Ashot I

Ashot I
Ashot the Great
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Armenian:	Աշոտ Ա
Russian:	Ашот I Ашот Великий
Born:	820
Died:	890
Description: Armenian king.

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Biography

Was born in 820.

Work Activity

• In 869 in the joint council of the Armenian princes and high priests, Ashot Bagratuni was proclaimed the Armenian King.
• In 875 revealing the conspiracy prepared by Arab policeman Ahmed against him and the great Armenian trouts, Ashot Bagratuni arrested him, disarmed the Arab army and expelled them from the country.
• Armenia, which had declared its independence and maintained military-political aspirations, also attracted the attention of the Byzantine Empire. The founder of the Macedonian (Armenian) imperial family, Vasil I (867-886), was one of the first to try to win the armament of Ashot Bagratouni against the Caliphate. Ashot Bagratuni, establishing friendly relations with Vasil I, however, maintained neutrality among the conflicting sides. In 885 Caliph Mutawakkil, for the sake of preventing the Armenian-Byzantine rapprochement and for winning Ashot Bagratouni's reliance, recognized him as "the king of Armenia and Georgia". The throne of the Armenian king was also recognized by the emperor Vasil I.
• The jurisdiction of the newly established and internationally recognized kingdom of Bagratuni was extended to the majority of Armenia, except for some western "worlds" (Armenia Minor, Higher Armenia, Tsopk) joined to Byzantine and southern provinces attached to the Caliphate.

During the reign of Ashot I Bagratuni (885-890), the borders of the Armenian state included the majority of Kortshaik and Aghdznik to Zazira in the South, reached Atropatene in the South-East, Partav in the East, Tsopk and Higher Armenia in the West, the Yegerats lands in the North-West, the Greater Caucasus mountain range and Alanats gates in the North, confirmed by Armenian and Arabic historians. The Georgian dethroned trout Atrnerseh Bagratuni and the Armenian king of the Estern Sides (Artsakh, Utik) Hamam Bagratuni were also subjected to the domination of Ashot Bagratuni.

• In 887 Ashot I, concerned on strengthening the northern borders of the Armenian and Georgian united kingdom, drove up to the Greater Caucasus mountain range, depressed the local irreconcilable tribes, and forced the King of the Yegerats lands to adopt his domination.
• The son of the king Ashot I, the prince of princes Smbat, repressed the disobedient princes of Gugark and Utik and subjected them to the throne of Bagratuni with the force of the arm. Thence Ashot I engaged in the development of the capital city of Bagaran, improving the country's defense system and strengthening the army (40 thousand horsemen), leaving his son Smbat a stable and rapidly developing kingdom.

Achievements

• Since 855 was the Armenian military commander.
• In 862 was recognized as the Armenian, Georgian and Aghvanian prince by the Arab Caliphate.
• Since 885-the Armenian king.

Other

• Is the son of Smbat Bagratuni.
• Is the founder of the Bagratuni dynasty.
• Is buried in Bagaran.

See also

• Ով ով է.հայեր(կենսագրական հանրագիտարան:Երկու հատորով),ՀՀ խմբ. հանձնաժողով՝ Հ. Մ. Այվազյան (գլխ. խմբագիր) և ուրիշներ,Երևան,Հայկական հանրագիտարան հրատ.,Հ.1,Աբալյան-Ղուշչյան,2005:
• Հայոց պատմություն: Հնագույն ժամանակներից մինչև մեր օրերը, Երևան, 2012, էջ 94-96:
• Եղիազարյան Ա, Հայ Բագրատունիների տերությունը (885-908թթ.), Երևան, ԵՊՀ հրատ., 2011, 396 էջ:
• Բագրատունիների թագավորության սկբնավորումը:Աշոտ I, ԵՊՀ Հայագիտական հետազոտությունների ինստիտուտի կայք:
• Բագրատունի թագավորների բյուզանդական թագը:
• Աշոտ Ա Բագրատունի՝ «բարետոհմությամբ քաջահայտ, հզորագույն, բարձրագույն և վսեմագույն»:
• Աշոտ Ա Բագրատունու միավորիչ գործունեությունը և Հայկական թագավորության վերականգնումը, Հրանտ Օհանյան:
• Բագրատունիներ, Հայկական հանրագիտարան:
• Աշոտ Ա Բագրատունի, Մայր Հայաստան: