Ghazar Parpetsi
Following the defeat of the Armenians at the Battle of Avarayr in 451, Ghazar moved with the Mamikonians to the bdeashkh Arshusha's castle Tsurtav in Gugark (in modern-day Georgia), where he received his primary education.From 484 to 486, he lived in Syunik until Vahan Mamikonian, who had recently been appointed the marzpan (governor) of Armenia by the Sasanians, invited him to oversee the reconstruction of a monastery being built in Vagharshapat.[17] The first part includes a prophetic vision attributed to Catholicos Isaac predicting the restoration of the Arsacid and Gregorid lines in Armenia,[1] although this is judged to be a later interpolation into the text.[17][c] The second part concerns the events leading up to the Armenian rebellion led by Vardan Mamikonian (uncle of Vahan) against the Sasanians, the Battle of Avarayr, as well as its consequences.[5][19] According to Gohar Muradyan, Ghazar appears to have read the history of Elishe[1] (although he never mentions or alludes to it), which purports to be a firsthand account of Vardan's rebellion,[20] but there are no textual parallels between the two works.[1] Thomson, on the other hand, notes, "[t]hat the two versions of the rebellion are related is clear from exact verbal correspondence at many points" and lists several reasons to believe that Elishe's work dates to later than the fifth century.Dickran Kouymjian notes that his reliability is also strengthened by his personal closeness to several important figures involved in the events he described, although it also formed his strong biases in favor of the Mamikonians and their relatives.