Andzevatsik

Andzevatsik (in Armenian: Անձևացիք, Anjewacʼikʼ) was a region of ancient and medieval Armenia c. 400–800 in the South-East of Vaspurakan, ruled by the Antzevatsi family.Andzevatsik was the eleventh ghavar (region) of the province of Vaspurakan[1] of Great Armenia.In the region there was a significant monastery of Hogyats and Kangavar fortress.Andzevatsik was one of the nine main principalities of Greater Armenia, which did not allow the Sassanids to advance their borders, and the borders of their vassals (Iveria and Albania), further into the interior of Armenia, after the partition of the Armenian kingdom in 387 between the Sassanid and Roman empires.[2] The Armenian princely family of Andzevatsi owned five ghavaras (regions) of the province (ashkhar) of Vaspurakan south of Lake Van (Tosp).
ArmenianArmeniaVaspurakanAntzevatsiKorchaykSassanidsRoman empiresAndzevatsiLake VanHubushkiaTachat AndzevatsiEmirate of ArmeniaKhosrov AndzevatsiArtsruniList of regions of ancient ArmeniaMiddle Eastern history