Arsiats-por (Արսյաց փոր) was a canton In the province of

Tayk Tayk ( hy, Տայք, Taykʿ) was a historical province of the Kingdom of Armenia, one of its 15 (worlds). Tayk consisted of 8 cantons: * Kogh * Berdats por * Partizats por * Tchakatk * Bokha * Vokaghe * Azordats por * Arsiats por There ...

in the kingdom of Armenia, Corresponding to the modern Kiskim Valley in the province of

Yusufeli Yusufeli ( hy, Բերդագրակ, Berdagrak; ka, ახალთი, Akhalti) is a town and district of Artvin Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is located on the bank of Çoruh River 104 km south-west of the city of Artvin, on ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. Settlements included the fort-town of Berdagrak (

), The city of Arsiq in the south, and the city of Parkhar in the north. The province was part of Sassanid-Armenia and was in the possession of the

Mamikonian Mamikonian or Mamikonean ( Classical hy, Մամիկոնեան; reformed orthography: Մամիկոնյան; Western Armenian pronunciation: ''Mamigonian'') was an aristocratic dynasty which dominated Armenian politics between the 4th and 8th c ...

family that ruled

. It was ruled by the Islamic Caliphate as part of the Emirate of Armenia under the Bagratuni family. later passing on to Byzantine and Georgian rule, and finally conquered by the Ottomans from the Georgian kingdom of Meshkheti. During the early 18th century much of the Armenian population converted to Islam. The village of Khewag ( Yaylalar) was an Armenian Muslim village visited by Venetian

Mekhitarist , image = , image_size = , caption = , abbreviation = C.A.M. , nickname = Mechitarists , established = , founder = Abbot Mekhitar of Sebaste, C.A.M. , founding ...

priest Inchichian who recorded that the population greeted him warmly and watched him curiously as he celebrated mass in the old village church and asked for him to pray for the deceased members of the village. He noted that most of the Muslim population of the province was Armenian in origin and that few stayed loyal to Christianity.

References

{{reflist, 1 Geographic history of Armenia History of Artvin Province