Armenia in the Ilkhanate Empire from a Geographical Perspective

Abstract

This article is research on the geographical description of Armenia and its regions under the predominance of the Mongol Empire and its successor state, the Ilkhanate. The information of the Arabic and Persian geographical works and travelogues of European authors are considered with the purpose to come to a rather deep understanding of the topic. These sources provide detailed descriptions of the territorial divisions of Armenia, focusing on the administrative units. The research also touches upon the geographical concepts of “Little Armenia” and “Greater Armenia,” delineating their semantic and territorial inclusions during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.