Aslan-bey Melik-Yeganyan
Aslan-bey Melik-Yeganyan (Armenian: Ասլան բեկ Մելիք-Եգանյան, 1787—1832) is the naib (deputy) of the Dizak region, the ancestor of the Malik-Aslanov family[1][2] and a grandfather of an Azerbaijani politician Khudadat bey Malik-Aslanov.
| Aslan-bey Melik-Yeganyan | |
|---|---|
| Melik of Dizak | |
| Reign | 1805 – 1822 |
| Predecessor | Melik Abbas-bey |
| Successor | abolished |
| Born | 1787 Tugh village, Dizak Principality, Karabakh |
| Died | 1832 |
| Burial | |
| Issue | sons: Shirin-bey, Farhad-bey, Aligulu-bey, Firudin-bey, Najaf-bey, Abbas-bey and Agha-bey |
| Dynasty | Avanids |
| Father | Baghdad-bey |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
Biography
He was born in 1787 the village of Tugh village of Dizak and was descended from the Avanid dynasty.[1] Aslan-bey with his brother Vagan and father Baghdad-bey were forcibly converted to Islam.[1][3] Under the son of the last Mehdigulu Khan (1806—1822), Aslan-bey served as minbashi (chief of troops).[4]
Historian Mir Mehdi Khazani writes in his work "Kitabi-tarikhi-Karabagh (History of Karabakh)": "But later, during the era of the late Mehdigulu Khan and the state of Russia, Malik Aslan-bey and his sons again found progress and became governors and viceroys of the districts.[5] Sardar (commander) Paskevich spent some time with the army in Takhti-tavus in Karabakh, which is in the district of Dizak. Aslan-bey Dizaki has been very worthy in the service of sardar Paskevich since then. During his reign he prepared a lot of copper and supplies for the army, and satisfied the commander and the army".[5]
Some villages in this region were also under his control.[2] According to the inventories of 1823, 1832, 1848-1849, 1863, all the main members of the clan (meaning the descendants of melik Aslan and his brothers) are shown among the beys.[2][4]
Melik Aslan-beн died in 1832 and was buried in the village of Tugh.
Descendants
Melik Aslan had many sons: Shirin-bey, Farhad-bey,[1] Aligulu-bey, Firudin-bey, Najaf-bey, Abbas-bey and Agha-bey. From the latter he had a grandson Khudadat bey Malik-Aslanov.
One of his sons named Farhad-bey was met by the novelist Raffi in 1881.[6] Farhad-bey became a Turk and moved away from his native roots. Islamized descendants of melik Aslan began to be called Melik-Aslanovs and all the state of the family passed to them, leaving the Christian descendants without an inheritance.[3] The historian Leo writes about them:[7] “These Islamized Armenians are now beys of the village of Tugh under Armenian surnames - Melik-Aslanov and Melik-Yeganov. But religion consigned to oblivion all the national duties of the distant descendants of Armenian meliks".[3][7]
References
- Magalyan, Artak (2007). "Artsakh melikdoms and melik houses in the 17th-19th centuries" (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan. p. 177, 207-209.
- State Historical Archive of the Republic of Azerbaijan (ГИААР).Ф.24.Оп. 1. Д. 142. Л.205-207.
- Magalyan, Artak (2012). Artsakh melikdoms and melik houses in the 17th-19th centuries (in Armenian and Russian). Yerevan. pp. 206–209. ISBN 978-9939-60-157-1.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Javanshir, Nurlan. "О происхождении рода Мелик-Аслановых — About the origin of the Melik-Aslanov family" (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-01-26.
- Qarabağnamələr II. Baku: Yazıçı. 1991.
- Melik Hakobian, Raffi. The five melikdoms of Karabagh, (1600-1827) (in Armenian and English). p. 530.
- Babakhanian, Leo. Collected Works. Vol. 4. p. 31.
Sources
- Anvar Chingizoglu. Məlik Yeqan və onun törəmələri. "Soy" elmi-kütləvi dərgi, 2011, № 3, p. 23–34.
- Magalyan, Artak (2007). "Artsakh melikdoms and melik houses in the 17th-19th centuries" (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan. p. 177, 207-209.
- State Historical Archive of the Republic of Azerbaijan (ГИААР).Ф.24.Оп. 1. Д. 142. Л. 205-207.
- Qarabağnamələr II. Baku: Yazıçı. 1991.
- Melik Hakobian, Raffi. The five melikdoms of Karabagh, (1600-1827) (in Armenian and English). p. 530.