Nor Shirakan

Nor Shirakan Նոր Շիրական
Province of Kingdom of Armenia
The major provinces of Greater Armenia
Capital	Zarehavan
History
Subdivisions
• Type	Cantons
• Units	9
Today part of	Iran

Nor Shirakan (Armenian: Նոր Շիրական), Parskahayk (Armenian: Պարսկահայք) or Persarmenia, was the seventh province of the ancient kingdom of Armenia, situated on the western shore of Lake Urmia,^[1] bordered on Adiabene and Atropatene, now in northwestern Iran. Following the partition of Greater Armenia between the Roman Empire and Sassanid Empire in 387, the territory under Sassanid influence came to be known as Persarmenia. The region of Arzanene, traditionally part of Lesser Armenia, also became part of Persarmenia.

Zarehavan was the centre of the province.

Persarmenia had nine cantons:^[2]

• Zaravand
• Hér
• Arna
• Zarehavan
• Tamber
• Trabi
• Ayli (Kurijan)
• Mari
• Arisi

See also[]

• List of regions of old Armenia

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). [1]