Wahan Mamikonjan (Apostle)

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Vahan Mamikonian called the Apostate , ( Armenian Վահան Մամիկոնյան ) was an Armenian nobleman of the family of Mamikonian . He was murdered between 374 and 378.

Life

Christian Settipani writes that Wahan is a son of Hamasasp Mamikonjan, the son of Artavazd I. Mamikonjan , Cyrille Toumanoff considers him a son of Artavasde II . In any case, he is the brother of Sparapet Wasak and Vardan Mamikonjan .

The brother Wasak supported an alliance with the Roman Empire , while Vardan preferred an alliance with the Sassanids . When King Arshak II had Vardan murdered, Vahan went to the court of the Sassanid king Shapur II , gave up Christianity to convert to Zoroastrianism (Mazdaism) and married a sister of the king. After the death of his brother Wasak, who had been tortured to death by Shapur II in 365, Shapur invaded Greater Armenia , devastated and sacked it and set Persian garrisons in the most important cities. He forced Wahan Mamikonjan and Meroujan Arçrouni (Մերուժան Ա Արծրունիներ) to introduce Mazdaism and Wahan did not even hesitate to execute his sister Hamazaspouhi , the wife of Garegin Rschtuni , who refused to give up her belief. He looted the city of Van and kidnapped the Christian and Jewish population. He was so cruel and aroused so much hatred that he was killed by his own son Šmuel Mamikonjan (" Parricide ").

progeny

Wahan was married to Hormizdoukt, the sister (daughter?) Of Shapur II. With her he had a son: "Šmouel le Parricide" (Šmuel Mamikonjan "Parricide").

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Settipani 2006: pp. 131-132.
  2. ↑ a b c Toumanoff 1990: pp. 329-330.
  3. ↑ Grousset 1947. pp. 141-145.

literature

  • René Grousset: Histoire de l'Arménie des origines à 1071. Paris, Payot 1947 (réimpr. 1973, 1984, 1995, 2008): p. 641 “Généalogie des Mamikonian et des Pahlavouni”.
  • Cyrille Toumanoff: Les dynasties de la Caucasie chrétienne de l'Antiquité jusqu'au XIXe siècle: Tables généalogiques et chronologiques. Rome 1990: pp. 329-330.
  • Christian Settipani: Continuité des élites à Byzance durant les siècles obscurs. Les princes caucasiens et l'Empire du VIe au IXe siècle. Paris, de Boccard 2006: pp. 131-310, "Les Mamikonian". ISBN 978-2-7018-0226-8
personal data
SURNAME Mamikonjan, Wahan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mamikonean, Vahan; Վահան Ա Մամիկոնյան (Armenian); واهان مامیکونیان (Persian); Мамиконян, Ваан (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Armenian nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century
DATE OF DEATH between 374 and 378