Aram Ter-Ghevondyan

Aram Ter-Ghevondyan
Born(1928-07-24)July 24, 1928
Cairo, Egypt
DiedFebruary 10, 1988(1988-02-10) (aged 59)
Yerevan, USSR
Alma materYerevan State University
Known forThe Arab Emirates in Bagratuni Armenia (1965)
Armeniia i arabaskii khalifat (1977)
Scientific career
FieldsArmenian studies, Oriental studies
InstitutionsArmenian Academy of Sciences
Doctoral advisorJoseph Orbeli

Aram Ter-Ghevondyan (Armenian: Արամ Նահապետի Տեր-Ղևոնդյան; Russian: Aрaм Наaпетович Теp-Гeвoндян, also often seen written in Western sources as Ter-Ghewondyan or Ter-Łewondyan;[1] July 24, 1928 – February 10, 1988) was an Armenian historian and scholar who specialized in the study of historical sources and medieval Armenia's relations with the Islamic world and Oriental studies.[2] His seminal work, The Arab Emirates in Bagratuni Armenia, is an important study on the Bagratuni Kingdom of Armenia. From 1981 until his death, Ter-Ghevondyan headed the Institute of Oriental Studies at the Armenian Academy of Sciences and he additionally held an honorary doctorate from the University of Aleppo and was an associate member of the Tiberian Academy of Rome.[3]

  1. ^ The rendering of his name in this manner follows the transliteration system established in the Hübschmann-Meillet system.
  2. ^ (in Armenian) s.v. "Ter-Ghevondyan, Aram Nahapeti," Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11, p. 674.
  3. ^ (in Armenian) Papazyan, Hakob D. "Lratu: Aram Ter-Ghevondyan" [News: Aram Ter-Ghevondyan], Patma-Banasirakan Handes 120/1 (1988): pp. 243-245.