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2009 Turkmenistan President's Cup
The 15th edition of the Turkmenistan President's Cup was played from February 20 to 28 with the participation of eight clubs. Three of the eight teams participating in the 15th edition of the tournament competed for the Cup for the first time – the runners-up of Kyrgyzstan League, a participant of ‘the golden match’ in the national championships FC Abdysh-Ata, FC Hemmat from Iran and the youth team from Bahrain. The bronze-medal winner of Virsliga, the 1996 Turkmenistan President's Cup finalist Skonto Rīga and the bronze-medal winner of the championships of Armenia FC Gandzasar Kapan competed in the tournament for the second time. The defending Turkmenistan President's Cup winner HTTU Aşgabat– for the fourth time, a finalist of the 2007 and 2008 international tournaments FC Aşgabat made the third attempt to win the prize. The teams were split in two groups: Group A – Defending champions Turkmenistan's HTTU Aşgabat was pooled with Kyrgyzstan runners-up Abdysh-At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azat Garajaýew
Azat ( hy, wikt:ազատ, ազատ; plural ազատք ''azatkʿ'', collective wikt:ազատանի, ազատանի ''azatani'') was a class of Armenian nobility; the term came to designate the middle and lower nobility originally, in contrast to the ''naxarark'' who were the great lords. From the Late Middle Ages on the term and its derivatives were used to designate the entire body of the nobility. The term is related to the Iranian ''Azadan, āzāt-ān'', "free" or "noble", who are listed as the lowest class of the free nobility in the bilingual (Middle Persian and Parthian language, Parthian) Hajjiabad inscription of King Shapur I, and parallels to the ''aznauri'' of Georgia (country), Georgia. See the wikt:ազատ, article in Wiktionary for further etymology. The ''azatkʿ'' were a class of noble landowners directly subordinate to the princes and to the king, as prince of his own demesne, and at the same time a class of noble warriors, an equestrian order, whose vassalage to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |