Aranshahik was the first ruling dynasty of
Caucasian Albania from an unknown date until the late sixth century AD. According to
Movses Khorenatsi
Movses Khorenatsi (ca. 410–490s AD; hy, Մովսէս Խորենացի, , also written as ''Movses Xorenac‘i'' and Moses of Khoren, Moses of Chorene, and Moses Chorenensis in Latin sources) was a prominent Armenian historian from the late a ...
, the dyansty of Aranshahik was established by the
Armenian
Armenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...
king Vagharshak.
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Prince Arran
# Prince Aray
# Prince Anushavan
# Prince Parat
# Prince Arbag
# Prince Zavan
# Prince Parnas
# Prince Sur
# Prince Havang
# Prince Vashtagh
# Prince Ambakh
# Prince Arnakh
# Prince Shavarsh
# Prince Horay
# Prince Vastamkar
# Prince Harakh
# Prince Hiran
# Prince Anjakh
# Prince Dalagh
# Prince Horai II
# Prince Zarmehr
# Prince Borj
# Prince Arbun
# Prince Bazak
# Prince Khoy
# Prince Yusak
# Prince Khaynakh
# Prince Skaiordu
# Prince Parui
# Prince Pharnavaz
# Prince Pajuj
# Prince Kornak
# Prince Pavus
# Prince Eruand
# Prince Tigran
Cadet branches
Almost no information exists about
Prince Arran and his early successors. According to tradition, in the beginning of the 7th century the
Mihranids The Mihranids were an Iranian family which ruled several regions of Caucasus from 330 to 821. They claimed to be of Sasanian Persian descent but were of Parthian origin.
History
The dynasty was founded when a certain Mihran, a distant relative o ...
had invited 60 men of the Aranshahiks to a banquet and had killed them all, with the exception of Zarmihr Aranshahik, who had married a Mihranid princess. Hence the Mihranid family had becomen princes of
Gardman
Gardman ( hy, Գարդման), also known as Gardmank, was one of the eight cantons of the ancient province of Utik in the Kingdom of Armenia and simultaneously, together with the canton of Tuchkatak, an Armenian principality. It roughly corre ...
and presiding princes of all
Caucasian Albania.
Sahl Smbatean Sahl Smbatean EṙanshahikMovses Kaghankatvatsi. ''History of Aghuank''. Critical text and introduction by Varag Arakelyan. Matenadaran" Institute of Ancient Manuscripts after Mesrop Mashtots. Yerevan, Armenian SSR: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 198 ...
was a descendant of Zarmihr Aranshahik. According to
Arakel Babakhanian
Arakel Grigori Babakhanian ( hy, Առաքել Գրիգորի Բաբախանյան; – 14 November 1932), commonly known by his pen name Leo ( hy, Լեո), was an Armenian historian, writer, critic and professor of Yerevan State University. ...
Esayi Abu-Muse Esayi Abu-Musa ( or ; in Arabic sources: ''Isa ibn-Istifanus'') was an Armenian prince of southern Artsakh who ruled over a significant part of Arran (called Ałuankʻ in Armenian sources) in the mid-9th century and is considered the founder of th ...
was a member of the local house of Aranshahik too.
[ ]Arakel Babakhanian
Arakel Grigori Babakhanian ( hy, Առաքել Գրիգորի Բաբախանյան; – 14 November 1932), commonly known by his pen name Leo ( hy, Լեո), was an Armenian historian, writer, critic and professor of Yerevan State University. ...
(Leo). Երկերի ժողովածու (Collected Works). vol. ii. Yerevan, Armenian SSR: Sovetakan Grogh, 1967, pp. 446- 449.
See also
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Kingdom of Artsakh
The Kingdom of Artsakh ( hy, Արցախի թագավորություն) was a medieval dependent Armenian kingdom on the territory of Syunik and Artsakh provinces, Gardman canton of Utik province, Mazaz and Varazhnunik canton of Ayrarat pr ...
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House of Hasan-Jalalayan
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Mihranids The Mihranids were an Iranian family which ruled several regions of Caucasus from 330 to 821. They claimed to be of Sasanian Persian descent but were of Parthian origin.
History
The dynasty was founded when a certain Mihran, a distant relative o ...
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House of Aranshahik