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The '''Principality of Khachen''' ({{lang-hy|Խաչենի իշխանություն}}) was a [[medieval]] principality in part of historical [[Artsakh]] (present-day [[Nagorno-Karabakh]]).<ref>The New Encyclopedia Britannica by Robert MacHenry, Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc, Robert MacHenry, (1993) p.761</ref> It has been alternately described as [[Armenia]]n<ref>Howorth, Henry Hoyle (1876) ''History of the Mongols: From the 9th to the 19th Century''Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 14</ref><ref>{{ru icon}} "Armenian Khachen", http://www.vostlit.info/Texts/rus8/Dulaf/text/primtext.phtml Абу Дулаф. Вторая записка. Ред. Беляев В., М., Наука. 1960 (Комментарии)</ref>{{dubious}}<ref name=abu>Abū-Dulaf. ''Abū-Dulaf Misʻar Ibn Muhalhil's Travels in Iran (circa A.D. 950)'', Cairo University Press, 1955, p. 74</ref> and as part of [[Caucasian Albania]].<ref>C. J. F. Dowsett. "The Albanian Chronicle of Mxit'ar Goš", ''Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London'', Vol. 21, No. 1/3. (1958), p. 475: "''In Albania, Xacen, part of the old province of Arcax, had preserved its independence, and we know that it was partly at the request of one of its rulers, Prince Vaxtang, that Mxit'ar composed his lawbook.''"</ref>{{dubious}}<ref name="minorsky">V. Minorsky. "Caucasica IV", ''Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London'', Vol. 15, No. 3. (1953), p. 504: ''"The territory of present-day Soviet republic of Azarbayjan roughly corresponds to the ancient Caucasian Albania"''</ref>, which roughly corresponded to the territory of [[Azerbaijan SSR|Soviet Azerbaijan]]<ref name="minorsky" />. According to Abū Dulaf, an [[Arab]] traveller of the time, Khachen was an Armenian principality immediately south of Barda'a.<ref name=abu/>{{dubious}}
The '''Principality of Khachen''' ({{lang-hy|Խաչենի իշխանություն}}) was a [[medieval]] [[Armenia|Armenian]]<ref>Howorth, Henry Hoyle(1876) ''History of the Mongols: From the 9th to the 19th Century''Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 14</ref><ref>"Armenian Khachen", http://www.vostlit.info/Texts/rus8/Dulaf/text/primtext.phtml Абу Дулаф. Вторая записка. Ред. Беляев В., М., Наука. 1960 (Комментарии), in Russian</ref> [[principality]], in part of historical [[Artsakh]] (present-day [[Nagorno-Karabakh]]).<ref>The New Encyclopedia Britannica by Robert MacHenry, Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc, Robert MacHenry, (1993) p.761</ref> The Byzantine emperor [[Constantine VII]] addressed his letters to the prince of Khachen with the inscription "To Prince of Khachen, Armenia."<ref>Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, De ceremoniis aubae byzantinae (Ed. J.P.Migne. Patrologiae cursiis completus, Series Graeco-Latina, 112), p. 248</ref> According to Abū Dulaf, an [[Arab]] traveller of the time, Khachen was an Armenian principality immediately south of Barda'a.<ref>Abū-Dulaf. ''Abū-Dulaf Misʻar Ibn Muhalhil's Travels in Iran (circa A.D. 950)'', Cairo University Press, 1955, p. 74</ref>


The Armenian royal family of [[House of Hasan-Jalalyan|Hasan Jalayan]] began ruling much of Khachen and Artsakh in 1214.
The Byzantine emperor [[Constantine VII]] addressed his letters to the prince of Khachen with the inscription "To Prince of Khachen, Armenia."<ref>Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, De ceremoniis aubae byzantinae (Ed. J.P.Migne. Patrologiae cursiis completus, Series Graeco-Latina, 112), p. 248</ref>

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* [[History of Azerbaijan]]
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* http://www.karabagh.am/eng/GlavTem/ist-polaspects.htm
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* http://www.cilicia.com/History.htm
* http://www.cilicia.com/History.htm
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The Principality of Khachen (Armenian: Խաչենի իշխանություն) was a medieval Armenian[1][2] principality, in part of historical Artsakh (present-day Nagorno-Karabakh).[3] The Byzantine emperor Constantine VII addressed his letters to the prince of Khachen with the inscription "To Prince of Khachen, Armenia."[4] According to Abū Dulaf, an Arab traveller of the time, Khachen was an Armenian principality immediately south of Barda'a.[5]

The Armenian royal family of Hasan Jalayan began ruling much of Khachen and Artsakh in 1214.

References

  1. ^ Howorth, Henry Hoyle(1876) History of the Mongols: From the 9th to the 19th CenturyLongmans, Green, and Co. p. 14
  2. ^ "Armenian Khachen", http://www.vostlit.info/Texts/rus8/Dulaf/text/primtext.phtml Абу Дулаф. Вторая записка. Ред. Беляев В., М., Наука. 1960 (Комментарии), in Russian
  3. ^ The New Encyclopedia Britannica by Robert MacHenry, Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc, Robert MacHenry, (1993) p.761
  4. ^ Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, De ceremoniis aubae byzantinae (Ed. J.P.Migne. Patrologiae cursiis completus, Series Graeco-Latina, 112), p. 248
  5. ^ Abū-Dulaf. Abū-Dulaf Misʻar Ibn Muhalhil's Travels in Iran (circa A.D. 950), Cairo University Press, 1955, p. 74

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