[85], As in Armenia, the "Albanian" clergy used exclusively Armenian church terms for clerical hierarchy (katholikos/կաթողիկոս, vardapet/վարդապետ, sargavag/սարգավագ, etc. The Caucasian Knot: The History and Geo-Politics of Nagorno-Karabagh. Ethnicity and ethnic conflict in the post-communist world. -Koriun, The life of Mashtots, Ch. Book 2, Chapter LII", "В.А. Армянская География VII в. Перевод Патканова К.П. [114] This event is generally regarded as the abolition of the Church of Caucasian Albania, and the lowering of its denominational status to that of a Catholicate within the body of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Tips: browse the semantic fields (see From ideas to words) in two languages to learn more. Ro, Cookies help us deliver our services. Movses Kaghankatvatsi's "History" dedicates four separate chapters to St. Mashtots’ mission, referring to him as "enlightener" and "saint" (chapters 27, 28 and 29 of Book One, and chapter 3 of Book Two). 9-21, George A. Bournoutian. The fierce debates it generated had an eerily existential, rather than scholarly quality. It was taken briefly by the Khwarizmid dynasty and then overran by Mongol Hulagu empire in the 13th century. [3], According to the Armenian historian Movses Kaghankatvatsi, the Caucasian Albanian alphabet was created by Mesrob Mashtots, the Armenian monk, theologian and translator who is also credited with creating the Armenian and Georgian alphabet. Caucasian Albania, also known as Alvank in Armenian, Ardhan in Parthian, Arran in Persian, and Al-Ran in Arabic, was an ancient kingdom, which existed on the territory of present-day Republic of Azerbaijan and southern Dagestan. Georgia does not even recognize the Armenian genocide. When utilizing such sources, the researchers should seek out pre-Soviet editions wherever possible. "#$%& lowḳas ) and the placement ... Their alphabet, created by Mesrob Mashdots himself, glaringly resembles to that of the Armenians. However, King Vache of Albania, a relative of Yazdegerd II, was forced to convert to Zoroastrianism, but soon thereafter converted back to Christianity. "Kirakos Gandzaketsi’s history of the Armenians," Sources of the Armenian Tradition. Ilia Abuladze. Armenia in the Period of Justinian: The Political Conditions based on the, Н.Адонц. "Caucasian Albanian Alphabet: Ancient Script Discovered in the Ashes". [80][81][82], The Armenian medieval atlas Ashkharatsuits (Աշխարացույց), compiled in the 7th century by Anania Shirakatsi (Անանիա Շիրակացի, but sometimes attributed to Movses Khorenatsi as well), categorizes Artsakh and Utik as provinces of Armenia despite their presumed detachment from the Armenian Kingdom and their political association with Caucasian Albania and Persia at the time of his writing. 796, Adonts, Nikoghaios. [88][89][90] though this does not mean that its population consisted exclusively of ethnic Armenians.