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{{Short description|Medieval Armenian kingdom}}
{{Infobox country
| native_name = Տաշիր-Ձորագետի Թագավորություն
| conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget
| common_name = Tashir-Dzoraget
| era = Middle Ages
| status =
| government_type = Monarchy|
| event_start = ▼
| year_start = 979▼
▲|event_start =
| date_start = ▼
▲|year_start =979
| event_end = ▼
▲|date_start =
| year_end = 1118
▲|event_end =
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| event1 = [[Kiurike I]] becomes the first ruler.
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| event2 = [[David II of Lori|David II]] transfers and rules in Matsnaberd till 1118, some of his heirs continue existence to lesser extent till later.▼
| date_event2 = ▼
▲|event2 = [[David II of Lori|David II]] transfers and rules in Matsnaberd till 1118, some of his heirs continue existence to lesser extent till later.
| p1 = Bagratid Armenia▼
▲|date_event2 =
| flag_p1 = Bagratuni flag.svg
▲|p1 = Bagratid Armenia
| s1 = Kingdom of Georgia
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| image_coat = ▼
| image_map = Jorgat harasm.gif▼
▲|image_coat =
▲|image_map = Jorgat harasm.gif
| national_motto = ▼
▲|image_map_caption =Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget c. 1017 A.D.
| common_languages = [[Armenian language|Armenian]]▼
▲|capital = Matsnaberd (979-1065)<br>[[Lori Fortress|Lori]] (1065-1118)
| religion = [[Armenian Apostolic Church]]|
▲|national_motto =
| leader1 = Kiurike I▼
▲|common_languages = [[Armenian language|Armenian]]
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| leader2 = David II of Lori
| year_leader2 = 1089–1118▼
▲|leader1 = Kiurike I
| title_leader = ▼
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▲|year_leader2 = 1089–1118
▲|title_leader =
}}
{{History of Armenia|expanded=age3}}
The '''Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget''' ({{
It was located on the territories of
In 979 King [[Smbat II of Armenia|Smbat II]] of [[Bagratid Armenia|Armenia]] granted the province of [[Tashir (historical region)|Tashir]] to his brother [[Kiurike I|Kiurike]] with the title of king.<ref>{{
It became especially strong during the reign of King [[David I Anhoghin]] who succeeded his father Kiurike and ruled between 989 and 1048. David I Anhoghin conquered some territories from Emirates of [[Emirate of Tbilisi|
Kiurike II moved the capital from Matsnaberd to [[Lori Fortress|Lori]] in 1064.<ref name="БСЭ">Большая советская энциклопедия: {{Cite web |date=2021-04-13 |title=Кюрикиды |url=http://bse.sci-lib.com/article068098.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413200146/http://bse.sci-lib.com/article068098.html |archive-date=2021-04-13 |access-date=2022-10-23 }}</ref> During the [[Seljuk dynasty|Seljuk]] invasions of the Caucasus, Kiurke II became a vassal of the [[Seljuk Empire]].<ref name="БСЭ" />
At the peak of its power, kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget became suzerain of the [[Emirate of Tbilisi|Tiflis emirate]]<ref>Artashes Shahnazaryan. Establishment and development of the Kiurikian kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget(in armenian.)=Տաշիր-Ձորագետի Կյուրիկյան թագավորության առաջացումն ու հզորացումը//Պատմա-Բանասիրական Հանդես: edition.—2009. — Էջ 224—233.—ISSN 0135-0536.</ref><ref>Jerar Dedeyan//Histoire du peuple arménien(History of the Armenian people)//Publisher «Privat» page. 271, Тuluse 2007—{{ISBN|978-2-7089-6874-5}}</ref> and the kingdom of [[Kakheti]]-[[Hereti|Ereti]], where the branch of Kiurikian dynasty ruled from 1029 to 1105<ref>Тumanov Kirill, chapter: «Armenia and Georgia», from: «The Cambridge Medieval History», Cambridge, 1966, vol. IV, pages. 621-622:▼
"The Georgian lands still outside Bagrat IV's realm were the kingdom of Khakhetia and the amirate of Tiflis. In the former, the principate having become hereditary, Kvirike III (1010-29) proclaimed himself king. His daughter was married to David I of Lor'i and their younger son Gagik succeeded in 1029 to Kvirike's throne. The kings of Georgia tried repeatedly to reunite Kakhetia with Iberia; and they, no less than the Kakhetian rulers, made attempts to conquer Tiflis. Bagrat thrice took the city (1046, 1049, 1062), only to lose it again, for his strength was sapped."</ref>. ▼
▲At the peak of its power, kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget became suzerain of the [[Emirate of Tbilisi|
▲"The Georgian lands still outside Bagrat IV's realm were the kingdom of Khakhetia and the amirate of Tiflis. In the former, the principate having become hereditary, Kvirike III (1010-29) proclaimed himself king. His daughter was married to David I of Lor'i and their younger son Gagik succeeded in 1029 to Kvirike's throne. The kings of Georgia tried repeatedly to reunite Kakhetia with Iberia; and they, no less than the Kakhetian rulers, made attempts to conquer Tiflis. Bagrat thrice took the city (1046, 1049, 1062), only to lose it again, for his strength was sapped."</ref>
In 1089, [[David II of Lori|David II]] succeeded his father Kiurike II, and ruled until 1118 when
After this, the Kiurikians, having strengthened themselves in the fortresses of [[Tavush]], Matsnaberd and Nor-Berd, retained their royal title until the beginning of the 13th
Unlike their Bagratuni relatives, the Kiurikian kings were unique in minting their own coins, with the line, "May the Lord aid Kiurike (George) the Khorapaghat (Kouropalates)," running in five lines inscribed on the reverse side.<ref>See [[Philip Grierson]], "[http://numis01.zxq.net/Numis10/PDF/Grierson12.pdf Kiurike I or Kiurike II of Loṛi-Armenia?: A Note on Attributions]," ''American Numismatic Society Museum Notes'' 10 (1958), pp. 107–12.</ref> They sponsored the construction of a number of churches and monasteries in northern Armenia, including those in [[Sanahin Monastery|Sanahin]], [[Haghpat]] and [[Haghartsin Monastery|Haghartsin]],<ref>Ovannes Ghalpakhtchian and Adriano Alpago-Novello (1970), ''Sanahin'', Milan: Ares.</ref> where a great many of them were interred.<ref>Manuk-Khaloyan, Armen, "In the Cemetery of their Ancestors: The Royal Burial Tombs of the Bagratuni Kings of Greater Armenia (890-1073/79)," ''Revue des Études Arméniennes'' 35 (2013), p. 168, note 124.</ref>
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget (Lori).svg|Map of Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget.
File:Haghpat - Armenia (2935022258).jpg|[[Smbat II]] and his brother [[Kiurike I]] depicted at the entrance to [[Haghpat Monastery]]. File:Akhtala Castle (3).JPG|[[Akhtala Monastery|Akhtala fortress]], built by the
File:Lori Berd.JPG|[[Lori Fortress|Lori]], the 2nd capital of the kingdom.
</gallery>
== References ==
{{Category Commons|Kingdom of Lori}}
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