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			'''Khachin (Khachen) principality''' was a medieval ], in part of historical ] (present-day ]).<ref>The New Encyclopedia Britannica by Robert MacHenry, Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc, Robert MacHenry, (1993) p.761</ref> According to Abū Dulaf, an ] traveller of the time, Khachen was an Armenian principality immediately south of Barda'a.<ref>Abū-Dulaf. ''Abū-Dulaf Misʻar Ibn Muhalhil's Travels in Iran (circa A.D. 950)'', Cairo University Press, 1955, p. 74</ref>
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	'''Khachin (Khachen)''' was a medieval semi-independent principality in ]<ref>C. J. F. Dowsett. "The Albanian Chronicle of Mxit'ar Goš", ''Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London'', Vol. 21, No. 1/3. (1958), p. 475</ref>, part of historical ] (present-day ] region of ]). It was founded in the 9th century A.D. by ], a descendant of ancient kings of ] <ref>C. J. F. Dowsett. "A Neglected Passage in the "History of the Caucasian Albanians"", ''Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London'', Vol. 19, No. 3. (1957), p. 460</ref>, who assisted in the capture of ] by the ]. In his "History of the Caucasian Albania", historian ] claimed that for this service ] received sovereignty over Armenia, Georgia and ], which according to C.J.F. Dowsett, was an exaggeration<ref name="neglected463">C. J. F. Dowsett. "A Neglected Passage in the "History of the Caucasian Albanians"", ''open citation'', p. 463</ref>. Among the prisoners captured by Bogha al-Kabir in 854, historians John Catholicos and Tovma Arcruni mention three Albanian princes: Atrnerseh, lord of Khachen, Sahl ibn-Sunbat, lord of ]<ref>V. Minorsky. Caucasica IV. ''Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London'', Vol. 15, No. 3. (1953), p. 506</ref>, Esay Abu Musa, lord of Ktish in Artsakh<ref name="neglected463" />. The Albanian princes seem to have ruled independently, although Artnerseh of Khachen was probably the most powerful, as John Catholicos calls him "the great prince of Albania", and his descendants were chief rulers of Albania<ref name="neglected463" />.

	According to medieval Arab traveller Abū Dulaf, Khachen was an Armenian principality immediately south of Barda'a<ref>Abū-Dulaf. ''Abū-Dulaf Misʻar Ibn Muhalhil's Travels in Iran (circa A.D. 950)'', Cairo University Press, 1955, p. 74</ref>. This association is due to the peaceful coexistence of Armenians and other, mainly Caucasian, ethnic groups in ] for more than two centuries under the Arab dominion<ref name="leeuw139">Charles van der Leeuw. ''Azerbaijan: A Quest for Identity, a Short History'', Palgrave Macmillan, 2000, ISBN 0312219032, p. 139</ref>.

	In 13th century, after the downfall of ], a feudal prince named Hasan Jalal Dawla, whose origins are obscure but who has been renamed to "Jalalian" by Armenian historians<ref name="leeuw139" />, proclaimed himself the lord of Khachen. Other sources claim that Hasan Jalal Dawla was a Muslim Armenian Melik<ref>Svante E. Cornell. ''Small Nations and Great Powers: A Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict in the Caucasus'', Routledge, ISBN 0700711627, p. 66</ref>, who proclaimed himself a prince of princes of Khachen (Zangezur), Artsakh and Albania, and became a local figurehead of Mongol Hulegu Khan against the unruly Turks<ref name="leeuw139" />. During this time, Gandzasar Monastery was built in Khachen. According to A. J. Hacikyan et al., after the Arab domination, the Caucasian Albanian church became a diocese of the Armenian Church and the name of "Aghvan" survived only in the name of this diocese associated with the monastery complex of Gandzasar, which was the See of the Catholicate of the Caucasian Albanian Church<ref>Agop Jack Hacikyan, Nourhan Ouzounian, Gabriel Basmajian, Edward S. Franchuk. ''The Heritage of Armenian Literature'', Wayne State University Press, ISBN 0814330231, p. 169</ref>.

	Some of the contemporary chroniclers used the name of Khachen to designate the whole of Artsakh. In 17th century A.D., the residence of Meliks (Princes) of Khachen was in Khndzristan, a village in present-day Askeran region of ] in ].

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Khachin (Khachen) principality was a medieval Armenian principality, in part of historical Artsakh (present-day Nagorno-Karabakh). According to Abū Dulaf, an Arab traveller of the time, Khachen was an Armenian principality immediately south of Barda'a.

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The New Encyclopedia Britannica by Robert MacHenry, Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc, Robert MacHenry, (1993) p.761
Abū-Dulaf. Abū-Dulaf Misʻar Ibn Muhalhil's Travels in Iran (circa A.D. 950), Cairo University Press, 1955, p. 74

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