Principality of Khachen
Principality of Khachen Խաչենի իշխանություն | |||||||||
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1261–1603 | |||||||||
Capital | Gandzasar (Vank), Haterk, Tsar (Vaykunik) | ||||||||
Common languages | Karabakh dialect | ||||||||
Religion | Armenian Apostolic | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
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• Established | 1261 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1603 | ||||||||
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The Principality of Khachen (
Arab suzerainty until the establishment of the Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia in the 9th century.[4] From the 12th century, the principality of Khachen dominated the region.[4] The Byzantine emperor Constantine VII addressed his letters to the prince of Khachen with the inscription "To Prince of Khachen, Armenia."[5]
All of the contemporary sources refer to the ruler of the principality an Armenian prince.local khanate in 1750.[4]
The name Khamsa, which was used by Arabs for the state, refers to the five Armenian Melikdoms who ruled the state.
See also
- House of Hasan-Jalalyan
- History of Nagorno-Karabakh
- Artsakh (disambiguation)
- Karabakh
- Armenia
- Republic of Artsakh
References
- Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies21 (1958): 482. "Late name of part of pr. Arcax, forming at this time a small independent Armenian principality; the earliest references to Xacen are of the tenth century."
- ^ Abū-Dulaf Misʻar Ibn Muhalhil's Travels in Iran (circa A.D. 950), ed. and trans. Vladimir Minorsky. Cairo: Cairo University Press, 1955, p. 74. "Khajin (Armenian Khachen) was an Armenian principality immediately south of Barda'a."
- ^ a b Shnirelman, Victor A. (2001). The Value of the Past: Myths, Identity and Politics in Transcaucasia. National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka. pp. 162, 178.
Fourth, the region was called Khachen (after the Armenian "khach" which means cross) in the 10th-13th centuries because it was populated by Armenians and ruled by the Armenian princes of the Aranshakhik Dynasty.
- ^ a b c d Parry, Ken; David J. Melling; Dimitry Brady; Sidney H. Griffith; John F. Healey (2001). The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 335–336.
- ^ Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, De ceremoniis aulae byzantinae, Patrologiae cursiis completus, Series Graeco-Latinaed, vol. 112, ed. J.P. Migne. Paris, 1897, p. 248, Greek: εἰς τὸν ἄρχοντα τοῦ Χατζιένης, Ἀρμενία.
- ^ De Waal, Thomas (2003). Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War. New York: New York University Press. p. 287.
- ^ Hacikyan, Agop Jack; Gabriel. Basmajian; Edward S. Franchuk (2002). The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the Sixth to the Eighteenth Century. Wayne State University Press. p. 470.
Further reading
- Akopyan, Alexander V. (2015). "On the earliest coins of Khachen (Qarabagh)". Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society. 222: 6–11.
- Hewsen, Robert H. "The Meliks of Eastern Armenia: A Preliminary Study." Revue des Études Arméniennes 9 (1972): pp. 255–329.
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