Archive for month: February, 2020
Absalom, Absalom!
/in Chair's Blog /by historywebJuly 17, 2018 His tombstone with its strangely twisted Armenian letters (as if by some miracle a few of them have sprouted extra limbs like the Indian goddess Lakshmi) lies […]
“As an Owl amidst the ruins”: A Note on Agha Jacob Hovanjan Guerak-Mirman of Surat
/in Chair's Blog /by historywebSeptember 15, 2018 Yesterday evening, I came across a letter while digitally “sifting” through reproduction of documents I acquired last summer from the Catholicosate archives at the Matenadaran in Yerevan. […]
His Heart was in Julfa: Petrus Uscan and his Will
/in Chair's Blog /by historywebMay 11, 2015 Will of Coja Petrus Uscan (Խօջա Պետրոս որտի Ոսկանի) who hailed from the formidable Veligianian family of New Julfa whose members were dispersed to the four corners […]