The History of the Caucasian Albanians

The History of the Country of Albania by Movses Kaghankatvatsi (or Movses Daskhurantsi ) is a history of a vanished people of Caucasian Albania living on the theritory of present-day Azerbaijan, who spoke an extinct language, member of the Caucasian language family. The book was written in Armenian around 1000 A.D., and relates the history from about 600 A.D.

Publications & translations

• Template:Hy iconMovses Kaghankatvatsi (1983). History of Aghuank in original Old-Armenian (Մովսէս Կաղանկատուացի.Պատմութիւն Աղուանից աշխարհի), critical text and introduction by Varag Arrakelian. Yerevan: "Matenadaran" Institute of old manuscripts after Mesrob Mashtots. Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences.
• Template:En iconMovsēs Dasxuranc'i (1961). The History of the Caucasian Albanians (translated by C. F. J. Dowsett). London: (London Oriental Series, Vol. 8).
• Template:Ru iconMovses Kaghankatvatsi (1984). The History of the Country of Aluank (translated by Š.V. Smbatian). Yerevan: Matenadaran.
• Template:Ka iconMovses Kaghankatvatsi (1985). The History of Albania (translated by L. Davlianidze-Tatishvili). Tbilisi.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References

• The History of the Caucasian Albanians by Movses Dasxuranci (a.k.a. Moses Kałankatuaçi; tr. C.J.F. Dowsett,Oxford, 1961)
• A Neglected Passage in the "History of the Caucasian Albanians", C. J. F. Dowsett, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 19, No. 3 (1957), pp. 456–468