Kingdom of Artsakh
Kingdom of Artsakh | |||||||||
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| 1000–1261 | |||||||||
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 Syunik as vassal of the Armenian kingdom around 1000 | |||||||||
| Capital | Khachen, Haterk, Vaykunik | ||||||||
| Common languages | Armenian | ||||||||
| Religion | Armenian Apostolic | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
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| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1000 | ||||||||
• Subdivision of the kingdom | 1182 | ||||||||
• Acquisition of Dizak and Gardman | 1261 | ||||||||
• Assassination of Hasan Jalal, last king of Syunik | 1261 | ||||||||
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The Kingdom of Artsakh (
Nagorno Karabakh Republic plus many contiguous lands to its west, south and north, his principality was often called the Kingdom of Artsakh.[2] The royal [3]
house of Khachen was a Syunid dynasty and was named Khachen, after its main stronghold. Hasan-Jalal traced his descent to the Armenian Aranshahik dynasty, a family that predated the establishment of the Parthian Arsacids in the region.[4]
Artsakh maintained its sovereign rulers, though in the early 13th century they accepted Georgian, then Mongol suzerainty.[5] They lost the royal title after the assassination of Hasan-Jalal (1214–1261) by the Ilkhanid ruler Arghun, but continued to rule Syunik as a principality, which from the 16th century comprised five Armenian melikdoms of Artsakh and Kashatagh melikdom of Syunik which lasted until the early 19th century.[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-226-33228-4.
- ^ Hewsen, Robert H. “The Kingdom of Artsakh,” in T. Samuelian & M. Stone, eds. Medieval Armenian Culture. Chico, CA, 1983
- ^ Hewsen, Robert H. “The Kingdom of Artsakh,” p. 47
- ^ Ulubabyan, Bagrat (1975). Խաչենի իշխանությունը, X-XVI դարերում [The Principality of Khachen, From the Tenth to Sixteenth centuries] (in Armenian). Yerevan: Armenian Academy of Sciences. pp. 56–59.
- ^ Hewsen, Robert H. "The Meliks of Eastern Armenia: A Preliminary Study." Revue des Études Arméniennes. NS: IX, 1972, pp. 255-329.
Further reading
- Akopyan, Alexander V. (2015). "On the earliest coins of Khachen (Qarabagh)". Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society. 222: 6–11.
- ISBN 0-89130-642-0.
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