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'''Movses Kaghankatvatsi''' ({{lang-hy|Մովսես Կաղանկատվացի}},''Movses Kaġankatvac'i'', birth date and date of death unknown) was an indigenous historian of ].<ref>Vladimir Minorsky. "Caucasica IV", Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 15, No. 3. (1953), p. 504</ref> According to various sources he was ethnically either Armenian<ref>{{hy icon}} Svazyan, H. ''Մովսես Կաղանկատվացի'' (Movses Kaghankatvatsi). Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia. vol. viii. Yerevan, Armenian SSR, 1982 pp. 41-42</ref><ref>{{de icon}} Gesellschaft, Görres. ''Oriens Christianus''. Leipzig, Germany: O. Harrassowitz 1905, p. 274</ref><ref>{{fr icon}} Vavřínek, Vladimír. ''Byzantinoslavica''. Prague: Czechoslovakia Academy of Sciences, 1929 p. 363</ref><ref>Oganesyan, Hrant Abgarovich. ''The Museums of Yerevan''. Yerevan, Armenian SSR, 1986 p. 8</ref> or Caucasian Albanian.<ref>К.В.Тревер. Очерки по Истории и культуре Кавказской Албании IV В. до н. э. - VII в. н. э. (источники и литература). Издание Академии наук СССР, М.-Л., 1959</ref><ref></ref> He authored in Armenian language ''The History of the country Albania'', a historical composition, or, most likely, a compilation assigned to him or to Movsēs Dasxuranc'i.<ref>C. J. F. Dowsett, "The Albanian Chronicle of Mxit'ar Goš", ''Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies'' 21(1958), pp. 472-490 </ref> Based on the inscription added in one of the manuscripts (No 667, record No 1855), it is known that the author of the book was a ]. From his own writings it is known that he was born in ] region, in a village of Kaghankatuk near ], the capital of ] (Book II, chapter 11).
] during the Khazar Invasions was described in detail by the author of ''History''.]]
'''Movses Kaghankatvatsi''' ({{lang-hy|Մովսես Կաղանկատվացի}}), also referred to as '''Movses Daskhurantsi''' ({{lang-hy|Մովսես Դասխուրանցի}}) was the indigenous ] ] of ].<ref>{{tr icon}} {{cite book
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| isbn = 0924171502 }}</ref><ref>{{hy icon}} Svazyan, H. ''Մովսես Կաղանկատվացի'' (Movses Kaghankatvatsi). Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia. vol. viii. Yerevan, Armenian SSR, 1982 pp. 41-42</ref><ref>{{de icon}} Gesellschaft, Görres. ''Oriens Christianus''. Leipzig, Germany: O. Harrassowitz 1905, p. 274</ref><ref>{{fr icon}} Vavřínek, Vladimír. ''Byzantinoslavica''. Prague: Czechoslovakia Academy of Sciences, 1929 p. 363</ref><ref>Oganesyan, Hrant Abgarovich. ''The Museums of Yerevan''. Yerevan, Armenian SSR, 1986 p. 8</ref><ref>Vladimir Minorsky. "Caucasica IV", Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 15, No. 3. (1953), p. 504</ref><ref name=Hacikyan>{{cite book
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== Controversy of name ==
This ] historian is associated with the historical compilation known as ''The History of the Country of Albania''
<ref name="Hacikyan"/>. The identity of the author as well as his writings has been subject to scholarly discussion for decades
<ref name="Hacikyan"/>. The first historian to mention this author was ], referring to him as ''Movses Daskhurantsi'', a name that does not appear anywhere else<ref name="Hacikyan"/>. However, a later historian, ], referred to a statement in the ''History'' itself, to attribute the name of the author as ''Movses Kaghankatvatsi''
<ref name="Hacikyan"/>. The statement in question (Book II, ch. 11) says:


Except for a few additional references in 13th-century sources, nothing is known about his life. Based on the fact that Movses narrates the ] and other ] events as an eyewitness, some researchers (Emin, Bore, Shakhnazarian) assume that he lived at that time. This explains why the author refers to the Armenian historians of the 4th, 5th, and 6th centuries such as ], ], ], and ]), but does not mention 7th-century Armenian authors as ], ], ], and ].
{{cquote|''When the enemy became aware of what had happened, they pursued them and overtook a group of them at the foot of the mountain opposite the large village of Kaghankatuk, which is in the same province of Uti where I too am from.''}}


However, the 3rd book of his ''History'' differs from the previous ones in style and date. It deals with the ] and their conquest of Partav (present-day Barda), dated by ] to ] or ]. Based on the analysis of the language of the author and his style, some researches have concluded that the 3rd Book was written entirely by another person, who lived several centuries after Movses Kaghankatvatsi.
However, scholars question the content of this passage
<ref name="Hacikyan"/>. It is unknown whether the “I” in question was the original author or someone else
<ref name="Hacikyan"/>. Moreover, the passage suggests the author is from the province of ], and not necessarily from Kaghankatuk
<ref name="Hacikyan"/>.


