Zakaryan

Zakaryans ( Zakharyans ) (1196–1261) - the Armenian princely clan ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] , the ishkhans of Eastern Armenia , the branch of the clan - Georgian governors Mkhargrdzeli ; descendants of the Karin-Pakhlevid dynasty .

Liberated by the Zakaryans, Eastern Armenia , at the beginning of the 13th century ^[5] .

Naming varied depending on the locality and time. So, the Armenians call the dynasty Zakaryans (Zakharyans) ; in the Greek manner, the dynasty is called Zakiridi (Zacharides, Zakarids) ; Georgians, referring to representatives of the younger branch of the dynasty, say Mkhargrdzeli.

According to A. Shakhnazaryan, referring to the inscriptions left by the Zakaryans in Haghpat and Amberd , they considered themselves the descendants of the Armenian royal families of Bagratuni and Artsruni ^[6] .

According to Joseph Orbeli , probably the Zakaryan clan was originally of Kurdish origin ^[7] . The same opinion is shared by . Their ancestors converted to Christianity while serving in the service of the Armenian princes in Tashir ^[8] . According to the Dictionary of the Middle Ages , “the numerous inscriptions of Zakarids leave no doubt that they considered themselves Armenians” ^[9] .

In 1174, Sargis Mkhargrdzeli , together with Ivan Orbelian, was appointed by the Georgian king George III the ruler of Ani . During the reign of Queen Tamara, the rulers of Ani were the sons of Sarkis - Ivane and Zacharias ^[7] .

The Zakaryanov clan gave Armenia and Georgia many great political and military figures. An offshoot of the Zakaryan family is the Armenian princely family of Vahramyan , the rulers of the principality of Gag (in northern Armenia), which was in vassal dependence first on the Armenian Tashir-Dzoragetsky kingdom , then on the Georgian kingdom. The founder of the Armenian princely family Vahramyanov-Gagetsi was Prince Wagram I - uncle Zakare and Ivan ^[10] ^[11] . The sister of the Zakaryan brothers - Horishakh - was married to Prince Vakhtang II Tangik , i.e., was the mother of Prince Hasan-Jalal Dol , ruler of the Armenian Khachen principality .

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↑ Encyclopaedia of Islam. - EJ BRILL, 1986. - Vol. I. - P. 507.
Original text
Ani was for the first time conquered by the Georgians in 1124, under David II, who laid the foundation of the power of the Georgian kings; the town was given as a fief to the Armenian family of the Zakarids
↑ Cyril Toumanoff . Armenia and Georgia // The Cambridge Medieval History. - Cambridge, 1966. - T. IV: The Byzantine Empire, part I chapter XIV . - S. 593-637 . :
Original text
Later, in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the Armenian house of the Zachariads (Mkhargrdzeli) ruled in northern Armenia at Ani, Lor'i, Kars, and Dvin under the Georgian aegis.
↑ World History. Encyclopedia. T. 3. Chapter XXXIII. 2. / Ed. E. M. Zhukov , N. A. Sidorova and others. - M .: State publishing house of political literature , 1957 .:
Original text (Russian)
During the reign of Tamara (1184-1213), the cities of Ani, Kars, Dvin and the whole north of Armenia were liberated, after which there formed the vassal possessions of the Armenian princes Zakharids, named after one of them, Zakharia, an outstanding commander who was in the service of the Georgian the king and held the high post of commander in chief of the Georgian kingdom.
↑ G. G. Litavrin . Byzantium between West and East. Experience historical characteristics. - SPb. : Aletheia, 1999 .-- S. 469.
Original text (Russian)
A number of Armenian families at the Georgian court (such as Zakaryan-Mkhargrdzeli or Orbelian) faithfully served the Ilkhan
↑ J. Burnutyan “A Concise History of the Armenian People”, map 19. Mazda Publishers, Inc. Costa Mesa California 2006
↑ Artashes Shahnazaryan . Principality of Vahramyanov. - Yerevan: Hayastan, 1990 .-- S. 36-40, 48-49.
↑ ¹ ² I. Orbeli . The ruins of Ani. - S.-P.: Edition of the journal "Neva", 1911.
↑ Robert W. Thomson. Rewriting Caucasian History. The Medieval Armenian Adaptation of the Georgian Chronicles. The Original Georgian Texts and the Armenian Adaptation. - Clarendon Press, 1996 .-- P. xxxvi.
↑ Joseph Strayer. Dictionary of the Middle Ages . - 1982. - Vol. 1. - P. 485.
Original text
The degree of Armenian dependence on Georgia during this period is still the subject of considerable controversy. The numerous Zak'arid inscriptions leave no doubt that they considered themselves Armenians, and they often acted independently.
↑ Artashes Shahnazaryan. Principality of Vahramyanov. - Yerevan: Hayastan, 1990 .-- S. 29-30.
↑ T. Hakobyan . Essays on the historical geography of Armenia. - Yerevan: Yerevan University Press , 1960 .-- S. 312.

