Kirakos, Gandzaketsʻi, 1201-1271

He was an Armenian historian and cleric of the Armenian church, who composed a History of Armenia (Patmutʻiwn Hayotsʻ) between 1241 and 1265, which includes an account of the Mongol conquests; he comprised an expanded version of the Armenian Synaxarion (Yaysmawurk‘) between 1253 and 1269.

HMML ID
113519681992
PURL
https://w3id.org/haf/person/113519681992
LC name
Kirakos, Gandzaketsʻi, 1201-1271
HMML name
Kirakos, Gandzaketsʻi, 1201-1271
HMML native script
Կիրակոս Գանձակեցի‏
Library of Congress
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82065949
VIAF
https://viaf.org/viaf/21025287

Variants

  • Kirakos Vardapet Gandzaketsʻi
  • Kirakos, Arewelts‘i
  • Kirakos, of Gandzak
  • Կիրակոս Արեւելցի

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Birth date
1201
Death date
1271
Centuries
13th century CE
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Males
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Description
Kirakos Ganjakecʻi (K. of Gandzak) or Arewelc‘i (Kirakos "of the East"); born in Ganjak, died 1271, probably in the Monastery of Nor Getik; 13th century Armenian historian; taught by Vanakan Vardapet; educated at Xoranasat Monastery; taken captive by the Mongols in 1225; probably abbot of Nor Getik after 1251
Citations
S. Peter Cowe, "Kirakos Ganjakec‘i or Arewelc‘i," in Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History, vol. 4, ed. David Thomas and Alex Mallet (Leiden: Brill, 2012), 438.
Description
Կիրակոս Արեւելցի = Kirakos Arewelts‘i
Citations
ACC 00001, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed August 11, 2022, https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/510601.

Preferred citation

"Kirakos, Gandzaketsʻi, 1201-1271." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified August 11, 2022. https://w3id.org/haf/person/113519681992

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Date added
2022-08-11
Last edited
2022-08-11

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