Principality of Khachen

The Principality of Khachen () was a medieval ArmenianHoworth, Henry Hoyle(1876) History of the Mongols: From the 9th to the 19th CenturyLongmans, Green, and Co. p. 14В.А. Шнирельман, Албанский миф, 2006, Библиотека «Вeхи»Russian scolar Smirnova L. P.:"Armenian principality of Khachen in Karabakh" //Аджаиб ад-дунья. Чудеса мира, ред. Смирнова Л.П., М. Наука. 1993 principality, in part of historical Artsakh (present-day Nagorno-Karabakh).The New Encyclopedia Britannica by Robert MacHenry, Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc, Robert MacHenry, (1993) p.761 The regions of Artsakh and Utik were provinces of the Kingdom of Armenia in Antiquity. From the twelfth century the Khachen principality dominated the region. The Byzantine emperor Constantine VII addressed his letters to the prince of Khachen with the inscription "To Prince of Khachen, Armenia."Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, De ceremoniis aubae byzantinae (Ed. J.P.Migne. Patrologiae cursiis completus, Series Graeco-Latina, 112), p. 248 Today the region is recognised to be part of Azerbaijan. 

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