Armenian Sources on the Mongols (original) (raw)

Lo studio esamina le fonti armene scritte, sia primarie che secondarie, relative ai Mongoli nel periodo XIII-metà XIV sec. Una prima sezione del lavoro passa in rassegna le raccolte di fonti armene sui Mongoli pubblicate fino a oggi, mentre la seconda sezione è dedicata alle singole fonti, divise in letterarie – tra le quali sono incluse opere storiografiche, agiografiche, colofoni e poesia – ed epigrafiche. Per ciascuna fonte si danno informazioni sull'autore e l'epoca della sua produzione e si presentano le edizioni in lingua originale e in traduzione. Segue un'articolata bibliografia, scandita secondo le sezioni e sottosezioni dello studio, nella quale sono riportate le indicazioni relative alle fonti trattate nell'articolo (edizioni critiche e traduzioni nelle diverse lingue), oltre ai principali studi circa l'opera in questione e il suo autore.

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An Overview of Historical Sources of Mongol History

The Scholar Islamic Academic Research Journal, 2016

The credibility of research in history depends on the credibility of sources referred to in the process and the way they are interpreted. Accordingly, it is imperative, firstly, to select the right sources, and secondly, to thoroughly analyze and question them. The situation, in many instances, gets aggravated when researchers find contradicting information from various sources. Such a situation necessitates paying due attention to the contexts in which these works were written, the potential influences that the authors may have faced, and the way in which such works were transmitted. This paper is an attempt make a contribution in this direction in relation to a few key primary and secondary sources of Mongol history that can extremely vital in reconstructing their times, their mindset, their empire and the horrific invasions they are known for. We have presented a brief overview of 15 important classical historical sources that shed light on the Mongol history and their conquests....

A Brief Historical Background of the Armenians and Mongols

The Mongols and the Armenians (1220-1335)

a background of the armenians and mongols 31 CHAPTER ONE A BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE ARMENIANS AND MONGOLS Before moving on to the relationship set up between the Mongols and the Armenians , it is necessary to give a short historical background about the origin, location and history of them. It is especially important to mention the historical conditions of the Armenians on the eve of the Mongol conquest , when Greater Armenia and Cilician Armenia existed separately from each other with no major political contacts, although with constant cultural, religious and trading links. The Mongols were dealing with two different vassal states, of which the Greater Armenians were their subjects, while the Cilician Armenians were their allies.

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The Armenian version-translation of Dickran Kouymjian, “History of Armenian Paleography,” in M. Stone, D. Kouymjian, H. Lehmann, Album of Armenian Paleography, Erevan, 2006, pp. 1-100, including the Forward and M. Stone, “The Development of Armenian Writing”.