Meaning of marzpanate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of marzpanate.
   alt-of
2. a border province of the Sassanian Empire ruled by the marzpan
   historical
3. the office of the marzpan
   historical
4. the period in Armenian history after the fall of the Arshakuni Dynasty of Armenia in 428, when the eastern part of Armenia was governed as a marzpanate by Sassanian-nominated marzpans
   capitalized, historical, usually

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Examples

“The regions of Eastern Armenia: Artsakh, Utik, Paytakaran and Kambejan, dominated by Iran in 428, formed a marzpanate.”

“Xosrov gave him the marzpanate of the country of Hyrcania[…]”

“Byzantine expansion toward the east, which marked the last century of the Marzpan'''ate, extended the scope of the Justinianic reforms with their implicit threat against the very core of Armenian social and cultural institutions.”

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