Hassan Jalalyan's house
The house of Hassan-Jalaljan ( Armenian Հասան-Ջալալյաններ ) was an Armenian dynasty that ruled over the area of Khatschen (Greater Arzach ) from 1214 ; today the region belongs to Karabakh and a small part to Sjunik .
They held the title of Kings of Arzach , Kings of Arzach and Baghk, Princes of Khachhen and Prince of Arzach. Their roots reached back to the arshahiks, the bagratids , the arruni and the caucasian arsacids . The royal house was named after Hassan-Jalal Dawla (Հասան-Ջալալ Դոլա), an Armenian prince from Chatschen. Even after the conquest by the Seljuk Turks , the Persians or the Mongols , the Hassan Jalalyan family, like other Meliks , was able to maintain its autonomy.
One of the most important buildings of the dynasty is the Gandsassar Monastery in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic from 1216. Prince Hassan-Jalal's Armenian name was Hajkas; As was customary in the region at that time, many Christian Armenians also adopted Arabic patronyms ( kunya ), which lost all reference to the originally Armenian names. Hajka's Arabic name described his personality; Hasan meant beautiful and Jalal great, Dawla meant wealth and government.
In the late 16th century, the Hassan Jalaljan family split up to found royal houses in Gulistan and Jschraberd , which together with Chatschen, Waranda and Disak made them the Five Principality of Karabach ( Meliktümen von Karabach or Meliktümern von Chamsa ).
After the Russo-Persian War , the office of the Hassan-Jalalyan Catholicos was abolished by the Russian Empire . With the death of Allahwerdi II Hassan-Jalaljan in 1813 the rule of the dynasty ended. Members of the dynasty are still alive today. A collection of inscriptions from the dynasty is in the Hermitage of Saint Petersburg .
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert H. Hewsen, "The Kingdom of Arc'ax" in Medieval Armenian Culture ( University of Pennsylvania Armenian Texts and Studies) . Thomas J. Samuelian and Michael E. Stone (Eds.) Chico, California: Scholars Press, 1984, pp. 52-53. ISBN 0-89130-642-0
- ↑ Vladimir Minorsky . "Caucasica IV," Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 3 (1953), pages 504-505.
- ^ Robert H. Hewsen, "The Meliks of Eastern Armenia: A Preliminary Study." Revue des Études Arméniennes 9 (1972), pages 299-301.