Prince Arran or Arhan was a semi-legendary founder of Caucasian Albania. The early Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi tells of a certain Aran, a descendant of the legendary Armenian patriarch Hayk through Sisak. According to Movses Kagankatvatsi he was 9th generation descendant of Japheth. He is regarded as progenitor of Aranshahik dynasty. According to a legendary tradition reported by Khorenatsi, Arran was a descendant of Sisak, the ancestor of neighboring Armenian province Syunik. Almost no information exists about him and his successors except names. He was contemporary of Abraham according to Movses Kagankatvatsi which seems to be a legend.
| ArranAranshahik | ||
| Regnal titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| VacantTitle last held byTitle created | King of Caucasian Albania | Succeeded byAray |
References
- Ulubabyan 1994, p. 16. sfn error: no target: CITEREFUlubabyan1994 (help)
- Moses Khorenats'i (1978). History of the Armenians. Translated by Thomson, Robert W. Cambridge, Massachusetts & London: Harvard University Press. pp. 139–140.
- History of Albania (In Azeri)
- Тревер К. В. Очерки по истории и культуре Кавказской Албании IV в. до н. э. – VII в. н. э.. — М.—Л.: Изд. АН СССР, 1959. стр. 135 "область между Араксом и оз. Севан, армянская провинция Сисакан (Сюник)"