Donator figure in the "Chapel of the Proshians", Geghard, dedicated by Prince Prosh Khaghbakian in 1283.[1]
Proshyan dynasty
Successor
Amir Hasan I
Born
1223
Died
1283
Burial
Geghard Monastery
Spouse
Khut'lu Khat'un
Issue
Vasak, Amir Hasan I, Papak, Mkdem
Names
Hasan "Prosh" Khaghbakian
Dynasty
Proshyan dynasty
Father
Vask Khaghbakian
Prince Prosh Khaghbakian, also Pros Xalbakean or Hasan Brosh (1223-1283), was an Armenian Prince, vassal of the Zakarian princes of Armenia, and founder of the Proshyan dynasty, a family of Armenian nobility. He was a lord of the Khaghabakian or Pŕoshian House in Urkghunk‘, Boloraberd, Eghegiats‘ Dzor and Hrashk‘aberd.[2] He was the Supreme Commander (Sparapet) of the Zakarian army from 1223 to 1284, succeeding to his father Vasak.[3] He was one of the main Greater Armenian lords to execute the alliance between his suzerain the Georgian King David Ulu and the Mongol Prince Hulagu, during the Mongol conquest of Middle-East (1258-1260).[4] He apparently gained many benefits from his cooperation with the Mongols, including rising to such prominence that he could establish his own dynastic line.[5]
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^Bai︠a︡rsaĭkhan 2011, pp. 121, 129 "MONGOL-ARMENIAN MILITARY COOPERATION: STAGE I: THE CONQUEST OF THE MIDDLE EAST 1258-1260 (...) The main allies of this campaign were King Het‘um from Cilicia, the Greater Armenian lords under the Georgian King David Ulu and the Mongol Prince Hűlegű, who promoted himself as a founder of the Mongol dynasty in this region.(...) In November 1257, Hűlegű set off from Hamadān in the direction of Baghdad. (...) With him were the forces of the Armenian Prince Zak‘arē, the son of Shahnshah Zak‘arian and Prince Pŕosh Khaghbakian. The Mongols placed considerable trust in these Armenian lords, whose assistance they had received since the 1230s."
^Prezbindowski, Lauren (2012). "The Ilkhanid Mongols, the Christian Armenians, and the Islamic Mamluks : a study of their relations, 1220-1335". University of Louisville: 47. Service to the Mongols could also provide great political benefits to their vassals. The Mongols conferred political power to their most valued vassals by favoring certain houses over others, either through the granting of positions or the redistribution of lands from less favored vassals to the valued. In the case of Greater Armenia, political power granted from the Mongols allowed certain Armenian houses to capitalize on their positions, even after the fall of the Ilkhanate. Such an example was Prosh Khaghbakian, who strengthened the position of his house (later known as the Proshians) through his loyalty and service.
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Mongold-led Siege of Mayyāfāriqīn, together with the Armenian Prince ProshKhaghbakian. The reduced Kingdom of Georgia (1256–1329) also under Mongol control...
the Siege of Baghdad organized by Hulegu Khan, together with Prince ProshKhaghbakian. They participated in the capture of the city and the massacre of...
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