dzoropor
  • Tsobopor
  • Treghk
  • Artahan
  • Javakhk
  • Upper Javakhk
  • Tashir
  • Kangark
  • Kagharjk
  • Nigal
  • Mrugh
  • Mrit
  • Shavshet
  • Koghbopor
  • Kvishapor
  • Boghnopor
  • Tashran
  • Manglyats
  • Ashotsk

List of bdeshkhs

Based on available sources, Cyril Toumanoff deduced an incomplete list of the ruling Mihranid bdeshkhs of Gugark.[5]

Name Reign
Peroz 330–361?
Bakur I after 394–430
Arshusha I after 430–?
Bakur II mid 5th-century
Arshusha II ?–470
Varsken 470–482
Arshusha III 482–after 540/1
Arshusha IV ca. first decade of the 7th-century
Vahram-Arshusha V late 620s
Arshusha VI mid 8th-century

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Գուգարք". Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. Yerevan. 1975. pp. 240–241.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. OCLC 607636080
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  3. ^ "Geography of Strabo, Book XI, Chapter 14, P325".
  4. ^ Toumanoff, Cyril. Introduction to Christian Caucasian History, II: States and Dynasties of the Formative Period. Traditio 17 (1961), p. 38.
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