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Nor Shirakan

Nor Shirakan (Armenian: Նոր Շիրական), Parskahayk (Armenian: Պարսկահայք) or Persarmenia, was the seventh province of the ancient kingdom of Armenia, situated on the western shore of Lake Urmia, bordered on Adiabene and Atropatene, now in northwestern Iran.

Nor Shirakan
Նոր Շիրական
Province of Kingdom of Armenia

The major provinces of Greater Armenia
CapitalZarehavan
History
Subdivisions
 • TypeCantons
 • Units9
Today part ofIran

Zarehavan was the centre of the province.

Persarmenia had nine cantons:[1]

  • Zarevand/Zaravand (Զարեւանդ, Zarewand)
  • Her (Հեր)
  • Arna (Առնա, Aṙna or Ըռնա, Əṙna)
  • Zarehavan (Զարեհաւան, Zarehawan)
  • Tamber (Տամբեր, Tamber)
  • Trabi (Թրաբի, Tʿrabi)
  • Ayli (Այլի) or Kurichan (Կուռիճան, Kuṙičan)
  • Mari (Մարի)
  • Arisi (Արիսի)

See also

References

  1. ^ Frédéric Macler, 1989, Revue des études arméniennes: Volume 21, page 309, University of Michigan

Bibliography

  • Chaumont, M. L. (1986). "ARMENIA AND IRAN ii. The pre-Islamic period". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume II/4: Architecture IV–Armenia and Iran IV. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 418–438. ISBN 978-0-71009-104-8.
  • Hakobyan, Tʿadewos (2007). Hayastani patmakan ašxarhagrutʿyun [Historical geography of Armenia] (in Armenian). Erewan: EPH hrat.
  • Hakobyan, Tʿ. X.; Melikʿ-Baxšyan, S. T.; Barsełyan, H. X. (1998). "NOR ŠIRAKAN". Hayastani ew harakicʿ šrǰanneri tełanunneri baṙaran (in Armenian). Vol. 4. Erewan: Erewani Hamalsarani Hratarakčʿutʿyun. p. 31.
  • Hakobyan, Tʿ. X.; Melikʿ-Baxšyan, S. T.; Barsełyan, H. X. (1998). "PARSKAHAYKʿ". Hayastani ew harakicʿ šrǰanneri tełanunneri baṙaran (in Armenian). Vol. 4. Erewan: Erewani Hamalsarani Hratarakčʿutʿyun. p. 318.

External links

  • Map of Parskahayk (Nor Shirakan). [1]

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