Lake Sevan is a lake in Armenia. The History of the Caucasian Albanians calls it the lake of Getam.[1] The translator of the History identifies the lake of Getam with Lake Sevan.[2]
In the second year of the Persian king Artashir III, the prince of the north sent a vanguard of about three thousand men under Chorpan Tarkhan into Armenia.[3] That year ran from 17 June 629 to 27 April 630.[4] The History calls the army of the north Khazars.[5] It was the Göktürk army of the Caucasus campaign. On the banks of the lake the vanguard surrounded a Persian army of ten thousand men under Honah. It destroyed that army in the battle of Lake Sevan.[6] The History does not say on which shore of the lake the armies met.[7]
References
- ^ Movsēs Dasxurancʿi; Dowsett 1961, p. 104–105
- ^ Dowsett 1961, p. 105
- ^ Movsēs Dasxurancʿi; Dowsett 1961, p. 104
- ^ Dowsett 1961, p. 104
- ^ Movsēs Dasxurancʿi; Dowsett 1961, p. 83, 105
- ^ Movsēs Dasxurancʿi; Dowsett 1961, p. 105
- ^ Movsēs Dasxurancʿi
Sources
Literature
- Charles J. F. Dowsett (trans.), The History of the Caucasian Albanians by Movsēs Dasxuranci (1961)
What links here3
- Persons
- Chorpan Tarkhan
- Conflicts
- The Caucasus campaign, 627–629
- Battles & Events
- Battle of Lake Sevan (629–630)
Cite this article
Yavuz, Emre-E. “Lake Sevan.” Turkic Atlas, revised 7 November 2026. https://turkicatlas.org/places/lake-sevan/
Last revised: 7 November 2026