[1] Encyclopaedia of Islam. - EJ BRILL, 1986. - Vol. I. - P. 507.
Original text
Ani was for the first time conquered by the Georgians in 1124, under David II, who laid the foundation of the power of the Georgian kings; the town was given as a fief to the Armenian family of the Zakarids

[2] Cyril Toumanoff . Armenia and Georgia // The Cambridge Medieval History. - Cambridge, 1966. - T. IV: The Byzantine Empire, part I chapter XIV . - S. 593-637 . :
Original text
Later, in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the Armenian house of the Zachariads (Mkhargrdzeli) ruled in northern Armenia at Ani, Lor'i, Kars, and Dvin under the Georgian aegis.

[3] World History. Encyclopedia. T. 3. Chapter XXXIII. 2. / Ed. E. M. Zhukov , N. A. Sidorova and others. - M .: State publishing house of political literature , 1957 .:
Original text (Russian)
During the reign of Tamara (1184-1213), the cities of Ani, Kars, Dvin and the whole north of Armenia were liberated, after which there formed the vassal possessions of the Armenian princes Zakharids, named after one of them, Zakharia, an outstanding commander who was in the service of the Georgian the king and held the high post of commander in chief of the Georgian kingdom.

[4] G. G. Litavrin . Byzantium between West and East. Experience historical characteristics. - SPb. : Aletheia, 1999 .-- S. 469.
Original text (Russian)
A number of Armenian families at the Georgian court (such as Zakaryan-Mkhargrdzeli or Orbelian) faithfully served the Ilkhan

[5] J. Burnutyan “A Concise History of the Armenian People”, map 19. Mazda Publishers, Inc. Costa Mesa California 2006

[6] Artashes Shahnazaryan . Principality of Vahramyanov. - Yerevan: Hayastan, 1990 .-- S. 36-40, 48-49.

[Орбели-7] ¹ ² I. Orbeli . The ruins of Ani. - S.-P.: Edition of the journal "Neva", 1911.

[8] Robert W. Thomson. Rewriting Caucasian History. The Medieval Armenian Adaptation of the Georgian Chronicles. The Original Georgian Texts and the Armenian Adaptation. - Clarendon Press, 1996 .-- P. xxxvi.

[9] Joseph Strayer. Dictionary of the Middle Ages . - 1982. - Vol. 1. - P. 485.
Original text
The degree of Armenian dependence on Georgia during this period is still the subject of considerable controversy. The numerous Zak'arid inscriptions leave no doubt that they considered themselves Armenians, and they often acted independently.

[10] Artashes Shahnazaryan. Principality of Vahramyanov. - Yerevan: Hayastan, 1990 .-- S. 29-30.

[11] T. Hakobyan . Essays on the historical geography of Armenia. - Yerevan: Yerevan University Press , 1960 .-- S. 312.

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