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NEW PUBLICATION THE HISTORY OF THE LAND OF ARTSAKH -
http://www.horizonweekly.ca/news/details/29991
January 25, 2014
Ka'ren Ketendjian and Robert H. Hewsen will present the new publication
The History of the Land of Artsakh on Sunday, January 26, at the
Ararat-Eskijian Museum, Mission Hills, CA.
Abp. Sargis Hasan-Jalaliants' History of the Land of Artsakh
(Patmutiwn Aghuanits Ashkhari), written in the first quarter of
the 19th century, continues the work of his earlier relative Isaiah
(Esai) Hasan-Jalaliants, in presenting the history of Karabagh in
the period of the Armeno-Persian and Russo-Persian wars (1722-1827),
a crucial period in the history of the region. The elder Jalaliants'
history was translated by George Bournoutian; newly published by Mazda
Publishers is The History of the Land of Artsakh in a translation by
Ka'ren Ketendjian, edited and with an introduction by Robert H.
Hewsen.
The subject of this book is the history of Karabagh in the period
of the Armeno-Persian and Russo-Persian wars (1722-1827), a region,
which the author refers to as the "land of Aghuank."
The author, Archbishop Sargis Hasan-Jalaliants, begins his narrative
with an account of the deeds of Avan yuzbashi (i.e. centurion),
the leader of the Armenian rebellion against foreign rule at the
time of Peter the Great's invasion of the Persian Empire in 1722,
an invasion that took place after the Afghan invasions of Persia
and the fall of the Safavid dynasty. His narrative continues with
the Ottoman invasion of Persian Armenia and the resistance offered
to it by the Armenian meliks (petty princes) of Karabagh through the
reigns of Nadir Shah and Agha Muhammad Khan.
Besides recording much oral history not found elsewhere, Archbishop
Sargis conveys many geographical indications as well as vivid
descriptions of fortresses and melikal residences. Valuable, too,
is Archbishop Sargis' descriptions of the deeds of the celebrated
Avan yuzbashi and of Melik Egan of Dizak, and of the wars of Panah
Khan of Karabagh. Most important of all his historical data, however,
is the author's preservation of the Dashnagir or "Alliance Charter"
in which the meliks present the terms under which they hoped to live
under Russian suzerainty and which form almost a constitution for
the famed Khamsa Melikutiunere or federation of the five principle
melik houses of Karabagh.
A native of Erevan, Armenia, Ka'ren V. Ketendjian received his master's
degree from V. I. Brusov Foreign Language Institute in Armenia where
he studied English and Russian languages and literature.
Mr. Ketendjian received his juris doctor degree from San Joaquin
College of Law.
Born in New York City, Robert H. Hewsen received his doctorate from
Georgetown University where he studied Armenian history under the late
pioneer Armenist Cyril Toumanoff. From 1967 to 1999, he taught Russian
and Byzantine History at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, as
well as other major universities. Dr. Hewsen is the author of numerous
scholarly works, including the landmark Armenia: A Historical Atlas.
http://www.horizonweekly.ca/news/details/29991
January 25, 2014
Ka'ren Ketendjian and Robert H. Hewsen will present the new publication
The History of the Land of Artsakh on Sunday, January 26, at the
Ararat-Eskijian Museum, Mission Hills, CA.
Abp. Sargis Hasan-Jalaliants' History of the Land of Artsakh
(Patmutiwn Aghuanits Ashkhari), written in the first quarter of
the 19th century, continues the work of his earlier relative Isaiah
(Esai) Hasan-Jalaliants, in presenting the history of Karabagh in
the period of the Armeno-Persian and Russo-Persian wars (1722-1827),
a crucial period in the history of the region. The elder Jalaliants'
history was translated by George Bournoutian; newly published by Mazda
Publishers is The History of the Land of Artsakh in a translation by
Ka'ren Ketendjian, edited and with an introduction by Robert H.
Hewsen.
The subject of this book is the history of Karabagh in the period
of the Armeno-Persian and Russo-Persian wars (1722-1827), a region,
which the author refers to as the "land of Aghuank."
The author, Archbishop Sargis Hasan-Jalaliants, begins his narrative
with an account of the deeds of Avan yuzbashi (i.e. centurion),
the leader of the Armenian rebellion against foreign rule at the
time of Peter the Great's invasion of the Persian Empire in 1722,
an invasion that took place after the Afghan invasions of Persia
and the fall of the Safavid dynasty. His narrative continues with
the Ottoman invasion of Persian Armenia and the resistance offered
to it by the Armenian meliks (petty princes) of Karabagh through the
reigns of Nadir Shah and Agha Muhammad Khan.
Besides recording much oral history not found elsewhere, Archbishop
Sargis conveys many geographical indications as well as vivid
descriptions of fortresses and melikal residences. Valuable, too,
is Archbishop Sargis' descriptions of the deeds of the celebrated
Avan yuzbashi and of Melik Egan of Dizak, and of the wars of Panah
Khan of Karabagh. Most important of all his historical data, however,
is the author's preservation of the Dashnagir or "Alliance Charter"
in which the meliks present the terms under which they hoped to live
under Russian suzerainty and which form almost a constitution for
the famed Khamsa Melikutiunere or federation of the five principle
melik houses of Karabagh.
A native of Erevan, Armenia, Ka'ren V. Ketendjian received his master's
degree from V. I. Brusov Foreign Language Institute in Armenia where
he studied English and Russian languages and literature.
Mr. Ketendjian received his juris doctor degree from San Joaquin
College of Law.
Born in New York City, Robert H. Hewsen received his doctorate from
Georgetown University where he studied Armenian history under the late
pioneer Armenist Cyril Toumanoff. From 1967 to 1999, he taught Russian
and Byzantine History at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, as
well as other major universities. Dr. Hewsen is the author of numerous
scholarly works, including the landmark Armenia: A Historical Atlas.