Sahl Smbatean Eṙanshahik[1] (Armenian: Սահլ Սմբատյան Եռանշահիկ, in Arabic sources: Sahl ibn Sunbat or Sahl ibn Sunbat al-Armaniyy;[2] birthdate unknown – c. 855) was an Armenian[2][3] prince of Arran and Shaki[4] who played a considerable role in the history of the eastern Caucasus during the 9th century and was the ancestor of the House of Khachen established in 821.[5]
- ^ Movses 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, 1983, 2.17, 3.19-22.
- ^ a b Masudi, Meadows of Gold and Mines of Gems. vol VIII
- ^ The Cambridge History of Iran. Par W B Fisher, Richard Nelson Frye, J A Boyle, Ehsan Yar-Shater, Peter Jackson, Lawrence Lockhart, Cambridge University Press (1968) p. 506
- ^ V. Minorsky. Caucasica IV. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 15, No. 3. (1953), pp. 504-529.
- ^ Robert H. Hewsen, Armenia: A Historical Atlas. The University of Chicago Press, 2001, pp. 119, 163.