Avan-khan ( Egan ) (? - 1744 ) - Armenian prince [1] , Melik Dizak. Came from a branch of the Armenian princely family Loris-Melikyanov. The ancestor of the princely family Melik-Avanyanov.
| Avan Khan | ||||
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| Birth | the village of Artou le Havre | |||
| Death | 1744 Toh village | |||
| Burial place | on the territory of the monastery of the village of Toh | |||
| Kind | Melik Avanyan | |||
| Father | Gukas Loris-Melikyan | |||
| Children | Aram, Esai, Altuhan | |||
| Religion | Christianity , Armenian Church | |||
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Biography
He was born in the village of Artu Gavar Lori , in the family of the wardpet Gukas from a branch of the Loris-Melikyan clan. In 1717, as a result of a war with his relative, Melik Elizbar, who forcibly took away the Pambak gorge and part of Lori from the melik Avan from his ancestors, he moved with his father, family and people to the village of Toh Dizak Gavar, where he became Melik. Here his father restored the Gtich monastery, founded the monastery and settled in the same monastery. And the son, Melik Avan, erected a magnificent church in the village and fortified the settlement with bypass walls. He built in the same village a beautiful palace, decorated with Armenian inscriptions, is preserved today [2]
In 1722 - 1728, he participated in the liberation struggle of Armenians against foreign domination under the leadership of Prince David-Bek [3] . The military talent of the ruler of the Principality of Dizak was marked by the Persian and Russian courts. Melik Avan was respected by the Russian government. During the reign of Anna Ivanovna, he went with his retinue to Russia, where he met a wonderful reception. The Russian tsarina, for the services rendered to Peter the Great during the Persian campaigns, granted Melik Avan Khan the rank of Major General and various orders [4] . And the Persian Shah Nadir in 1736 appointed him Khan and Beglyarbek of all the provinces of the Karabakh Khanate [5] . The Austrian Emperor was elevated to the baronial dignity of the Holy Roman Empire under the name of Johann von Giovanni
In 1741, Avan Khan, at the invitation of the Russian Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, was present at the celebrations on the occasion of her coronation. At the festivities, the prince negotiates and holds a series of meetings with the tsarina and senior Russian officials.
After returning to his homeland, in Dizak, Melik Avan Khan did not live long, he died in 1744 and was buried in the tomb of the church of his fortress Toh .
family
- Anna Khatun - sister
See also
- Dizak Magal
Notes
- ↑ A.M. Khudashev // “Review of Armenia” p. 404 (533); 1859
In Russian Armenia, where the Armenians enjoy all the rights and advantages, along with all subjects, they can be seen in all branches of civil administration, in the military service, in engineers and in the navy. The names of some of them, such as: Prince Bebutov, Prince Argutinsky-Dolgoruky, Prince Madatov gained European fame and celebrity. Here are the names of some of those who achieved the highest dignity in the Russian service: Lazar Khristoforov and Ivan Yuzbashi, the first of the Armenians granted the rank of general, Peter the Great. The latter commanded a detachment made up exclusively of Armenians during the war of 1792. General Avan Khan, one of the sovereign Armenian princes in Karabakh, later transferred to the Russian Army ..
- ↑ Raffi “Melodies of Hamsa”, part II, page 24
- ↑ Raffi “Melodies of Hamsa” part VI p. 30
- ↑ Raffi “Melodies of Hamsa” part VIII p. 40
- ↑ Raffi “Melodies of Hamsa” part VIII p. 39