Zakare II Zakarian

Zakare II Zakarian
Զաքարե Բ Զաքարյան
Zakare II Zakarian; Զաքարե Բ Զաքարյան
	Zakare on the east facade at Harichavank, Armenia, 1201. He wears the contemporary costume, with tall sharbush hat and stiff kaftan.
Amirspasalar
	In office; 1191–1212
Preceded by	Chiaber
Succeeded by	Ivane I Zakarian
Mandaturtukhutsesi
	In office; 1195–1202/03
Preceded by	Chiaber
Succeeded by	Shalva Akhaltsikheli
Personal details
Born	Unknown
Died	1212
Resting place	Sanahin Monastery
Children	Shahnshah Zakarian
Parent(s)	Sargis Zakarian (father); Saakdukht Artsruni (mother)
Military service
Battles/wars	Battle of Shamkor; Battle of Basiani; Siege of Kars (1206–1207); Georgian campaign against the Eldiguzids

Zakare II Zakarian (Armenian: Զաքարե Զաքարյան or Զաքարե Երկայնաբազուկ, lit. 'Longarm') or Zakaria II Mkhargrdzeli (Georgian: ზაქარია მხარგრძელი, lit. 'Long-armed'), was an Armenian prince and a Court official of the Kingdom of Georgia holding the office of amirspasalar (Commander-in-Chief) of the Georgian army for Queen Tamar of Georgia, during the late 12th and early 13th centuries.^[3]^[4] He was a member of the Zakarid dynasty, and ruler of feudal lands in the Kingdom of Georgia.

^ Eastmond, Antony (20 April 2017). Tamta's World. Cambridge University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-107-16756-8. Zakare and Ivane Mqargrdzeli on the east facade at Harichavank, Armenia, 1201
^ Eastmond, Antony (2017). Tamta's World: The Life and Encounters of a Medieval Noblewoman from the Middle East to Mongolia. Cambridge University Press. p. 52-53, Fig.17. doi:10.1017/9781316711774. ISBN 9781316711774. At Harichavank the clothes have been updated to reflect contemporary fashion, with its sharbushes (the high, peaked hats) and bright kaftans, as can be seen when comparing the image with those in contemporary manuscripts, such as the Haghbat Gospels (Matenadaran 6288) of 1211 [Fig. 17].
^ Encyclopaedia of Islam. — E. J. BRILL, 1986. — Vol. I. — P. 507 "Ani was for the first time conquered by the Georgians in 1124, under David II, who laid the foundation of the power of the Georgian kings; the town was given as a fief to the Armenian family of the Zakarids, (in Georgian: Mkhargrdzeli = Longimani) "
^ Cyril Toumanoff. Armenia and Georgia // The Cambridge Medieval History. — Cambridge, 1966. — vol. IV: The Byzantine Empire, part I chapter XIV. — p. 593—637 "Later, in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the Armenian house of the Zachariads (Mkhargrdzeli) ruled in northern Armenia at Ani, Lor'i, Kars, and Dvin under the Georgian aegis."

[1] Eastmond, Antony (20 April 2017). Tamta's World. Cambridge University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-107-16756-8. Zakare and Ivane Mqargrdzeli on the east facade at Harichavank, Armenia, 1201

[2] Eastmond, Antony (2017). Tamta's World: The Life and Encounters of a Medieval Noblewoman from the Middle East to Mongolia. Cambridge University Press. p. 52-53, Fig.17. doi:10.1017/9781316711774. ISBN 9781316711774. At Harichavank the clothes have been updated to reflect contemporary fashion, with its sharbushes (the high, peaked hats) and bright kaftans, as can be seen when comparing the image with those in contemporary manuscripts, such as the Haghbat Gospels (Matenadaran 6288) of 1211 [Fig. 17].

[3] Encyclopaedia of Islam. — E. J. BRILL, 1986. — Vol. I. — P. 507 "Ani was for the first time conquered by the Georgians in 1124, under David II, who laid the foundation of the power of the Georgian kings; the town was given as a fief to the Armenian family of the Zakarids, (in Georgian: Mkhargrdzeli = Longimani) "

[4] Cyril Toumanoff. Armenia and Georgia // The Cambridge Medieval History. — Cambridge, 1966. — vol. IV: The Byzantine Empire, part I chapter XIV. — p. 593—637 "Later, in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the Armenian house of the Zachariads (Mkhargrdzeli) ruled in northern Armenia at Ani, Lor'i, Kars, and Dvin under the Georgian aegis."

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Zakare II Zakarian Զաքարե Բ Զաքարյան
Zakare on the east facade at Harichavank, Armenia, 1201.^[1] He wears the contemporary costume, with tall sharbush hat and stiff kaftan.^[2]

Amirspasalar
In office 1191–1212
Preceded by	Chiaber
Succeeded by	Ivane I Zakarian
Mandaturtukhutsesi
In office 1195–1202/03
Preceded by	Chiaber
Succeeded by	Shalva Akhaltsikheli

Personal details
Born	Unknown
Died	1212
Resting place	Sanahin Monastery
Children	Shahnshah Zakarian
Parent(s)	Sargis Zakarian (father) Saakdukht Artsruni (mother)
Military service
Battles/wars	Battle of Shamkor Battle of Basiani Siege of Kars (1206–1207) Georgian campaign against the Eldiguzids

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