Monarchy of Vardana

Sultan of the Hazaraspid Kingdom
Royal Badge
Tiridates V
Details
First monarch	Hazarasp I
Last monarch	Tiridates V
Formation	c.1323
Abolition	5 April 1924
Residence	Tigranaberd
Pretender(s)	Jorin Hazarasp

The sultan of the Hazaraspid Kingdom, who were all members of the Hazaraspid dynasty ruled over Vardana from its inception around 1323 to its dissolution in 1924 in the Vardani Revolution. At its height, the Hazaraspid kingdom spanned across territories of Vardana, Happara, and [peninsula]. It was first administered from the city of Thopsia before 1399, and them from the city of Norashen, later Hzadran and finally Metsamor from 1780 to 1924.

Historians have had difficulties discerning fact from legend in the earliest years of the dynasty's reign and its first ruler Hazarasp I. According to tradition, Hazarasp claimed desecent from a number of important or legendary figures, including [person] the legendary ruler of ancient Armavia and the final rulers of the Bayarid Empire through the Chuya, a tribe originating from the Chu River Valley in Uluujol. These traditions also claimed Hazarasp was the descendant of Ummār bint Mubashir, the son of the Prophet Mubashir. The eponymous dynasty, of 26 rules, ruled over all of what became Vardana for six centuries. The Hazaraspid Kingdom was dissolved in 1924 during the 1924 Vardani Revolution and the establishment of first Republic of Vardana.

Titles

At the onset of the dynastic kingdom, the king was referred to as Armashahs (Արմասահս; lit. "Ruler of Armava" or Shah of Armavia). As the Hazaraspids expanded into Nesilia, the rulers claimed additional titles borrowed from conquered peoples or for additional religious legitimacy. In 1432, Ardil I began to utilize the title of Sultan (Սուլթան; sult'an) as his primary title, along with Vardashah (Վարտանսահ; Shah of Vardana), which has been associated with the role of "Great King", as a key secondary title as the Hazaraspids continued to encroach on Perateian Nesilia.

Other titles claimed and utilized by the Hazaraspids include:

• Kaysr Albaniayi (Caesar of Albania)
• Malik
• Xakan (Khan)

List of rulers

The "Titles" section includes titles claimed by the king. The "Notes" section includes information on each ruler's parentage, important notes, and fate. In the early kingdom, succession was primarily based upon the principle of survival of the fittest among sons of the king. This practice resulted in a large degree of infighting among the king's sons before and after his death. Succession laws changed during the reign of Tiridates I to follow a modified male-only primogeniture, which later became male-only primogeniture whereby succession followed from father to eldest son, and so on until the reign of Tiridates V and the abolition of the monarchy in 1924.

A constitution was first, reluctantly, instituted during the waning years of reign of Aram IV, and continued into the reign of Tiridates V. However, Tiridates V abolished the constitution and congress in 1921, and returned to absolute rule. This led to the Vardani revolution and the abolition of the monarchy. The current pretender is Jorin Hazarasp.

No.	Ruler	Portrait	Reigned from	Reigned until	Reign length	Titles	Notes
25	Aram IV Արամ ԻՎ (1872–1924)		1 May 1896	3 January 1920	23 years, 247 days	Sultan Vardashah Kaysr Albaniayi Xakan	Son of Mehvesh VI and TBD Reigned until his death.
26	Tiridates V Տրդատ Դ (1872–1924)		3 January 1920	5 April 1924	4 years, 93 days	Sultan Vardashah Kaysr Albaniayi Xakan	Son of Aram IV and TBD Reigned until his death.

List of pretenders

No.	Pretender	Portrait	Pretender from	Pretender until	Pretender length	Titles	Notes
—	Kaysr Jorin Gazi Ձորին Ա (1904–1966)		5 April 1924	9 June 1966	42 years, 65 days	Sultan Vardashah Kaysr Albaniayi Xakan	Only surviving son of Tiridates V and Princess Arine Hazarasp Claim supported by group of Vardani noble exiles and established government-in-exile in Ghant.
–	Kaysr Aram Gazi Արամ Դ (1940–2021)		9 June 1966	23 July 2021	55 years, 44 days	Sultan Vardashah Kaysr Albaniayi Xakan	Eldest son of Kaysr Jorin Gazi and Alaia of Ghant Held status as head of the Hazaraspid dynasty until death Second longest reigning head of the Hazaraspid dynasty
–	Kaysr Jorin Gazi Ձորին Բ (born 1965)	File:Jorin Hazarasp (portrait).jpg	23 July 2021	present	3 years, 122 days	Sultan Vardashah Kaysr Albaniayi Xakan	Eldest son of Kaysr Jorin Gazi and Zabel Kordvatsi Heir apparent: Ardil Hazarasp (eldest son)

See also

• Hazaraspid dynasty
• Hazaraspid Kingdom