Թալինի նորահայտ վիմագիրը և հազարապետի պաշտոնի պատմական գործառույթները

Abstract

On the North wall of VII century church saint Katoghike, which is in Talin, the following inscription is engraved: “I am a
Kurd, the major of Ashot Shahanshah of Ani”. There is no date on the inscription, though it dates from the enthronement years of Bagratuni king Ashot the Merciful that is from 953 to 977. In the Middle Ages the Major was a palatial agent, who was the chief tax inspector and economist of the country. Late in the Middle Ages the name Major was for a short time also used as a military rank corresponding to lieutenant-colonel. Kurd major's visit to Talin was connected with the king's commission to support the reconstruction of the North part of saint Katoghike church, which suffered from the earthquake in 970/3. This fact makes the time of engraving the inscription more definite which is 970-977.