nakharar
Sign in to savethumb|Relief depicting Eachi and Amir Hassan II of the [[Proshian dynasty, . The Proshyans were Nakharars for the Zakarids in historical Armenia during the 13th-14th centuries. Astvatsatsin Spitakavor Monastery, Vayots Dzor, Hermitage Museum, inv. No. AR-619.]] Nakharar ( naxarar, from Parthian naxvadār "holder of the primacy") was a hereditary title of the highest order given to houses of the ancient and medieval Armenian nobility.
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thumb|Relief depicting Eachi and Amir Hassan II of the [[Proshian dynasty, . The Proshyans were Nakharars for the Zakarids in historical Armenia during the 13th-14th centuries. Astvatsatsin Spitakavor Monastery, Vayots Dzor, Hermitage Museum, inv. No. AR-619.]] Nakharar ( naxarar, from Parthian naxvadār "holder of the primacy") was a hereditary title of the highest order given to houses of the ancient and medieval Armenian nobility.
==System== Medieval Armenia was divided into large estates, which were the property of an enlarged noble family and were ruled by a member of it, to whom the title of nahapet "chief of the family" or tanuter "master of the house" was given. Other members of a nakharar family in their turn ruled over smaller portions of the family estate. Nakharars with greater authority were recognized as ishkhans (princes).
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