Nor Shirakan

Nor Shirakan Նոր Շիրական
Province of Kingdom of Armenia
The major provinces of Greater Armenia
Capital	Zarehavan
Subdivisions
• Type	Cantons
• Units	9
Today part of	Iran

Nor Shirakan (Armenian: Նոր Շիրական), Parskahayk (Armenian: Պարսկահայք) or Persarmenia, was the seventh province of the ancient kingdom of Armenia, situated on the western shore of Lake Urmia, bordered on Adiabene and Atropatene, now in northwestern Iran.

Zarehavan was the centre of the province.

Persarmenia had nine cantons:^[1]

• Zarevand/Zaravand (Զարեւանդ, Zarewand)
• Her (Հեր)
• Arna (Առնա, Aṙna or Ըռնա, Əṙna)
• Zarehavan (Զարեհաւան, Zarehawan)
• Tamber (Տամբեր, Tamber)
• Trabi (Թրաբի, Tʿrabi)
• Ayli (Այլի) or Kurichan (Կուռիճան, Kuṙičan)
• Mari (Մարի)
• Arisi (Արիսի)

• List of regions of old Armenia

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• Markvart, H. (1961). "H. Markvarti "Parskahaykʿ nahangǝ" antip usumnasirutʿyunǝ" [J. Markwart's Unprinted Study 'The Province of Parskahayk']. Patma-Banasirakan Handes (in Armenian). 1: 180–207.

• Map of Parskahayk (Nor Shirakan). [1]