Melikdom of Kashatagh Քաշաթաղի մելիքություն | |||||||||||
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| 1475–1730 | |||||||||||
![Borders of the Lachin District which are roughly similar to those of the melikdom[1]](view_image.php?q=Melikdom_of_Kashatagh&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Lachin_Rayon_Map.PNG) Borders of the Lachin District which are roughly similar to those of the melikdom[1] | |||||||||||
| 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]
- ^ a b Gharagyozian, Armen (1987). "К локализации гавара Кашатаг" [On the localization of the Kashatagh County]. Lraber hasarakakan gitutyunneri (in Russian) (1): 40–45.
- ^ Hewsen, Robert (1973–1974). "The Meliks of Eastern Armenia II". Revue des Études Arméniennes. 10. Paris: Sorbonne University: 219. ISSN 1783-1741.
Basically, there seem to have been only four important melikdoms in the whole of Syunik; Sisian, Kapan, Tatev and Kashatagh
- ^ Karapetyan, Samvel (2001). Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh (PDF). RAA Scientific Researches. Vol. 3. "Gitutiun" Publishing House of NAS RA. pp. 14, 123, 147–149. ISBN 9785808004689.