" Armenian chronicles contain references to the Khazars as early as the late 2nd century.

It has been believed, and not only in Armenia, that all the Caucasian alphabets — Armenian, Georgian and Caucaso-Albanian — were invented in the 4th century by the Armenian scholar Mesrop Mashtots .<...> The Georgian chronicles The Life of Kanli-assert that a Georgian script was invented two centuries before Christ, an assertion unsupported by archaeology.

He collected and researched old Georgian chronicles and analyzed Greco-Roman and Armenian sources on Georgia.

He is also known to the contemporary Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus and the medieval Armenian chronicles.

The Armenian chronicles, possibly compiled in the 8th century and traditionally ascribed to Moses of Chorene, gives Mihran and speaks about his conversion to Christianity.

Two other Armenian chronicles Ghewond and Stephen Asoghik of Taron, report in short passages in their histories about a migration from Armenia / Oshakan led by prince Shaspuh Amatuni and his son Hamam.

The Chronicles, the older Conversion of Kartli, and the older still Armenian chronicles of Moses of Chorene all give conflicting accounts of Mtskheta's history prior to and during the conquests of Alexander the Great.

Organizationally, the Armenian nobility was headed by Grand Duke-metz ishxan or ishxanac ishxan in Armenian, who in some historical chronicles is also called metzametz.

The Georgian and Armenian chronicles are confused about the length and nature of David V ’ s reign and disagree over the circumstances of his mysterious death.

Professor Giorgi Melikishvili has drawn several parallels between the stories of the Azon of the Georgian chronicles and the Mithridates of the Armenian tradition.

Mirian is known solely from the early medieval Georgian chronicles according to which he was the son of king P ' arnajom murdered by his son-in-law, the Armenian Artaxiad prince Arshak who usurped the crown of Iberia.

In 1969, two Armenian authors published a list of accounts of meteor sightings from Armenian chronicles.

Although some Armenian chronicles report that George was executed by the Ilkhan, they are mistaken, since he survived and was released after Abaqa's death in 1282.

Ancient Armenian and Georgian chronicles lists Togarmah as the ancestor of both people who originally inhabited the land between two Black and Caspian Seas and between two inaccessible mountains, Mount Elbrus and Mount Ararat respectively.

A Life of Gregory by the Vartabed Matthew was published in the Armenian language at Venice in 1749 and was translated into English by the Rev.

Armenian historian Matthew of Edessa wrote that Baldwin II was thoroughly devoted to his wife, and refused to consider divorcing her.

" A more favorable explanation is offered by the medieval Armenian historian Matthew of Edessa, who states that " Tzimiskes was from the region of Khozan, from the area which is now called Chmushkatzag.

These events are known to us chiefly through the Armenian historian Matthew, who had been born at Edessa.

The contemporaneous Armenian chronicler Matthew of Edessa mentions David's brother Totorme, who, according to the modern historian Robert W. Thomson, was his sister.

The Armenian Easter Vigil also preserves what is believed to be the original length of the traditional gospel reading of the Easter Vigil, i. e., from the Last Supper account to the end of the Gospel according to Matthew.

According to the contemporary historian Anna Comnena, who knew Pakourianos personally, Gregory was " descended from a noble Armenian family ," while the Armenian chronicler Matthew of Edessa, from 12 century, saying Pakourianos was of " Vrats '" origin had in mind the religious affiliation of Pakourianos.

In 1507 Matthew ( or Matheus ) an Armenian, had been sent as Ethiopian envoy to Portugal to ask aid against Adal.

Likewise Eleni, understanding the increasing threat that Ethiopia faced from the growing Ottoman influence in the region, with the counsel of Pero da Covilhã sent Mateus ( also known as Matthew the Armenian ) as an ambassador to the King of Portugal and the Pope in Rome, a fact that the Portuguese only understood after they arrived in Ethiopia, and which complicated Dom Rodrigo da Lima's mission to the Ethiopian Emperor.

Matthew of Edessa (, Matteos Uṛhayetsi ; born in the second half of the 11th century – 1144 ) was an Armenian historian in the 12th century from the city of Edessa (, Uṛha ).

A man of strong convictions, Matthew was born in Edessa sometime in the second half of the 11th century and was a member of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

In an article published in 1971 by Armenian academician Levon Khachikyan, the author established that one of the sources Matthew used to write his work was that of an 11th century vardapet named Hakob Sanahnetsi ( Hakob of Sanahin ).

Matthew was also a fervent Armenian patriot, lamenting the martyrdom of his people and exalting their heroic deeds.

According to Ibn al-Athir, the intermediary was not Drosus, but the Kurdish emir Nasr ad-Daulah, while the Armenian chronicler Matthew of Edessa asserts that Liparit was released after the Georgian, in the sultan's presence, had defeated a formidable " Negro " champion in single combat.

Baldwin brought with him an Armenian wife, traditionally named Arda ( although never named such by contemporaries ), whom he had married to gain political support from the Armenian population in Edessa, and whom he quickly set aside when he no longer needed Armenian support in Jerusalem.

Her father Baldwin was a crusader knight who carved out the Crusader State of Edessa and married Morphia, daughter of the Armenian Prince Gabriel of Melitene, in a diplomatic marriage to fortify alliances in the region.

To the north are the County of Tripoli, Principality of Antioch, County of Edessa, Principality of Armenian Cilicia, the Byzantine Empire, and the Sultanate of Rum.

The legend of the healing of Abgar V of Edessa by the facecloth of Jesus has been appropriated by the Armenian Church in claiming that Abgar was a prince of Armenia.

Count Baldwin's wife had died in Maraş in 1097, and after he succeeded to Edessa he married Arda, a granddaughter of the Armenian Roupenid chief Constantine.

Edessa was Armenian Mesopotamia's capital city.

In 1914 Edessa had an Armenian population numbering 35000.

Şanlıurfa,, often simply known as Urfa in daily language ( Kurdish Riha, Arabic الرها Ar-Ruhā, Syriac ܐܘܪܗ Urhoy, Armenian Ուռհա Or ' ha ), in ancient times Edessa, is a city with 482, 323 inhabitants ( 2009 estimate ) in south-eastern Turkey, and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province.

He was Armenian and founded a principality from Antioch to Edessa.

The Chronique Rimée de la Petite Arménie (“ The Rhymed Chronicle of Armenia Minor ”) of Vahram of Edessa records that he was the son of Thoros I, lord of Armenian Cilicia.

After the Byzantine withdrawal from the region in the later eleventh century, it was held by Armenian princes until it was absorbed into the Frankish county of Edessa in the years following the First Crusade, and when it was known as ' Ranculat '.

The legend of the healing of Abgar V of Edessa by the facecloth of Jesus has been appropriated by the Armenian Church by claiming that Abgar was a prince of Armenia.

Having thus annexed Raban, Baldwin II of Edessa decided to suppress the remaining Armenian principalities in the Euphrates valley ; thus Toros soon found himself the only independent Armenian potentate that remained.

# Armenian Mesopotamia or Hayots Midjagetq ( with now days cities Urha or Urfa or Edessa or Yedesia, Nisibin or M ' tsbin or Migdonia )

This was a politically convenient marriage, as Baldwin was the first Count of Edessa, a crusader state carved out of Armenian territory in Mesopotamia.