Shahnshah Zakarian

Shahnshah Zakarian
Շահնշահ Ա Զաքարյան
Probable mural of Shahnshah Zakarian as a donator at Kobayr Monastery Chapel, painted in the 1270s.[1][2]
Amirspasalar
In office
1212–1250
Preceded byZakare II Zakarian
Succeeded byZakare III Zakarian
Mandaturtukhutsesi
In office
1223–1261
Preceded byShalva Akhaltsikheli
Succeeded byAvag-Sargis III Zakarian
Personal details
Born1197[3]
Died1261
Resting placeKobayr monastery
SpouseVaneni
ParentZakare II Zakarian

Shahnshah Zakarian (Georgian: შანშე მხარგრძელი; Armenian: Շահնշահ Ա) was a member of the Armenian Zakarid dynasty, and a Court official of the Kingdom of Georgia, holding the office of amirspasalar (Commander-in-Chief) of the Georgian army. He was the son of Zakare II Zakarian, and the father of Zakare III Zakarian, who participated to the Siege of Baghdad in 1258.

  1. ^ Evans, Helen C.; Anderson, Benjamin; Aslanian, Sebouh David; Balakian, Peter; Eastmond, Antony; Jones, Lynn A.; Mathews, Thomas F.; Piñon, Erin; Qiu, Earnestine M.; Richardson, Kristina L. (10 January 2022). Art and Religion in Medieval Armenia. Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 48–49. ISBN 978-1-58839-737-9.
  2. ^ Дрампян, Ирина Рубеновна (1979). Фрески Кобайра (in Armenian). Советакан грох. p. 20. Shahnshah , of the Zakarian family. Though we don't have documental informations concerning the paintings of the Aisle , the portraits of the donators whom we consider to be Shahnshah and his wife allow us to look upon the painting as one close to the date of the Big Church ; the likeness in the artistic style confirms this suggestion
  3. ^ "Kobayr Monastery".