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The Arranshahiks were an Armenian[1] noble family in Arran.
Etymology
[edit]The name Arranshahik literally means "Arrankings" and is derived from Arran, the name of the geographical region home to the dynasty, the Persian word shah meaning "king," and the Armenian plural nominative case marker -k.
Middle Ages
[edit]Following the Muslim conquest of Armenia, the Arabs reorganized the lands of Armenia, Arran, and Iberia into an administrative unit called Arminiya. Arran was governed by the Iranian Mihranid dynasty until its last representative, Varaz-Tiridates II, was murdered in 821.[2] The western regions of Arran (Artsakh and Utik) would then come under the rule of the Arranshahik family. This coming to power occurred during a period of rapid decline in the Albanian geopolitical entity. While the majority of the population of Albania converted to Islam under the Caliphate and moved to the eastern regions of Arran, the ones who remained Christian underwent rapid assimilation within the Armenian population. The son of Sm By the end of this period, Albania and Arran would be no more than a geographical designation, with small pockets of Albanian peoples surviving up until the modern age. Various Armenian noble houses, including Syunik and Vaspurakan, resisted the rise of the Bagratid dynasty in Armenia, which was consolidating its power and reviving the Armenian kingdom. The Arranshahik, fashioning themselves after the geographical area, would use the names
- ^ Levon., Chorbajian, (1994). The Caucasian knot : the history & geopolitics of Nagorno-Karabagh. Donabédian, Patrick., Mutafian, Claude. London: Atlantic Highlands, NJ. pp. 59, 60. ISBN 1856492877. OCLC 31970952.
Arab sources of the period recognize [the father of Arranshahik Atrnerseh] unambiguously as an Armenian prince.
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This latter country, however, remained under the control of the Mihranids, who held on until the start of the ninth century. They disappeared when their last representative, Varaz-Trdat, was murdered in 821.
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