23-574: Kashatagh or Qashatagh may refer to: Melikdom of Kashatagh Kashatagh Province Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kashatagh . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kashatagh&oldid=1178553233 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
46-647: A significant population left in Lachin . The Armenian population of Lachin left during the Soviet period and the other villages in the Lachin district were also subsequently abandoned by their Armenian population. During that time, the area became part of Red Kurdistan until 1929. Starting in the 1930s, this area was administered as a part of Soviet Azerbaijan until the First Nagorno-Karabakh War when Armenia occupied
69-502: A valid extension of religious law as a result of the ruler's right to exercise legal judgement on behalf of the community." When issued by the sultan in the Ottoman Empire, firmans' importance was often displayed by the layout of the document; the more blank space at the top of the document, the more important the firman was. In this firman, Sultan Murad I recognises a decree created by his father Sultan Orhan (c. 1324–1360). He gives
92-502: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Melikdom of Kashatagh 1475–1520 Khnatsakh The Melikdom of Kashatagh ( Armenian : Քաշաթաղի մելիքություն) was an Armenian melikdom (principality) which existed in the 15th–18th centuries. It was located along the Hakari River , on the southeastern section of the modern border of Armenia and Azerbaijan . The residences of
115-480: Is the modern Persian form of the word and descends from Middle Persian (Pahlavi) framān , ultimately from Old Persian framānā ( fra = "fore"). The difference between the modern Persian and Old Persian forms stems from "dropping the ending ā and insertion of a vowel owing to the initial double consonant". This feature (i.e. fra- ) was still used in the Middle Persian form. The Turkish form of
138-514: The 16th–18th centuries. A document written in Persian on behalf of the Melikdom of Kashatagh in 1691/92 has been preserved. It includes the joint appeal of Melik Hakhnazar and his subordinate village headmen ( Armenian : tanuter , Persian : kadkhudā ), addressed to the shah's court. In the document, they appoint as their authorized representatives the son of Melik Hakhnazar, Ilyas (Elias), and one of
161-565: The Kashatagh region was first ruled by the Orbelian family, and then by the Shahurnetsi clan. According to historical evidence such as the accounts of Arakel of Tabriz , Melik Haykazyan, the first dynastic ruler of the melikdoms of Aghahech-Kashatagh (1450–1520), made Kashataghk his capital. The whole region was named Kashatagh after this princely residence. The Melik Haykaz Palace was built at
184-471: The Kashatagh region. The Armenian population of Kashatagh left in the years 1730–1750. A number of settlements in the dictrict were abandoned by the second half of the 18th century. It was later included in the Karabakh Khanate . By the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, most of the abandoned Armenian villages were populated by Kurdish and Turkic nomads. It is not known when
207-737: The Muslims do not destroy the monastery for God-fearing men live there. To this day there is a protected zone around the monastery administered by the Egyptian government, and there are very good relations between the 20 or so monks, mainly from Greece, and the local community there. Firmans were issued in some Islamic empires and kingdoms in India such as the Mughal Empire and the Nizam of Hyderabad . Notable were Emperor Aurangzeb 's various firmans. The term "firman"
230-711: The date of 999 of the Hijrah (1590/1591) exists on the seal used by Abbas I. In 1699, Melik Emirbek of Kashatagh, son of Melik Martiros, participated in the Angeghakot Assembly where the Armenian meliks decided to authorize a delegation led by Israel Ori to negotiate with the leaders of European powers such as Peter the Great on the liberation of historic Armenia. The names of Haykaz I, Hakhnazar I, Haykaz II and their descendants are found in tombstones preserved on gravestones from
253-530: The dynasty was Melik Haykaz II, who was melik from 1551 to 1623 and an active supporter of Iran during the Turkish-Persian wars for the possession of Transcaucasia. Arakel of Tabriz mentions him as one of the noble Armenians and advisers at the court of Shah of Iran Abbas I. According to historian Morus Hasratyan , Haykaz II lived in exile in Iran for 10–15 years due to the Ottoman Empire's brutal policies during
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#1732851185517276-515: The elders, Gikor, who were supposed to present the problems arising in the region to the shah's court and defend the interests of the local population. The names of Melik Hakhnazar and his brother Haykaz (who is also mentioned in the document of 1691/92 as one of the witnesses) are marked in the inscription of 1682 on the facade of the entrance to the Church of the Holy Virgin in the village of Mirik of
