Kirakos Gandzaketsi
13th-century Armenian historian / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kirakos Gandzaketsi (Armenian: Կիրակոս Գանձակեցի; c. 1200/1202–1271) was an Armenian historian of the 13th century[2][3][4][5] and author of the History of Armenia, a summary of events from the 4th to the 12th century and a detailed description of the events of his own days.[1] The work concentrates primarily on the history of Medieval Armenia and events occurring in the Caucasus and Near East. The work serves as a primary source for the study of the Mongol invasions and even contains the first recorded word list of the Mongolian language.[6] The work has been translated into several languages including Latin, French and Russian.[7]