Nor Shirakan Explained

Native Name:	Նոր Շիրական
Conventional Long Name:	Nor Shirakan
Subdivision:	Province
Nation:	Kingdom of Armenia
Capital:	Zarehavan
Today:	Iran
Image Map Caption:	The major provinces of Greater Armenia
Divisions:	Cantons
Divisionsnames:	9

Nor Shirakan (Armenian: Նոր Շիրական), Parskahayk (Armenian: Պարսկահայք) or Persarmenia, was the seventh province of the ancient kingdom of Armenia, situated on the western shore of Lake Urmia, bordered on Adiabene and Atropatene, now in northwestern Iran.

Zarehavan was the centre of the province.

Persarmenia had nine cantons:^[1]

• Zarevand/Zaravand
• Her
• Arna (or)
• Zarehavan
• Tamber
• Trabi
• Ayli or Kurichan
• Mari
• Arisi

See also

• List of regions of old Armenia

Bibliography

• • Book: Hakobyan, Tʿadewos . Hayastani patmakan ašxarhagrutʿyun . EPH hrat. . 2007 . Erewan . hy . Historical geography of Armenia . Tadevos Hakobyan.
• Book: Hakobyan . Tʿ. X. . Hayastani ew harakicʿ šrǰanneri tełanunneri baṙaran . Melikʿ-Baxšyan . S. T. . Barsełyan . H. X. . Erewani Hamalsarani Hratarakčʿutʿyun . 1998 . 4 . Erewan . 31 . hy . Nor Širakan . http://nayiri.com/imagedDictionaryBrowser.jsp?dictionaryId=61&dt=HY_HY&pageNumber=3105.
• Book: Hakobyan . Tʿ. X. . Hayastani ew harakicʿ šrǰanneri tełanunneri baṙaran . Melikʿ-Baxšyan . S. T. . Barsełyan . H. X. . Erewani Hamalsarani Hratarakčʿutʿyun . 1998 . 4 . Erewan . 318 . hy . Parskahaykʿ . http://nayiri.com/imagedDictionaryBrowser.jsp?dictionaryId=61&dt=HY_HY&pageNumber=3394.

Further reading

• Markvart . H. . Josef Markwart . 1961 . H. Markvarti "Parskahaykʿ nahangǝ" antip usumnasirutʿyunǝ . J. Markwart's Unprinted Study 'The Province of Parskahayk' . . hy . 1 . 180–207.

External links

• Map of Parskahayk (Nor Shirakan). http://www.bvahan.com/ArmenianWay/Great_Armenia/Provinces_Rus/Parskahayk.htm

Notes and References

1. Frédéric Macler, 1989, Revue des études arméniennes: Volume 21, page 309, University of Michigan