299-480: The end of the 15th century on an artificial slope surrounded by a fortified wall with towers and gates. Being constructed in 1480, the complex is one of the earliest surviving examples of secular Armenian architecture . Melik Haykaz I was succeeded by a son, Hakhnazar I. Hakhnazar died in 1551; his grave survived until the 1930s. Hakhnazar's palace in Khnatsakh has survived to this day. The most prominent member of
322-738: The last members of the princely Melik-Haykazyan family left Kashatagh, but some of their descendants were living in Shaki , Kutaisi , and elsewhere by the early 19th century. Following the Russo-Persian Wars , this area became part of the Zangezur Uyezd of the Elisabethpol Governorate of the Russian Empire. By the time the Russians arrived, the indigenous Armenians of the region only had
345-426: The melikdom. Firman A firman ( Persian : فرمان , romanized : farmān ; Turkish : ferman ), at the constitutional level, was a royal mandate or decree issued by a sovereign in an Islamic state . During various periods such firmans were collected and applied as traditional bodies of law. The English word firman comes from the Persian farmān meaning "decree" or "order". Farmān
368-535: The meliks were located in the villages of Kashataghk and Khnatsakh , in the west of the present Lachin District of Azerbaijan and the east of the present Syunik region of Armenia respectively. The Melikdom of Kashatagh was founded at the end of the 15th century by Melik Haykaz I, also the founder of the Melik-Haykazyan dynasty (the youngest branch of the Armenian princely dynasty of Proshyan ). Previously,
391-618: The monks all they owned during his father's reign, ordering that no one can oppress them or claim their land. Following the defeat of Uzun Hasan , Mehmed the Conqueror took over Şebinkarahisar and consolidated his rule over the area. From Şebinkarahisar he sent a series of letters announcing his victory, including an unusual missive in the Uyghur language addressed to the Turkomans of Anatolia . The decree ( yarlık ) had 201 lines and
414-457: The region. After the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War , the Lachin District was returned to Azerbaijan . Kashatagh is home to 30 churches and chapels built between the 4th century and the beginning of the 18th century. Tsitsernavank Monastery is an example of Armenian culture in the region. There are numerous khachkars , palaces, and Armenian tombstones in the region which were left behind by
437-466: The temporary occupation of Transcaucasia in the 1580s or 90s. After the reconquest of the region by Iran in 1606–1607, Haykaz II, as one of the loyal supporters of the Shah, was not only restored to his rights but also received some possessions beyond its borders. A decree ( ferman ) of Shah Abbas I contains a list of the services provided by the melik to Iranian authorities. The decree itself has no date, but
460-570: The value assessed. They also make illegal demands for additional food supplies. One of the most important firmans governing relations between Muslims and Christians is a document kept at the Saint Catherine's Monastery on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. This monastery is Greek Orthodox and constitutes the autonomous Sinai Orthodox Church. The firman bears the hand print of Muhammad , and requests
483-684: The word farmān is fermān , whereas the Arabized plural form of the word is farāmīn . In the Ottoman Empire, the Sultan derived his authority from his role as upholder of the Shar'ia, but the Shar'ia did not cover all aspects of Ottoman social and political life. Therefore, in order to regulate relations and status, duties, and the dress of aristocracy and subjects, the Sultan created firmans. Firmans were gathered in codes called " kanun ". The kanun were "a form of secular and administrative law considered to be
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#1732851185517506-568: Was used by the archeologist / novelist Elizabeth Peters for official permission from the Egyptian Department of Antiquities to carry on an excavation. A similar authority was cited by Austen Henry Layard for excavations at Nimrud which he mistakenly believed was Nineveh . In the Old Yishuv Court Museum is held a firman for the 1890 opening of the printing business of Eliezer Menahem Goldberg, Jerusalem resident. The firman
529-453: Was written by Şeyhzade Abdurrezak Bahşı on 30 August 1473: Completed when Karahisar was reached on the date of eight hundred and seventy eight, 5th day of the month Rebiülahir, the year of the Snake. In this firman, the monks of Mount Athos report that the administrative officials charged with the collection of taxes come at a later date than they are supposed to and demand more money than
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