Editing Nagorno-Karabakh (section)

=== High Middle Ages ===
{{main|Principality of Khachen}}
Around the mid 7th century, the region was conquered by the invading Muslim Arabs through the [[Muslim conquest of Persia]]. Subsequently, it was ruled by local governors endorsed by the [[Caliphate]]. According to some sources, in 821 the Armenian<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=hvx9jq_2L3EC The Cambridge History of Iran] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923061953/https://books.google.com/books?id=hvx9jq_2L3EC |date=23 September 2023 }}. — [[Cambridge University Press]], 1975. — vol. 4. — p. 506 "''He was handed to Afshin's troops by Sahl b. Sunbadh, an Armenian prince in 222/836-7, and executed in Samarra (223/837) while his brother and assistant 'Abd-Allah was delivered to the prince of Tabaristan, Ibn Sharvin, who had him put to death in Baghdad.''"</ref> prince [[Sahl Smbatian]] revolted in Artsakh and established the [[House of Khachen]], which ruled Artsakh as a [[Principality of Khachen|principality]] until the early 19th century.<ref name="Atlas">[[Robert H. Hewsen]], ''Armenia: A Historical Atlas''. The University of Chicago Press, 2001, pp. 119, 155, 163, 264–65.</ref> According to other sources, Sahl Smbatian "was of the Zamirhakan family of kings," and in the year 837–838 he acquired sovereignty over Armenia, Georgia, and Albania.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/Binder1_201404/Binder1_djvu.txt|title=The History of the Caucasian Albanians By Movses Dasxuranci|last=Movses Dasxuranci translated by C. J. F. Dowsett|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1961|location=London|pages=217}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Тер-Григорян Т.И. Неизданные страницы "Истории Албанской страны"Моисея Каланкайтукского. Архив Ин-та истории АН Азерб. ССР, № 1386, л.18}}</ref> The name "Khachen" originated from Armenian word "khach," which means "cross".<ref>Christopher Walker. The Armenian presence in Mountainous Karabakh, in John F. R. Wright et al.: ''Transcaucasian Boundaries'' (SOAS/GRC Geopolitics). 1995, p. 93</ref> By 1000 the House of Khachen proclaimed the [[Kingdom of Artsakh]] with [[John Senecherib]] as its first ruler.<ref>Hewsen, Robert H. "The Kingdom of Artsakh", in T. Samuelian & M. Stone, eds. ''Medieval Armenian Culture''. Chico, CA, 1983</ref> Initially [[Dizak]] in southern Artsakh also formed a kingdom ruled by the ancient [[Aranshahik|House of Aranshahik]], descended from the earliest Kings of Caucasian Albania. In 1261, after the daughter of the last king of Dizak married the king of Artsakh, Armenian<ref>[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/argun-aqa-a-mongol-administrator-in-iran-d-1275 Arḡūn Āqā — Encyclopædia Iranica.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517001944/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/argun-aqa-a-mongol-administrator-in-iran-d-1275 |date=17 May 2012 }} [[Peter Jackson (historian)|P. Jackson]] "''It can only have caused resentment among the Muslims, and the Christian author Kirakos, in stark contrast with Jovaynī, has nothing favorable to say concerning Arḡūn’s exactions: his harsh treatment of certain Armenian princes, such as Jalāl of Ḵačen, whom he had executed in 659/1261, made him especially hateful.''"</ref> prince [[House of Hasan-Jalalyan|Hasan Jalal Dola]], the two states merged into one<ref name="Atlas"/> Armenian<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Armenia/Administration-and-social-conditions |title=Armenia {{!}} Geography, Population, Map, Religion, & History |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=13 June 2023 |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |quote=A few native Armenian rulers survived for a time in the Kiurikian kingdom of Lori, the Siuniqian kingdom of Baghq or Kapan, and the principates of Khachen (Artzakh) and Sasun." |access-date=23 June 2022 |archive-date=28 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428164747/https://www.britannica.com/place/Armenia |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Principality of Khachen]]. Subsequently, Artsakh continued to exist as a de facto independent principality.