''The History of the Caucasian Albanians'' (or ''The History of the World of Aghvank''; ) by
Movses Kaghankatvatsi is a history of eastern territories of Armenia (
Nagorno-Karabakh
Nagorno-Karabakh (, ; ) is a region in Azerbaijan, covering the southeastern stretch of the Lesser Caucasus mountain range. Part of the greater region of Karabakh, it spans the area between Lower Karabakh and Syunik Province, Syunik. Its ter ...
and
Utik
Utik (), also known as Uti, was a historical province and principality within the Kingdom of Armenia. It was ceded to Caucasian Albania following the partition of Armenia between Sassanid Persia and the Eastern Roman Empire in 387 AD. Most o ...
), as well as other territories in Southeastern Caucasus usually described as
Caucasian Albania
Caucasian Albania is a modern exonym for a former state located in ancient times in the Caucasus, mostly in what is now Azerbaijan (where both of its capitals were located). The modern endonyms for the area are ''Aghwank'' and ''Aluank'', among ...
. The work was written in
Old Armenian
Classical Armenian (, , ; meaning "literary anguage; also Old Armenian or Liturgical Armenian) is the oldest attested form of the Armenian language. It was first written down at the beginning of the 5th century, and most Armenian literature fro ...
. It covers the period between 4th century AD and 10th century AD.
In the works of earlier Armenian authors no name is attached to ''
The History'' and early in the 13th century, however,
Mkhitar Gosh names a Movses Dasxurants'i as the author. It is to be noted that the earliest extant manuscript of ''
The History'' , also of the 13th century (1289), bears no author's name; nor do other manuscripts. The earliest manuscript to bear the name of Movses Kalankatuaci is that copied by the scribe Lunkianos in 1761. The date of the compilation known as ''
The History'' is based on the fact that the last person to have a hand in ''
The History'' wrote at the earliest at the end of the 11th or the beginning of the 12th century.
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References
* The History of the Caucasian Albanians by Movses Dasxuranci (a.k.a. Moses Kałankatuaçi; tr. C.J.F. Dowsett, Oxford, 1961)
* A Neglected Passage in the "History of the Caucasian Albanians", C. J. F. Dowsett, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 19, No. 3 (1957), pp. 456–468
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