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==External links==
*An English translation of Kirakos Gandzaketsi's [http://rbedrosian.com/kg1.htm History of the Armenians] by Robert Bedrosian.

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Kirakos of Gandzak ([Կիրակոս Գանձակեցի, Kirakos Gandzaketsi] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) (c. 1200/1202 – 1271) was an Armenian historian of the 13th century and author of the History of Armenia, a summary of events from the 4th to the 12th century and a detailed description of the events of his own days.[1] The work concentrates primarily on the history of Medieval Armenia and events occurring in the Caucasus and Near East. The work serves as a primary source for the study of the Mongol invasions and even contains the first recorded word list of the Mongolian language.[2] The work has been translated into several languages including Latin, French and Russian.[3]

  1. ^ Khanlaryan, L. «Կիրակոս Գանձակեցի». Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia. vol. v. Yerevan, Armenian SSR: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 1979, p. 450.
  2. ^ Zgusta, Ladislav, Franz J. Hausmann and Oskar Reichmann (eds.). An International Encyclopedia of Lexicography. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1991, p. 2368. ISBN 3-1101-2421-1.
  3. ^ Hacikyan, Agop Jack (2005). The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the Eighteenth Century to Modern Times, vol. 3. Detroit: Wayne State University. p. 494. ISBN 0-8143-3221-8. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)