BAGRATIDS, possibly the most important princely dynasty of Caucasia (Bagratuni in Armenia, Bagrationi in Georgia), attaining to the kingly status…

ĀZĀD (older ĀZĀT), a class of the Iranian nobility. The word (Mid Pers. ʾzʾt, ʾcʾt, plur. obl. ʾzʾtʾn, ʾcʾtʾn, Parth….

ARSACIDS vii. The Arsacid dynasty of Armenia Third dynasty of Armenia (in Armenian, Aršakuni), from the first to the mid-fifth…

ASPET, Armenian title (in contemporary Greek documents also Aspetes) hereditary in the Bagratuni (Bagratid) family. It has been derived from…

ARTSRUNI, one of the most important princely families of Armenia, an offshoot of the Orontids, Achaemenian satraps and subsequently kings…

AMATUNI, Armenian dynastic house, known historically after the 4th century A.D. (Pʿawstos Buzand, Patmuṭʿiwm Hayocʿ, 3.8, 14; 4.4) in the…

KAMSARAKAN, Armenian noble family that was an offshoot of the Kāren Pahlav, one of the seven great houses of Iran…