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
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.
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Notes and References
- Frédéric Macler, 1989, Revue des études arméniennes: Volume 21, page 309, University of Michigan