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History of the Wars, 1721-1738
By Abraham of Erevan
Translated and annotated from the Armenian by George A. Bournoutian
 History of the Wars written by Abraham of Erevan, published for
the first time in English, is one of the few non-Persian primary sources on the history of
Persia (Iran) and Transcaucasia in the first half of the eighteenth-century. It details
the Afghan and Ottoman invasion and occupation of Persia and Transcaucasia, the efforts of
Shah Tahmasp II to restore the Safavid dynasty, the rise of Nader Khan Afshar,
Nader’s campaigns against the Afghans and the Ottomans, the restoration of the
territorial integrity of the Persian State, the coronation of Nader Shah and the
establishment of a new dynasty in Persia.
Unlike other contemporary sources, which concentrate on the political and socioeconomic
conditions of the region, Abraham’s history is an uninterrupted account of the wars
between the Persians and the Afghans, the Ottomans and the Afghans, and the Persians and
the Ottomans. Abraham was an eyewitness to the Ottoman invasion of eastern Armenia and
their siege of Erevan. His account mentions individuals, events, and geographical
locations not detailed anywhere else.
The work’s greatest value, however, is its information on the Armenians.
Abraham’s detailed account of the Turkish invasion of eastern Armenia is the sole
source on the events that occurred in the region from March through September 1724. He
provides a vivid physical description of Erevan, its various districts and neighborhoods,
its churches and its citizens. Abraham’s depiction of the resistance of the
outnumbered Armenian volunteers in fighting the larger and better equipped Ottoman army
demonstrates that after centuries of Islamic domination, the Armenians had gained enough
confidence to take up arms against the Muslims and to begin the Armenian political revival
of the eighteenth- century.
Specifications:
1999: viii+112pp., 2 maps, bibliography, index.
Armenian Studies Series, No. 3
ISBN:1-56859-085-7 (paper): $19.95
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