Mayrakahag ( hy, Մայրաքաղաք, Mayrakaghak, also called Kahakatekh) — is a fortified colony in
Nagorno-Karabakh
Nagorno-Karabakh ( ) is a landlocked country, landlocked region in the Transcaucasia, South Caucasus, within the mountainous range of Karabakh, lying between Lower Karabakh and Syunik Province, Syunik, and covering the southeastern range o ...
. It was the residence of the Israelyan family, one of the families of the Armenian lords (
melik
Мelik (also transliterated as ''Meliq'') ( ''melikʿ''; from ar, ملك '' malik'' (king)) was a hereditary Armenian noble title, in various Eastern Armenian principalities known as ''melikdom''s encompassing modern Yerevan, Kars, Nakhic ...
s) in Karabakh. Mayrakahag is located on the east bank of the Tartar river in the
Vaghuhas village, today located in the ''
de facto
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'' independent
Republic of Artsakh
Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh () or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (),, is a list of states with limited recognition, breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan ...
.
It represents a complex of several ruined buildings, an old cemetery and the Tiramayr Monastery. The monastery and the cemetery was badly destroyed in the period from 1920 to the 1930s. The Armenians called the surviving fortress towers "Sergevlaser" (meaning "quince pass" in
Armenian
Armenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...
).
[В.А. Петров / Этноботаника Нагорного-Карабаха / АН СССР Изд. АзФан Баку-1940г. стр.23 (163)]
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Populated places in Armenia