DRAWING FOR ALMAST OPERA BY MARTIROS SARIAN WITH HISTORIC LORI BERD.

BROTHER PRINCES ZAKARĒ AND IVANĒ. DRAWING OF A RELIEF
FROM SANAHIN MONASTERY [ZAKARID PANTHEON].

T H E   Z A K A R I D S

Sargis  (1185-1191)
Zakarē (1191-1212)
Ivanē (1212-1227)

A WATER WELL IN HAŁPAT IN NORTHERN ARMENIA ERECTED IN THE XTH CENTURY.
SUCH EDIFICES [INCLUDING HOSPICES AND HOSPITALS] WERE BUILT THROUGHOUT
ARMENIA FOR THE BENEFIT OF MERCHANTS AND TOURISTS VISITING AND/OR
PASSING THROUGH ARMENIA - A QUINTESSENTIAL EPICENTER OF CIVILIZATION
AT THE  CROSSROADS OF EAST AND WEST.

ALLIED PRINCES
ORBELIANS
PROSHIANS
PAHLAVUNIS
VACHUTIANS
KHAGHBAKIANS
SHAHURNETSIS
DOP'IANS
JALALIANS
HAMAZASPIAN-MAMIKONEANS
ARTSRUNID BRANCH
SEVADIANS
KIWRIKIANS

EAGLE OF GEŁARD

TENTH CENTURY ARMENIAN SPEARMAN IN HEAVY PROTECTIVE ARMOR
DOWN TO THE KNEES OVER A LONG TUNIC. ROUND METALLIC SHIELD,
CONIC STEEL HELMET [CHAIN MAIL PROTECTING THE NECK], HEAVY
SWORD AND LEATHER BOOTS.

ZAKARID ARMENIA CA. 1200 BC. THE ZAKARID PRINCES
WERE ABLE TO LIBERATE PARTS OF THE HEARTLAND OF GREATER
ARMENIA FROM FOREIGN TYRANNY.


AT THE GATES OF SANAHIN MONASTERY. HISTORIC 1904
PAINTING BY F. P. TERLEMEZEAN