Nor Shirakan ( hy, Նոր Շիրական), Parskahayk ( hy, Պարսկահայք) or Persarmenia, was the seventh province of the ancient kingdom of Armenia, situated on the western shore of

Lake Urmia Lake Urmia; az, اۇرمۇ گؤلۆ, script=Arab, italic=no, Urmu gölü; ku, گۆلائوو رمیەیێ, Gola Ûrmiyeyê; hy, Ուրմիա լիճ, Urmia lich; arc, ܝܡܬܐ ܕܐܘܪܡܝܐ is an endorheic salt lake in Iran. The lake is ...

, bordered on

Adiabene Adiabene was an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia, corresponding to the northwestern part of ancient Assyria. The size of the kingdom varied over time; initially encompassing an area between the Zab Rivers, it eventually gained control of Ni ...

and

Atropatene Atropatene ( peo, Ātṛpātakāna; grc, Ἀτροπατηνή), also known as Media Atropatene, was an ancient Iranian kingdom established in by the Persian satrap Atropates. The kingdom, centered in present-day northern Iran, was ruled by ...

, now in northwestern

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. Following the partition of Greater Armenia between the

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediterr ...

and

Sassanid Empire The Sasanian () or Sassanid Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians (, ) and also referred to by historians as the Neo-Persian Empire, was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th centuries AD. Named ...

in 387, the territory under Sassanid influence came to be known as

Persarmenia Sasanian Armenia, also known as Persian Armenia and Persarmenia ( hy, Պարսկահայաստան – ''Parskahayastan''), may either refer to the periods in which Armenia ( pal, 𐭠𐭫𐭬𐭭𐭩 – ''Armin'') was under the suzerainty of ...

. The region of

Arzanene Arzanene ( el, Ἀρζανηνή) or Aghdznik () was a historical region in the southwest of the ancient kingdom of Armenia. It was ruled by one of the four ''bdeashkhs'' (''bidakhsh'', ''vitaxa'') of Armenia, the highest ranking nobles below t ...

, traditionally part of

Lesser Armenia Lesser Armenia ( hy, Փոքր Հայք, ''Pokr Hayk''; la, Armenia Minor, Greek: Mikre Armenia, Μικρή Αρμενία), also known as Armenia Minor and Armenia Inferior, comprised the Armenian–populated regions primarily to the west and n ...

, also became part of Persarmenia. Zarehavan was the centre of the province. Persarmenia had nine cantons:Frédéric Macler, 1989, Revue des études arméniennes: Volume 21, page 309, University of Michigan * Zaravand * Hér * Arna * Zarehavan * Tamber * Trabi * Ayli (Kurijan) * Mari * Arisi

References

Bibliography

* Thadeus Hakobyan, Armenian Historic Geography, Yerewan, 2007 (Arm.). Թադևոս (Թադիկ) Հակոբյան, Հայաստանի պատմական աշխարհագրություն, Երևան, 2007: * Armenian National Atlas, Vol. 2, Yerewan, 2008 (Arm.). Հայաստանի Ազգային Ատլաս, հատոր Բ, Երևան, 2008: * The Dictionary of the toponyms of Armenia and the adjacent regions, Vol. 1-5, Yerewan, 1986-2001 (Arm.). Հայաստանի և հարակից շրջանների տեղանունների բառարան, հատոր 1-5, Երևան, 1986-2001:

External links

* The map of Province Parskahayq (Nor Shirakan)

{{Coord missing, Armenia Provinces of the Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity) History of West Azerbaijan Province

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