Melikdom of Kashatagh Քաշաթաղի մելիքություն | |||||||||||
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1475–1730 | |||||||||||
Status | Principality | ||||||||||
Capital | Kashataghk
1475–1520 1520–1730 | ||||||||||
Common languages | Armenian | ||||||||||
Religion | Armenian Apostolic | ||||||||||
Government | Principality (Melikdom) | ||||||||||
Historical era | Iranian Armenia | ||||||||||
• Established | 1475 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1730 | ||||||||||
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The Melikdom of Kashatagh (Armenian: Քաշաթաղի մելիքություն) was an Armenian melikdom (principality) which existed in the 15th–18th centuries.[2] It was located along the Hakari River, on the southeastern section of the modern border of Armenia and Azerbaijan. The residences of the meliks were located in the villages of Kashataghk[3] and Khnatsakh, in the west of the present Lachin District of Azerbaijan and the east of the present Syunik region of Armenia respectively.[1]
Basically, there seem to have been only four important melikdoms in the whole of Syunik; Sisian, Kapan, Tatev and Kashatagh