Nor Shirakan

Nor Shirakan Նոր Շիրական
Province ofKingdom of Armenia
The major provinces ofGreater Armenia
Capital	Zarehavan
Subdivisions
• Type	Cantons
• Units	9
Today part of	Iran

Nor Shirakan(Armenian:Նոր Շիրական),Parskahayk(Armenian:Պարսկահայք) orPersarmenia,was the seventh province ofthe ancient kingdom of Armenia,situated on the western shore ofLake Urmia,bordered onAdiabeneandAtropatene,now in northwesternIran.

Zarehavan was the centre of the province.

Persarmenia had nine cantons:

• Zarevand/Zaravand (Զարեւանդ,Zarewand)
• Her (Հեր)
• Arna (Առնա,AṙnaorԸռնա,Əṙna)
• Zarehavan (Զարեհաւան,Zarehawan)
• Tamber (Տամբեր,Tamber)
• Trabi (Թրաբի,Tʿrabi)
• Ayli (Այլի) or Kurichan (Կուռիճան,Kuṙičan)
• Mari (Մարի)
• Arisi (Արիսի)

See also

• List of regions of old Armenia

Bibliography

• Chaumont, M. L. (1986)."Armenia and Iran ii. The pre-Islamic period".InYarshater, Ehsan(ed.).Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume II/4: Architecture IV–Armenia and Iran IV.London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 418–438.ISBN978-0-71009-104-8.
• Hakobyan, Tʿadewos(2007).Hayastani patmakan ašxarhagrutʿyun[Historical geography of Armenia] (in Armenian). Erewan: EPH hrat.
• Hakobyan, Tʿ. X.; Melikʿ-Baxšyan, S. T.; Barsełyan, H. X. (1998)."Nor Širakan".Hayastani ew harakicʿ šrǰanneri tełanunneri baṙaran(in Armenian). Vol. 4. Erewan: Erewani Hamalsarani Hratarakčʿutʿyun. p. 31.
• Hakobyan, Tʿ. X.; Melikʿ-Baxšyan, S. T.; Barsełyan, H. X. (1998)."Parskahaykʿ".Hayastani ew harakicʿ šrǰanneri tełanunneri baṙaran(in Armenian). Vol. 4. Erewan: Erewani Hamalsarani Hratarakčʿutʿyun. p. 318.

Further reading

• Markvart, H.(1961)."H. Markvarti" Parskahaykʿ nahangǝ "antip usumnasirutʿyunǝ"[J. Markwart's Unprinted Study 'The Province of Parskahayk'].Patma-Banasirakan Handes(in Armenian).1:180–207.

External links

• Map of Parskahayk (Nor Shirakan).[1]