According to other researchers (], Abegyan), Movses Kaghankatvatsi lived in the ] and wrote only the 3rd book of the "The History of the Country of Albania", while the information of the 1st and 2nd books about the events of the 7th century was derived from ], ] and other Armenian writers.
== Date and authorship of his ''The History of the Country of Albania'' ==


== References ==
The primary work associated with this author, ''The History of the Country of Albania'' is subject to contreversy as well. The attribution of the work to a single author was rejected from the beginning<ref name="Hacikyan"/>. Movses narrates the ] and other events up to the ] in Book I and II of ''History''.<ref name="Hacikyan"/>
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However, Book III of his ''History'' differs from the previous ones in style of writing<ref>{{cite book
| last = Hewsen
| first = Robert H.
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| title =Notes and Communications
| publisher = Bulletin of Oriental and African Studies, University of London vol. 27
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| pages = pp. 151-156
| isbn = }}</ref> and date<ref name="Hacikyan"/>. It deals with the ] and their conquest of ] in the ]<ref name="Hacikyan"/>.

Because of such time lapse and difference in style, attribution of the work to a single author seems impossible<ref name="Hacikyan"/>. Some have tried to solve this dilemma by attributing Book I and II to ''Kaghankatvatsi'' and Book III of the compilation to ''Daskhurantsi''.<ref name="Hacikyan"/>

==References==
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== Literature == == Literature ==
*{{ru icon}}{{cite book | author=Movses Kaghankatvatsi | title= (translated by Š.V. Smbatian)| publisher=Matenadaran|year=1984|location = Yerevan|isbn= }} *{{ru icon}}{{cite book | author=Movses Kaġankatvac'i | title= (translated by Š.V. Smbatian)| publisher=Matenadaran|year=1984|location = Yerevan|isbn= }}
*{{ka icon}}{{cite book | author=Movses Kaghankatvatsi | title= The History of Albania (translated by L. Davlianidze-Tatishvili)| publisher= |year=1985 | location= Tbilisi |isbn= }} *{{ka icon}}{{cite book | author=Movses Kaġankatvac'i | title= The History of Albania (translated by L. Davlianidze-Tatishvili)| publisher= |year=1985|location = Tbilisi|isbn= }}
*{{en icon}}{{cite book | author= Movsēs Dasxuranc'i | title= The History of the Caucasian Albanians (translated by C. F. J. Dowsett)| publisher=(London Oriental Series, Vol. 8) |year=1961|location = London|isbn= }} *{{en icon}}{{cite book | author= Movsēs Dasxuranci (Movses Kaġankatvac'i )| title= The History of the Caucasian Albanians (translated by C. F. J. Dowsett)| publisher=(London Oriental Series, Vol. 8) |year=1961|location = London|isbn= }}

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Movses Kaghankatvatsi (Template:Lang-hy,Movses Kaġankatvac'i, birth date and date of death unknown) was an indigenous historian of Caucasian Albania. According to various sources he was ethnically either Armenian or Caucasian Albanian. He authored in Armenian language The History of the country Albania, a historical composition, or, most likely, a compilation assigned to him or to Movsēs Dasxuranc'i. Based on the inscription added in one of the manuscripts (No 667, record No 1855), it is known that the author of the book was a monk. From his own writings it is known that he was born in Utik region, in a village of Kaghankatuk near Barda, the capital of Caucasian Albania (Book II, chapter 11).

Except for a few additional references in 13th-century sources, nothing is known about his life. Based on the fact that Movses narrates the Khazar invasion of Transcaucasia and other 7th century events as an eyewitness, some researchers (Emin, Bore, Shakhnazarian) assume that he lived at that time. This explains why the author refers to the Armenian historians of the 4th, 5th, and 6th centuries such as Agathangelos, Faustos of Byzantium, Yeghishe, and Moses of Chorene), but does not mention 7th-century Armenian authors as John Mamikonian, Shapuh Bagratuni, Sebeos, and Thomas Artsruni.

However, the 3rd book of his History differs from the previous ones in style and date. It deals with the Caspian expeditions of the Rus and their conquest of Partav (present-day Barda), dated by Ibn Miskawayh to 943 or 944. Based on the analysis of the language of the author and his style, some researches have concluded that the 3rd Book was written entirely by another person, who lived several centuries after Movses Kaghankatvatsi.

According to other researchers (Patkanov, Abegyan), Movses Kaghankatvatsi lived in the 10th century and wrote only the 3rd book of the "The History of the Country of Albania", while the information of the 1st and 2nd books about the events of the 7th century was derived from Movses Khorenatsi, Egishe and other Armenian writers.

References

  1. Vladimir Minorsky. "Caucasica IV", Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 15, No. 3. (1953), p. 504
  2. Template:Hy icon Svazyan, H. Մովսես Կաղանկատվացի (Movses Kaghankatvatsi). Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia. vol. viii. Yerevan, Armenian SSR, 1982 pp. 41-42
  3. Template:De icon Gesellschaft, Görres. Oriens Christianus. Leipzig, Germany: O. Harrassowitz 1905, p. 274
  4. Template:Fr icon Vavřínek, Vladimír. Byzantinoslavica. Prague: Czechoslovakia Academy of Sciences, 1929 p. 363
  5. Oganesyan, Hrant Abgarovich. The Museums of Yerevan. Yerevan, Armenian SSR, 1986 p. 8
  6. К.В.Тревер. Очерки по Истории и культуре Кавказской Албании IV В. до н. э. - VII в. н. э. (источники и литература). Издание Академии наук СССР, М.-Л., 1959
  7. Zaza Aleksidze. Fundamentals of an Electronic Documentation of Caucasian Languages and Cultures
  8. C. J. F. Dowsett, "The Albanian Chronicle of Mxit'ar Goš", Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 21(1958), pp. 472-490

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