FIVE MELIKDOMS OF KARABAGH (1600-1827)

Written by Raffi   / Translated by Ara Stepan Melkonian

The Five Melikdoms of Karabagh (Khamsayi Melikoutiunneru) is one of Raffi’s scholarly works, where he drew on a range of manuscripts, books and oral sources, to write a detailed history of Karabagh. The focus of his study was the five Armenian melikdoms (noble houses) that ruled this region, as Karabagh passed from Persian to Russian rule.